Marine amphibious assault craft move ashore during an Exercise Iron Fist 2016 landing exercise held off the shore of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 26, 2016. The Marines are assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. PHIBLEX is a ship-to-shore movement via AAVs from the USS Somerset onto the beaches of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious training exercise designed to improve U.S. Marines and Japanese forces ability to plan, communicate and conduct combined amphibious operations at the platoon, company and battalion levels. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. April L. Price