Gunner's Mate Seaman Sebastian Boltz from Corpus Christie, Texas, right, and Chief Gunner's Mate Morgan Beavers from Leesville, La., prepare .50-caliber rounds to load into an M240B machine gun before a live-fire gunnery exercise aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Strike Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.(Jan. 7, 2013) ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Spe

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Gunner's Mate Seaman Sebastian Boltz from Corpus Christie, Texas, right, and Chief Gunner's Mate Morgan Beavers from Leesville, La., prepare .50-caliber rounds to load into an M240B machine gun before a live-fire gunnery exercise aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Strike Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.(Jan. 7, 2013) ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Armando Gonzales/Released)

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