191018-N-RG482-0933 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 18, 2019) The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) fires one of its two close-in weapon system mounts during a gun exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 18, 2019. Mount Whitney is the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, homeported in Gaeta, Italy, and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler/Released)