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Sgt. Aren King, left, a light armored vehicle mechanic with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division is cheered on by his fellow Marines alongside Lance Cpl. Michael Sigur, a supply clerk with 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group. King and Sigur won second and third place respectively during a talent show as part of Steel Beach, a barbecue held aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) to build unit cohesion, April 13, 2014, as part of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Association of Southeast Asian Nations. SPMAGTF-ASEAN, aboard Anchorage, recently completed a mission to support U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during a press conference with delegates and media personnel from the ASEAN in Hawaii, April 1-4, 2014 and is currently at sea conducting further training and maintenance on equipment. King is from Orlando, Fla.