PACIFIC OCEAN (March 18, 2024) Gunner's Mate 1st Class Gasper Peña, from Rockport, Texas, fires the M2HB .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56). John S. McCain is underway conducting routine operations (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kevin Tang)