ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 8, 2023) Patrick Mahan, from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, conducts drills aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), Aug. 8, 2023. New York is participating in U.S. Fleet Forces Command's Large Scale Exercise 2023, which provides a venue to test and refine current and new technologies and platforms to reinforce our current position as a supreme maritime force and provide feedback used to inform future innovation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman William Bennett IV)