PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 18, 2022) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Cody McCracken, from Kansas City, Mo., assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), signals to an AV-8B Harrier attached to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), during flight operations aboard Essex, Feb. 18, 2022. Sailors and Marines of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 11th MEU are underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Isaak Martinez)