190703-N-QR145-019 STRAIT OF DOVER (July 3, 2019) Ensign James Midkiff stands conning officer watch aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) in the Strait of Dover, July 3, 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)