230206-N-MJ302-1056 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 6, 2023) A Navy Sailor fires an M-240 machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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