200507-N-BM428-0008 GAETA, Italy (May 7, 2020) Stretcher bearers aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) transport a simulated COVID-19 patient as part of a medical evacuation drill aboard the ship while in Gaeta, Italy, May 7, 2020. Mount Whitney is currently practicing social distancing and other protective measures in response to COVID-19. Mount Whitney is the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, homeported in Gaeta, and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Damon Grosvenor/Released)