160908-N-UT455-066 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 8, 2016) Guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG-104), amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), and amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) sail in formation off the coast of Southern California during the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group/11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Certification Exercise. (U. S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Larry S. Carlson)