191217-N-TI693-1022 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 17, 2019) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Rachelle Thomas, from Checotah, Oklahoma, conducts communication checks from aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) with the Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Alvaro de Bazan (F 101) during an inaugural passing exercise with the U.S. navy’s destroyer squadron 60 and the Spanish Navy’s 31st surface squadron, Dec. 17, 2019. Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its seventh patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners as well as U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV/Released)