191215-N-CJ510-0452 BLACK SEA (Dec. 15, 2019) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) sails en route to the Black Sea, Dec. 15, 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)