The USS Somerset (LPD 25) positions itself off the shore of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to launch amphibious assault vehicles onto a simulated contested beachhead, during a scenario-based, battalion-sized amphibious landing exercise, during Exercise Iron Fist 2016, Feb. 26, 2016. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious training exercise designed to improve USMC and JGSDF’s ability to plan, communicate and conduct combined amphibious operations at the platoon, company and battalion levels. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. April L. Price/Released)

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