200215-N-CJ510-0162 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 15, 2020) Cmdr. John John, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), left, speaks during a meeting with French Counter-Admiral Aussedat, commanding officer of the Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group, and Ross leadership, Feb. 15, 2020. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its ninth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrea Rumple/Released)