A well deck crew member aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) waits to guide High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles off a Landing Craft Air Cushion to the cargo hull of the ship near Camp Pendleton Feb. 22, 2016. The vehicles were the first wave transported to the ship for the start of the Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation of Company A, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion for their upcoming deployment. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Timothy Valero/Released)

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