SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 22, 2023) Ensign Brian Duncan fires a round from a during a live fire shoot aboard amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23), April 22, 2023. Live fire gun shoots provide Sailors with proper weapons handling for watch standing in foreign and domestic ports. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks Anchorage and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to enhance interoperability with Allies and partners and serves as a ready-response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tom Tonthat)