171112-N-OW019-018 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (NOV. 12, 2017) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Coplin, a native of Portland, Oregon, assigned to the operations department aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), stands watch on a .50-cliber machine gun in the ship’s wing walls during a mock strait transit. Pearl Harbor is deployed in the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigations and the free flow of commerce in the region. ( Navy photo by Mass

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171112-N-OW019-018 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (NOV. 12, 2017) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Coplin, a native of Portland, Oregon, assigned to the operations department aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), stands watch on a .50-cliber machine gun in the ship’s wing walls during a mock strait transit. Pearl Harbor is deployed in the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigations and the free flow of commerce in the region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Logan C. Kellums/Released)

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