PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 3, 2021) Gunner's Mate Seaman Gabrielle Bistritz, assigned amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), fires a shot line towards dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Tippecanoe (T-AKE 11) during a replenishment-at-sea, Sept. 3, 2021. Pearl Harbor, part of the USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jaxson Fryar)