Ensign Scott Jennings (Left) and search and rescue swimmer Petty Officer 2nd Class Gabriel Buttler, members of USS Rushmore's (LSD-47) small boat crew, prepare a Miller Board for a casualty recovery drill while conducting maritime operations around Iraq's al Basrah and Khawr al Amaya oil platforms in the Persian Gulf, July 20. Maritime operations help set the conditions for security and stability in the Persian Gulf and protect Iraq's sea-based infrastructure to help provide the Iraqi people the opportunity for self-determination.