171030-N-UX013-036 OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 30, 2017) Jennifer Appel, one of the two American mariners rescued at sea, looks out over the water with her two dogs Valentine, left, and Zeus, aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), as the ship pulls into Okinawa, Japan, to deliver the mariners ashore. Ashland, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region on a routine deployment, is in Okinawa for a scheduled port stop to prepare for the joint U.S. Navy-Marine Corps exercise Blue Chromite. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/Released)