Disaster relief as amphibious training

How can Congress be convinced that amphibious ships doing disaster relief are still performing useful work?

Disaster relief is realistic amphibious training because it tests ship-to-shore logistics and adaptation under unpredictable conditions.

A real disaster creates an unpredictable operating problem that cannot be fully scripted in advance. Amphibious ships must move aid, people, equipment, and support between sea and shore while adapting to damaged infrastructure and changing needs. Those demands exercise command, logistics, landing craft, aviation, and shore-support skills that are also needed in war. Relief work is an amphibious operation in its own right and contributes directly to readiness.