A Sailor directs a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 aboard the Japanese Ship Izumo off the coast of Japan, Oct. 3, 2021. Marines and Sailors with the USS America embarked aboard the Japanese Ship Izumo in support of the first ever F-35B Lightning II operations aboard a Japanese vessel. The and Japan continue to work closely together to broaden their operational capabilities, support the Treaty of mutual Cooperation and Security, and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon)

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