USS Tripoli conducts live-fire exercise in C7F

Sailors fire M4 rifles during a gun shoot on the flight deck aboard forward-deployed America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), July 9, 2026. Tripoli is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, 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 3rd Class Paul LeClair)