190418-N-QR145-043 VARNA, Bulgaria (April 18, 2019) Gunner's Mate 1st Class Gregory Bissett mans a 25 mm machine gun remote control station as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departs Varna, Bulgaria, April 18, 2019. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its eighth 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 2nd Class Krystina Coffey/Released)