180916-N-ZS023-1002 ARABIAN GULF (Sept. 16, 2018) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Dante Johnson, left, stands watch as gun mount captain while Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Luis Ortiz Robinson fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire gunnery exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68). The Sullivans is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Daphne White/Released)