STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (May 22, 2021) Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) provide security aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during a transit through the Strait of Gibraltar, May 22, 2021. 24th MEU, embarked with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, is forward deployed in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Isaiah Campbell)