190527-N-QR145-061 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 27, 2019) Ensign James Midkiff communicates from aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) with the Portuguese navy Vasco da Gama-class frigate NRP Corte-Real (F 332) during a bilateral maritime exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, May 27, 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)