U.S. Marines assigned with 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, III Marine Expeditionary Force, off-load equipment from USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo docked in Gwangyang, South Korea, March 10, 2014, in preparation for exercise Ssang Yong. Reserve Marines with 14th Marine Regiment and 4th Tank Battalion joined III MEF to participate in Ssang Yong. Ssang Yong 14 is an annual combined exercise, taking place in Pohang, South Korea, conducted by Marine and Navy forces with the Republic of Korea in order to strengthen interoperability and working relationships across the range of military operations from disaster relief, to complex expeditionary operations.