210223-A-BD272-0864 SEA OF OMAN (Feb. 23, 2021) - Gunner’s Mate Seaman Seth Nickle, assigned to patrol coastal ship USS Chinook (PC 9), fires a M240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise as part of exercise Kuhnjar Hadd 26 in the Sea of Oman, Feb. 23. Khunjar Hadd 26 is an annual exercise meant to enhance mutual maritime capabilities and interoperability between the , Omani, French and United Kingdom military forces in order to address threats to freedom of navigation and the free flow of international commerce.

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