190720-N-BM428-0271 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 20, 2019) Ensign Eric Jameson reaches for a ladder aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) while returning to the ship after small boat operations, July 20, 2019. Donald Cook, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its ninth 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 3rd Class Damon Grosvenor/Released)