Navy Petty Officer Jon Fanning Of Berkley, Mass., Serves Aboard USS Mesa Verde

I wanted to share this cool photo of Navy Petty Officer Jon Fanning from Berkley, Mass. He's serving aboard the U.S.S. Mesa Verde as part of the U.S. Fifth Fleet. In the picture, Fanning performs maintenance on the .50-caliber machine gun.

Did you know that 70 percent of the planet is covered by water...and 95 percent of the ocean is unexplored? Your Navy protects and defends America on the world's oceans. Navy ships, submarines, aircraft and, most importantly, tens of thousands of America's finest young men and women are deployed around the world doing just that.

They are there now. They will be there when we are sleeping tonight. They will be there every Saturday, Sunday and holiday this year. They are there around the clock, far from our shores, defending America at all times.