Marines assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, gather around the top view of the well deck aboard the Amphibious Dock Landing Ship, USS Ashland (LSD 48), during Blue Chromite 18, somewhere off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Nov 1, 2017. Blue Chromite is a exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and the greater Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The Hawaii-based battalion is forward deployed to Okinawa, Japan as part of the Unit Deployment Program. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron S. Patterson)

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