PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 1, 2024) Lance Cpl. Johnathan Taylor, from Fort Scott, Kansas, assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M240 machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 1, 2024. Somerset is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet with elements of the 15th MEU. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz)