U.S. Navy Operations Specialist 3rd Class Alonzo Townes fires an M9 pistol during a live-fire exercise on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) in the Atlantic Ocean Oct. 31, 2013. The San Antonio was part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Readiness Group and was underway in U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.