ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 11, 2020) Sailors aboard the expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3), direct an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command 20.2, during an air operations in support of maritime surface warfare exercise with United Arab Emirates Joint Aviation Command forces in the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 11, 2020. Integration operations between UAE and U.S. maritime forces are regularly held to maintain interoperability and the capability to counter threats posed in the maritime domain, ensuring freedom of navigation and free flow of commerce throughout the region's heavily trafficked waterways. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice)