190621-N-QR145-001 KIEL, Germany (June 21, 2019) - Operations Specialist 2nd Class Ashton Davis verifies safe passage as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) arrives at Kiel, Germany, June 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)