Culinary firepower

I trust the photographer made sure the M-4 carbine was clearned before he allowed the Sailor to point it at him!

SAN BERNARDINO STRAIT (Oct. 20, 2010) -- Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Plowden, left, and Logistics Specialist Seaman David Mangum take positions during a visit, board, search and seizure team exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9). Denver is part of the permanently forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is underway for a scheduled patrol in the western Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Blair.