 General Quarters, General Quarters. It's a sound of another General Quarters drill. But what exactly is GQ? And why do ships practice them all the time? GQ is basically the commanding officer's ability to combat everything that happens. So General Quarters allows him to have stations throughout the ship that are prepared to fight any casualty from fire to flooding to chemical to radiological attacks. Doing GQ drills prepares sailors so they know exactly what to do in a real emergency. And that's what we're really trying to build. Instincts within the sailors to combat casualties, they know how to react. They know what gear to get. They know how to use the gear. They know where to use the gear and when to use the gear. And when sailors use equipment naturally, they can focus on being a team and fighting for the ship. Reporting from USS Essex, I'm Petty Officer Raul Moreno.