GULF (July 28, 2017) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Tyler Cook, from Hartford, Wis., prepares to load an M2HB .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59). Princeton is deployed in the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.

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