190315-N-MD802-2370 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (March 15, 2019) Builder 2nd Class Aaron Brown, from Waco, Texas, assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UTC) 2, opens the hatch to release participants in a decompression chamber drill off the coast of San Clemente Island, California, during exercise Pacific Blitz 2019 (PacBlitz19). UCT-2 provides waterfront and underwater engineering, construction, repair, and inspection in support of Navy and Marine Corps operations and are capable of performing complex inshore and deep ocean underwater construction tasks. PacBlitz19 provides relevant training that replicates a realistic maritime threat environment designed to improve naval amphibious core competencies necessary for effective, global crisis response expected of the Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jack D. Aistrup/Released)