160313-N-GR718-064 EAST SEA (March 13, 2016) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Demitri Foster signals an amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) assigned to amphibious the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) onto a beach during exercise Ssang Yong 2016. USS New Orleans is assigned to the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and is participating in Exercise Ssang Yong 2016. Ssang Yong is a biennial combined exercise conducted by forward deployed U.S. Forces with the Republic of Korea Navy and Marine Corps, Australian Army and Royal New Zealand Army Forces in order to strengthen our interoperability and working relationships across a wide range of military operations from disaster relief to complex expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chelsea D. Daily/ Released)