PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 13 2022) Lt. Connor Keating, from Fairfax, Virginia, monitors contacts during an exercise in the combat information center (CIC) aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65). Benfold, the Military Sealift Command Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off ship USNS Dahl (T-AKR-312), and Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) are participating in joint bilateral integration with III MEF and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) in support of Resolute Dragon 2022. Exercises like this one reassure our allies and partners of the U.S. commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthur Rosen)