 It's not every day that sailors deal with an imminent threat to their life, ship or station, but when push comes to shove, sailors from the USS Pioneer will be ready to neutralize the threat and continue the mission. For the greater part of their workday, the crew ran drill after drill and were tested to the limit on how fast and how far they would go to protect themselves. The crew was super motivated. Everyone knew what they were supposed to do and did it right away. It's a tough job, the first time lot of responsibility. You're using some pretty heavy weaponry and they took what training they were given and ran with it. So I'm very comfortable, very happy with what the ship has accomplished today. Sometimes drills can be fun. It's a different change of pace for everyone involved, but the events that they mimic are 100% real and the sailors need to know how to and not to act in the situation they're training in. Seaman James Hunt, Fleet Activities, Sasabo, Japan