MOTUTAPU ISLAND, Tonga — U.S. Marines and Tongan soldiers

MOTUTAPU ISLAND, Tonga — U.S. Marines and Tongan soldiers conduct a beach insertion during the culminating range as part of a multi-national, bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and relations, July 27, 2016, on Motutapu Island, Tonga, as part of Task Force Koa Moana’s deployment in the Asia-Pacific region. The service members applied skills such as demolition, beach insertions, high explosive exploitation and buddy rushes in the final range to test their capabilities. The Marines with the task force are originally assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force and III MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Hester/ Released)