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Marine Corps Pvt. Seth Stites fires an M-240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay in the Pacific Ocean, July 29, 2012. The Green Bay, part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, is under way conducting a composite training unit exercise in the Pacific Ocean.

GREEN BAY GUN

Marine Corps Pvt. Seth Stites fires an M-240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay in the Pacific Ocean, July 29, 2012. The Green Bay, part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, is under way conducting a composite training unit exercise in the Pacific Ocean.

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