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OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 30, 2017) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) pulls into the harbor of White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan to deliver two mariners who were rescued at sea. Ashland, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region on a routine deployment, is also in Okinawa to prepare for the joint U.S. Navy-Marine Corps exercise Blue Chromite.