Amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs) move ashore during a battalion-sized amphibious landing exercise (PHIBLEX) for Exercise Iron Fist 2016. PHIBLEX is a ship-to-shore movement via AAVs from the USS Somerset (LPD 25) onto the beaches of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 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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