Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditonary Unit, guides an Amphibious Assault Vehicle aboard the well-deck of the USS Ashland (LSD 48) White Beach, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 29, 2016. The Marines loaded their AAVs onto the USS Ashland before departing for the MEU's spring deployment. The Spring Deployment is a regularly scheduled deployment designed to support PACOM's theater security cooperation initiatives to promote goodwill, and strengthen allied relationships. ( Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sergeant Ismael Pena/Released)

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