 NASSIG Sailors got the chance to fire crew-serve weapons recently. Petty Officer Jeremy Davis, who is one of the instructors, discusses why it's important for Sailors to have training like this. At the reason why they need to know how to use these weapons, because they're going to be the guys that are going to be protecting the base. They're our security. They're going to be the first responders. If anything happens, if we go into a higher threat level where we need to put up machine guns, they're going to be the guys to do it. We're just here to train them and make sure they're good to go and they're confident when they're operating these weapons out there. This training was unique because typically these Sailors do not have the opportunity to use these weapons that often. For Petty Officer Jonathan Plowman, this was a great way to improve on his shooting. Since I entered the Navy, I've been told to train like you fight. And no better way to do that than to actually give it under behind the gun and put rounds down range and get the feel for what it is to actually shoot an M-240. From Naval Air Station Siganella, I'm Petty Officer Jeremy Freeland.