PACIFIC OCEAN (May 9, 2017) Cpl. James Sachtjen, assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU), fires an M249 machine gun during a small arms training event aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). The ship and it's amphibious ready group are returning from a 7-month deployment to the 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation.

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