150901-N-KM939-1390 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 1, 2015) Logistics Specialist Seaman Nina Bowers from Mount Airy, N.C., fires a M240 machine gun on the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). Ashland is assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)