SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 10, 2017) Sailors aboard littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) prepare to shoot an M240B machine gun during a live-fire gunnery exercise. Coronado is on a rotational deployment in 7th Fleet area of responsibility, patrolling the region's littorals and working hull-to-hull with partner navies to provide 7th Fleet with the flexible capabilities it needs now and in the future.

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