Posted: 06/01/2009
Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Burton, aviation ordnanceman, assigned to the Weapons department, G-3 division, aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, fires a .50 caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard George Washington. George Washington is underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean on her first summer deployment from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. Photo by Seaman Adam K. Thomas