PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 28, 2022) Lt. Cmdr. Caroline Stanton, right, a native of Dowagiac, Mich. (right), and Quartermaster 3rd Class Orpha Hapdei, from Yap, Micronesia, both assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), plot a course in the ship’s pilot house, Feb. 28, 2022. Sailors and Marines of Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Walter O’Donnell)