USS Tripoli conducts weapons training in Sasebo

Intelligence Specialist 2nd class Bryan Wright, from Galloway, New Jersey, left, participates in a weapons familiarization training aboard the amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Aug. 26, 2025. The Tripoli is forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan, and operates in U.S 7th Fleet, the U.S Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, which routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Paul LeClair)