190406-N-UM706-0434 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 6, 2019) Electronics Technician 2nd Class Trevor Philpot, from Melbourne, Florida, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94), fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise. Nitze is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7; as well as the Spanish navy Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Mendez Nuñez (F 104). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Madysson Anne Ritter/Released)