 Back at Little Creek on 13 July 1968, "Beverly W. Reid" resumed training with the United States Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force, evolutions that included gunfire support exercises off Camp Pendleton, Virginia, as well as work in antisubmarine warfare and amphibious warfare tactics.During that time, she was reclassified a "small amphibious transport" and was redesignated LPR-119 on 14 August 1968.On 23 August 1968, the locus of her operations shifted to the waters near Charleston, South Carolina, where she provided services to the fleet ballistic missile submarine "John Marshall" until late on 24 August 1968.