190706-N-QR145-017 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 6, 2019) - Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Andrew Friend fires a 50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) in the Atlantic Ocean, July 6, 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)