GULF OF OMAN (Nov. 22, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Stockman fires a GAU-21 .50 caliber weapon system on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the Vipers of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 48 during an in-flight live-fire exercise. HSM-48, embarked aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) and deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

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