PACIFIC OCEAN (March 25, 2021) Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, addresses Marines and Sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) over the 1MC during a visit to the ship. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps integration training provides the Essex Amphibious Ready Group/11th MEU its first opportunity to plan, brief, execute, and debrief multiple mission packages. The Essex ARG is underway conducting routine operations in U.S 3rd Fleet. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian M. Simmons)