PHILIPPINE SEA (June 13, 2017) Fire Controlman 3rd Class Blake Harris checks a 25mm chain gun before a live-fire exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) as part of the interoperability drills with the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group. The drills are meant to enhance readiness of the cruiser-destroyer ships to rapidly integrate with an amphibious task force to provide increased capability for amphibious operations in support of crisis response or disaster relief.

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