PACIFIC OCEAN (May 21, 2021) U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), transport inert joint direct attack munitions to aircraft aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU and Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) are underway conducting integrated training off the coast of southern California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jaxson Fryar)