ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 18, 2023) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) fires its Mark 45 - 5-inch 54/62 caliber gun during a live-fire exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, March 18, 2023. McFaul is part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and is underway in the Atlantic Ocean completing a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tyler Thompson)