181108-M-DR983-254 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 8, 2018) Seaman Malcolm Shives, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), rides on top of a U.S. Navy landing craft utility as it approaches the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) as it transits to Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 8, 2018. Task Force-West was stood up by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and is responding to the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Yutu, Oct. 24, and comprises more than 800 active duty, Reserve and Guard service members from more than 20 different units across all branches of services. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samuel Brusseau/Released)