Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) prepare to come ashore and employ Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, during the Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) for Exercise Iron Fist 2016 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 26, 2016. This year’s PHIBLEX is a bilateral, battalion-sized ship-to-shore amphibious landing using AAVs to seize a beachhead and then transition to ground operations further inland to secure additional objectives. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Xzavior T. McNeal/Released)

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Keywords: 2016, exercise, fist, iron