5th FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Nov. 18, 2016) A Marine changes the barrel on an M240B machine gun during squad drills on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). Whidbey Island is deployed with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

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