The USS Ashland returned Monday from a four-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, where the 610-foot dock landing ship participated in numerous exercises while carrying Marines from Camp Pendleton, the Navy said.
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The exercises included Balikatan 2026, which was meant to strengthen long-standing ties between the U.S. and the Philippines. The drills involved live-fire events and amphibious operations and were carried out with participation from the Royal Thai Armed Forces, the Republic of Korea Marine Corps and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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“I couldn’t be prouder of the team’s work over these past four months at sea,” Cmdr. Adam Peeples, commanding officer of Ashland, said in a statement.
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