U.S. Navy Ensign Timothy McDaniel, right, conducts rigid-hull inflatable boat training with Chief Information Systems Technician Jermaine Jones aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) Dec. 16, 2013, in the Gulf of Oman. The Mason was deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.