U.S. Marines with 4th Platoon, Company C, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, take Marines attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 and service members from 10 different nations to a beach in Ancon, Peru, on July 7. The unit is embarked on the transport dock ship USS New Orleans in support of operation Partnership of the Americas/Southern Exchange, a combined amphibious exercise designed to enhance cooperative partnerships with maritime forces from Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia.