190421-N-QR145-071 BATUMI, Georgia (April 21, 2019) Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Andrew Palmer mans the rails as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) arrives at Batumi, Georgia, April 21, 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)