OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 28, 2021) U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines prepare to embark multiple High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) during Exercise Noble Jaguar 2021 at Naha Port, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 28, 2021. The Marine Corps and Navy leveraged integrated command and control and joint sensors to expand battlefield awareness, share targeting data, and conduct long-range precision strikes in support of sea control and sea denial in contested maritime environments. III Marine Expeditionary Force executed these actions as a part of an integrated operation with 7th Fleet to maintain readiness and demonstrate U.S. resolve to preserve regional security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ujian Gosun)