160409-N-KW492-360 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 9, 2016) Lt. Joseph Appleby, Kearsarge’s gun boss, fires an M240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group/26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ryre Arciaga/Released)
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