200303-N-CJ510-0141 BLACK SEA (March 3, 2020) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) transits the Black Sea en route to the Mediterranean Sea, March 3, 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)