200226-M-IR130-1007 ARABIAN GULF (Feb. 26, 2020) Lt. Philemon Okoh, a chaplain assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), reads from a pamphlet during a Lent service aboard the Bataan, Feb. 26, 2020. Bataan, with embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and Pacific Ocean through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gary Jayne III/Released)