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the south korean navy sent the amphibious assault ships dokdo and marado to this military exercise.

according to a report on the u.s. naval institute website on september 3, the u.s. marine corps and the south korean military continued their "double dragon" exercise in the songlomyeong coastal area of ​​pohang, south korea on the 2nd, dispatching four large amphibious ships, two of which were u.s. ships and two were south korean ships.

the u.s. marine corps said in a press release on the 2nd that the exercise was held from august 26 to september 7, with more than 13,000 participants, including south korean and u.s. navy and marine corps personnel, as well as british commando personnel. this is the second consecutive year that the british commando has participated in the exercise.

the exercise focused on perfecting a joint forcible entry operation, in which coalition forces would destroy key enemy facilities to end a hypothetical conflict. the two countries' navies and marines held a joint amphibious exercise, followed by a land-based operation to practice eliminating enemy forces.

the amphibious landing exercise involved a division-sized landing force. south korea sent the amphibious assault ships dokdo and marado, as well as 20 other south korean naval ships to participate in the exercise; the united states sent the amphibious assault ships boxer and america. 30 aircraft, including the south korean marine corps' muh-1 "sea hundred" helicopters, the us f-35b "lightning" ii fighter jets and the south korean army's ch-47 "chinook" helicopters, also participated in the exercise. the amphibious dock landing ship uss harpers ferry, which belongs to the boxer amphibious ready group, also participated in the exercise, but the press release did not mention whether it participated in the amphibious landing exercise on the 2nd.

the exercise also included the first deployment of a south korean-u.s. combined operations staff to direct amphibious operations aboard the marado. the combined operations staff will assess command and control capabilities and gain experience for future operations, according to the release.

the amphibious landing exercise included simultaneous amphibious and aerial simulated attacks. the reconnaissance unit of the south korean uav operations command provided real-time intelligence, while reconnaissance units of the south korean and u.s. marine corps and the british royal marines infiltrated the target area by sea and air to conduct surveillance and guide precision strike exercises.

f-35b fighters and ah-1z viper helicopters then provided close air support. the amphibious forces then stormed the beach in south korean amphibious assault vehicles and u.s. amphibious combat vehicles to establish a beachhead, followed by the deployment of armored vehicles by u.s. navy and south korean navy landing craft. the airborne assault included tactical airdrops by south korean air force c-130 transport aircraft, while u.s. marine corps mv-22 osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, south korean marine corps muh-1 helicopters, south korean army ch-47 chinook helicopters and south korean navy uh-60 helicopters conducted air strike drills.

after the amphibious assault, the rok marines' logistics forces established a division-level combat service support area on the beach to support land operations as the landing forces then transitioned to land operations. "it is very important to practice this joint forcible entry, amphibious landing and follow-on operations due to the complexity of the operation," said lt. col. gabriel tiegs, deputy commander of the 31st marine expeditionary unit, in the press release.