221211-N-N0820-2476 EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2022) Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) Sailors, and Marines from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing guide an AH-1Z Viper helicopter to the aft of Jackson’s flight deck while a UH-1Y Venom sits on the forward part of the flight deck during an integrated, expeditionary maritime fires Steel Knight 23 event, Dec. 11. Steel Knight is an annual combined-arms live-fire exercise led by the 1st Marine Division that ensures forces are optimized for naval expeditionary warfare in contested spaces and is purpose-built to facilitate future operations afloat and ashore. (U.S. Navy Courtesy Asset)