PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 20, 2021) U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors assigned to amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), create a soft patch during the 3rd Annual Damage Control Olympics aboard Pearl Harbor, Aug. 20, 2021. Pearl Harbor, part of the USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 11th MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jaxson Fryar)