Light-Armored Vehicles from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are loaded onto a Landing Craft, Air-Cushioned hovercraft in the well deck of the USS New York, Oct. 26, 2014. The LCACs transported LAVs and Marines ashore for an amphibious assault exercise as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise. The assault was the final event of the MEU’s pre-deployment training before their deployment at the end of the year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Joshua W. Larson)