Task Force Ashland Returns to California from 4-month Indo-Pacific Deployment

Specialized Marine Air-Ground Task Force Ashland recently completed a four-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, returning to California in the past week. The Marine Corps element of TF Ashland returned Friday to Camp Pendleton, disembarking from amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48). The ship arrived Monday at its homeport of San Diego, just over four months after it departed Jan. 24. TF Ashland was comprised of Ashland and its crew, a command element from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, a ground combat element from 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, a logistics combat element from Combat Logistics Regiment 17,