USS Tripoli conducts gun shoot onboard Fleet Activity Sasebo

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Nicholas Jackson, from Richmond, Virginia, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), shoots an M18 pistol during a gun shoot onboard Commander, Fleet Activity Sasebo, Aug. 28, 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)