GULF OF ADEN (Nov. 2, 2016) Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Dee, left, directs Seaman Brenton Aikins to reload an M240B machine gun during a live fire exercise on the forecastle of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). Whidbey Island is deployed with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

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