Sailors wash salt water from equipment arriving from a landing craft air cushion assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 in the well deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima, the flag ship for the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment en route to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility supporting maritime security operations.