A U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion vessel, left,

A U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion vessel, left, attached to the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, and a Kuwaiti hovercraft approach the beach while being escorted by a pair of Kuwaiti AH-64D Apache helicopters during a simulated amphibious assault as a part of Exercise Eagle Resolve 2015 at Failaka Island, Kuwait, March 24, 2015. Eagle Resolve is the premiere Arabian Peninsula/gulf region exercise among the United States, Gulf Cooperation Council nations, and international partners. It serves to address regional challenges associated with asymmetric/unconventional warfare in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)