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Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (handling) 3rd Class Anthony Slacebo, from Whittier, California, participates in a weapons familiarization training aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7).

(Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Paul LeClair/USS Tripoli (LHA 7))

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (handling) 3rd Class Anthony Slacebo, from Whittier, California, participates in a weapons familiarization training aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Aug. 26, 2025. USS Tripoli (LHA7) is forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan, and operates in U.S 7th Fleet, the U.S Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, which routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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