190621-N-QR145-124 KIEL, Germany (June 21, 2019) - A Sailor assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) throws a line to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) 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)