U.S. Marines with the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, III Marine Expeditionary Force board the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) March 25, 2014, at White Beach in Okinawa, Japan, in preparation for exercise Ssang Yong 14. Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) 2014 was a U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific-sponsored series of exercises between the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and South Korean forces. Among the exercises were the Korea Marine Exercise Program, Freedom Banner 14, Ssang Yong 14, Key Resolve 14 and the Combined Marine Component Command 14 command post exercise.