Gunner’s Mate Second Class Harrison Davis from Palmetto Bay, assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), fires an M4 carbine during a live-fire exercise in the hangar bay during exercise Eager Lion 2019. Eager Lion, U.S. Central Command’s largest and most complex exercise, is an opportunity to integrate forces in a multilateral environment, operate in realistic terrain and strengthen military-to-military relationships.
Boxer is part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dale M. Hopkins /Released)
