170923-N-BK384-087 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 23, 2017) Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Richard O’Connell, from Bristol, Rhode Island, left, and Senior Chief Operations Specialist Dawn Milton, from Detroit, cooks for the crew during a steel beach picnic aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) Sept. 23, 2017. San Diego is deployed with the America Amphibious Ready Group and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit to support maritime security and theater security cooperation in efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin A. Schoenberger/Released)