180310-N-QR145-059 HAIFA, Israel (March 10, 2018) Gen. Curtis Scaparotti, right, commander of U.S. European Command, meets with Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, and Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, commander of 3rd Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in Haifa, Israel, for a scheduled port visit in support of exercise Juniper Cobra 2018 (JC18) March 10. JC18 is a computer-assisted exercise conducted through computer simulations focused on improving combined missile defense capabilities and overall interoperability between the U.S. European Command and Israel Defense Force. Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operates with a combined crew of U.S. Navy Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Krystina Coffey/ Released)