140529-N-GT589-032 JAVA SEA (May 29, 2014) -- Chief Gunner's Mate Thomas Harris, left, supervises Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Richard Chavez as he fires a pencil flare off the flight deck of 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during a live-fire exercise. Blue Ridge is on patrol in the Java Sea with embarked 7th Fleet staff, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 and Marines from Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Pacific. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Everett Allen/Released) USS Blue Ridge operations 140528-N-GT589-032

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