A Papua New Guinea Joint Interagency Needs Assessment Team member, U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), help load boxes of aid supplies onto an MV-22B Osprey during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 13, 2023. The amphibious capability of the America/31st MEU team provides a flexible, mobile, and versatile force that can provide humanitarian assistance from the land, air, and sea. The USS America and the 31st MEU in coordination with the United States Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance are supporting U.S. government efforts for foreign disaster relief in Bougainville at the request of the government of Papua New Guinea, in consultation with the Autonomous Bougainville Government, after the volcanic eruption of Mount Bagana. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elijah Murphy)