POHANG, South Korea - Republic of Korea Maj. Gen. Woo Hyun Hwang (황우현), Commanding General, 1st Marine Division, and U.S. Marine Corps Col. Romin Dasmalchi, Commanding Officer, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, watch a combined amphibious landing at Pohang, South Korea, March 30, 2015. The Korean Marine Exchange Program demonstrates the unique ability of the 31st MEU to arrive in theater via amphibious shipping along with a ROK Regimental Landing Team to form an amphibious Combined Marine Expeditionary Brigade. KMEPs are annual combined exercise conducted by U.S. Marine and Navy Forces with the ROK in order to strengthen working relationships across the range of military operations – from disaster relief to complex, expeditionary operations.