161115-N-EO381-225 ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 15, 2016) The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) fires a MK 45 5-inch gun during a live fire-exercise. Nitze, deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey J. Hopkins)