Lance Cpl. Doug Hale, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participates in small-arms weapons training in the hangar bay of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD2) underway in the South China Sea on Feb. 3, 2001. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is on patrol in the western Pacific Ocean.

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