171025-N-FB203-042 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 25, 2017) Sailors from the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) weapons department lower a 1,000 pound bomb on to an assembly rack for construction and use during Dawn Blitz 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise 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)