190525-M-QF372-1069 SUEZ CANAL (May 25, 2019) Quartermaster 3rd Class Julius Fernandez looks through an alidade to find the ship’s bearing as the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) transits the Suez Canal. Sailors and Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit worked together to safely transit through the Suez Canal. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd MEU and Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group are currently 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 and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Antonio Garcia/Released)