HONOLULU (Aug. 5, 2021) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Anthony Garcia Ballard, a communications specialist with 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, establishes communications with the U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC William Hart (WPC 1134) during Large Scale Exercise 2021, at U.S. Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Aug. 5, 2021. LSE 2021 is a live, virtual, and constructive exercise employing integrated command and control, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and sensors across the joint force to expand battlefield awareness, share targeting data, and conduct long-range precision strikes in support of naval operations in a contested and distributed maritime environment. Garcia Ballard is a native of Surprise, Arizona. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Carpanzano)