PACIFIC OCEAN (May 25, 2022) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, lifts off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 25, 2022. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, are conducting flight operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jackson Ricker)