PACIFIC OCEAN (March 21, 2019) Lance Cpl. Aaron Hutchison, from Greenwood, Ind., loads an M240B machine gun during a live-fire gunnery exercise aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). Sailors and Marines of the USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) train together at sea to increase the tactical proficiency, lethality and interoperability in an Era of Great Power Competition. John P. Murtha is underway conducting routine operations as a part of USS Boxer ARG in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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