U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, load gear and equipment onto the USS Germantown at U.S. Navy White Beach Port Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 16, 2013. The Marines and Sailors loaded gear and equipment in preparation for their departure to the Republic of the Philippines for Operation Damayan, in support for the disaster relief. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Luis A. Rodriguez III/ Released)