180723-N-XT273-324 AEGEAN SEA (July 23, 2018) Sailors fire M4 carbines during small arms qualifications aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in the Aegean Sea, July 23, 2018. Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operates with a combined crew of U.S. Navy Sailors and Military Sea Lift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Stumberg/Released)