PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 3, 2021) A Sailor directs a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 after conducting a vertical landing aboard the Japanese Ship Izumo off the coast of Japan, Oct. 3, 2021. U.S. Marines and Sailors embarked aboard Izumo in support of the first ever F-35B Lightning II operations aboard a Japanese vessel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon)