190621-N-QR145-043 KIEL, Germany (June 21, 2019) - A German Federal Coast Guard boat escorts the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) while arriving 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)