171024-N-FB203-080 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 24, 2017) A foreign liaison officer observes an F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to the “Wake Island Avengers” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 landing aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during Dawn Blitz 2017. The scenario-driven exercise is designed to train and integrate Navy and Marine Corps units by providing a robust training environment where forces plan and execute an amphibious assault, engage in live-fire events, and establish expeditionary advanced bases in a land and maritime threat environment to improve naval amphibious core competencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean P. Gallagher/Released)