ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 14, 2020) Ensign Zachary Canada, from Greensboro, N.C., fires an M9 service pistol during a live-fire exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) in the Arabian Gulf. Sterett is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and Pacific Ocean through the western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Drace Wilson)