Posted: 02/01/2016
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 13, 2016) Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) fire the MK-45 5-inch gun during a naval surface fire support exercise. Providing a combat-ready force to protect collective maritime interests, Mobile Bay, assigned to the Stennis strike group, is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelde