150219-N-HD510-086 ARABIAN GULF Weapon’s Department Sailors shoot an M2HB .50-caliber machine gun during a qualification shoot on the fantail of 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.