Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, left, shares a laugh with U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Douglas Phillips, explosive ordinance disposal technician, Combined Joint Task Force Paladin, at the Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest compound aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 20. Mabus traveled to Afghanistan to meet with service members deployed in the Helmand province, and witness the progress in the development of the Afghan National Security Forces.