151029-N-AX638-197 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 29, 2015) Lance Cpl. Eric Martin, from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a stinger simulator from a Stinger Trainer Launch System while Cpl. Dylan Thompson, from Littleton, Colorado, acts as line coach on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Oct. 29, 2015. Kearsarge, deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tyler Preston/Released)