190421-N-QR145-155 BATUMI, Georgia (April 21, 2019) Leadership from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) and Georgian government and Navy leaders salute to the American national anthem during a welcoming ceremony 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)