190415-N-AS200-017 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 15, 2019) Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler, assigned to Naval Public Affairs detachment Europe, takes aerial photos of the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), as it transits the Mediterranean Sea, April 15, 2019. Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operates with a combined crew of U.S. Navy Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Drew Verbis/Released)