5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Nov. 17, 2016) Sailors fire M-16 rifles on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) during a live fire exercise. 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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