180319-N-QR145-048 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 19, 2018) Dan Thomas, a Military Sealift Command civil service mariner, signals to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Ghost Riders of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) March 19, 2018. Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operates with a combined crew of U.S. Navy Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Krystina Coffey/Released)