191206-N-CJ510-0010 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 6, 2019) Sailors watch as an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the Proud Warriors of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 72 departs the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) in the Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 6, 2019. Ross, 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 Andrea Rumple/Released)