UK-Led International Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 flying F-35B Lightning II’s conduct routine operations aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth while she conducts a double replenishment with Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment tanker Tidespring and Royal Netherlands Navy frigate, HNLMS Evertsen in the South China Sea on July 29, 2021. VMFA-211 is attached to the United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group 21, a UK-led international strike group including support from the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) and The Royal Netherlands Navy HNLMS Evertsen. A free and open Indo-Pacific region that is peaceful and stable is vital to ensure greater prosperity for the region and the world. (Royal Navy photography by LPhot Unaisi Luke)