5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Oct. 16, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Arisai Guzman, a native of San Diego, assigned to deck department aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), observes as a landing craft, air cushion (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, prepares to launch from the well deck in support of Iron Magic 18. Iron Magic 18 is a combined-arms live-fire engagement meant to expand levels of cooperation, enhance mutual maritime capabilities, and promote long-term regional stability and interoperability between forces and regional partners.

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