OKINAWA, Japan (March 4, 2023) A U.S. Navy Sailor with the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48), guides a U.S. Marine Corps 7-Ton, with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during a beach landing exercise onto Kin Blue Beach, Okinawa, Japan, March 4, 2023. The Marines and Sailor aboard the USS Ashland worked hand in hand to conduct ship to shore operations in preparation for a ship-to-shore movement during exercise Iron Fist 23. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and the JMSDF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher W. England)