PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 10, 2016) – Petty Officer 2nd Class Kolton Thornborough, from East Moline, Ill., fires a M240B light machine gun starboard bridge wing aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102). Sampson will report to Third Fleet, headquartered in San Diego, while deployed to the Western Pacific as part of the Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of Third Fleet into the region.

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