The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), front, transits the East China Sea with the South Korean destroyer ROKS Dae Jo-yeong (DDH 977) during a photo exercise March 27, 2014. The Ashland was part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and was participating in exercise Ssang Yong 14, a combined U.S.-South Korean combat readiness and joint/combined interoperability exercise designed to advance South Korean command and control capabilities through amphibious operations.