PACIFIC OCEAN (July 9, 2021) U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility 1680, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 1, approaches the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, July 9, 2021. Exercise Freedom Banner is designed for 1st Marine Expeditionary Force to train a Maritime Prepositioning Force by establishing an Expeditionary Advanced Base and increase relations in the Indonesian Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Gillam)