Marines Head Ashore for Indonesia Exercise

An amphibious assault vehicle from to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit debarks the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore and heads ashore to Indonesia to support Marine Exercise 09. MAREX is a multilateral training exercise designed to enhance interoperability and communication between the U.S. and Indonesia militaries. Rushmore is part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group transiting the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Photo by Seaman Sarah Bitter