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COLD BAY, ALASKA (May 10, 2021) A U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket System assigned to HIMARS Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to load aboard U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion 79 assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, at Cold Bay, Alaska, in support of Northern Edge 2021. Northern Edge is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises designed to sharpen the joint forces’ skills; to practice tactics, techniques, and procedures; to improve command, control and communication relationships; and to develop cooperative plans and programs. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Stegall)