191108-N-AS200-0582 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 8, 2019) Capt. Eric Simpson, right, chief engineer of the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), speaks with Czech Republic Brig. Gen. Roman Nahoncik, left, assistant chief of staff for Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), about engine control room operations aboard Mount Whitney while transiting the Mediterranean Sea, Nov. 8, 2019. Mount Whitney is the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, homeported in Gaeta, Italy and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Drew Verbis/Released)