OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 28, 2021) U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Adrian Gonzalez, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System platoon sergeant with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines guides a medium tactical vehicle replacement onto 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. Gonzalez is a native of Los Angeles, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ujian Gosun)