180409-N-ET513-0018 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 9, 2018) Sailors hold a Junior Enlisted Association meeting in the mess decks abord the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58). Laboon, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, is in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kallysta Castillo/Released)