The guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), foreground, transits the East China Sea with ships assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and South Korean navy ships during a photo exercise March 27, 2014, while participating in exercise Ssang Yong 14. Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) 2014 was a U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific-sponsored series of exercises between the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and South Korean forces. Among the exercises were the Korea Marine Exercise Program, Freedom Banner 14, Ssang Yong 14, Key Resolve 14 and the Combined Marine Component Command 14 command post exercise.