ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 14, 2022) The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conducts flight operations while transiting the North Atlantic Ocean in support of exercise Northern Viking 22. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland and Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap. (Courtesy photo by German Navy)