190701-N-QR145-060 DENMARK STRAIT (July 1, 2019) Operations Specialist 1st Class Marcus Craig verifies safe passage as Yeoman 2nd Class Jeramis Nedrick records the ship's log aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) in the Denmark Strait, July 1, 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)