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U.S. Navy sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) fire 9 mm Beretta pistols during a small arms shoot in the Philippine Sea on Sept. 13, 2010. The Essex, part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group, was participating in Valiant Shield 2010, a joint U.S. military exercise in the Pacific.

U.S. Navy sailors fire 9 mm Beretta pistols during a small arms shoot.

U.S. Navy sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) fire 9 mm Beretta pistols during a small arms shoot in the Philippine Sea on Sept. 13, 2010. The Essex, part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group, was participating in Valiant Shield 2010, a joint U.S. military exercise in the Pacific.

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