U.S. Sailors aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) tighten the mooring lines as the ship arrives at the White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 15, 2013, to load U.S. Marines and Sailors, along with equipment and supplies, in support of Operation Damayan. U.S. military forces were deployed to the Philippines to support humanitarian efforts in response to Typhoon Haiyan