PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2023) Mineman 1st Class John Woodson, from Oberlin, Ohio, directs a UH-1Y Venom and AH-1 Cobra helicopter from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, while conducting deck landing qualifications aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) in the Pacific Ocean during Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Dec. 5, 2023. Steel Knight is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Michael Harper)