181208-N-TI693-0005 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 8, 2018) Fire Controlman 3rd Class Sarah Floyd, left, Fire Controlman 2nd Class James Briscoe and Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Tyler Bartelme man a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) as the ship departs Gaeta, Italy, for a staff training exercise, Dec. 8, 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 1st Class Fred Gray IV/Released)