U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Connor Coburn, foreground, demonstrates how to load a .50-caliber machine gun to Gunner's Mate Seaman Chancellor Philips during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) in the Mediterranean Sea Feb. 27, 2014. The Mesa Verde deployed with embarked Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.