150524-N-EH855-554 WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (May 24, 2015) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Bradley Poole, from Deer Park, Texas, left, fires a .50-caliber machine gun from the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a live-fire exercise. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, are on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. George Washington will conduct a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) later this year after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Bryan Mai/Released)