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Two Marines wearing camouflage uniforms, tactical vests and helmets shoot rifles on the deck of a ship.

Deck Shoot

Marines engage targets during a deck shoot aboard the amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 18, 2026. U.S. forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to support Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere, War Department-directed operations and the president's priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking, deter malign actors and protect the homeland through continuous presence.

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