Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Alex Miller, left, fires an M9 service pistol as Gunner’s Mate Timothy Bull serves as line coach during a small-arms qualification shoot on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.