160914-N-BB269-040 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 14, 2016) A Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) fires off rounds during a live-fire exercise aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, attached to Expeditionary Strike Group 7, is underway in the Pacific Ocean in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Raymond D. Diaz III/Released)