PACIFIC OCEAN (May 27, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Caleb Marler, an aviation ordnance technician with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, right, speaks with Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Eisuke Inatsu, an aircraft maintenance officer, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 27, 2022. Marines with VMFA-121, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, are conducting lightning carrier operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jackson Ricker)