180531-N-XT273-226 KLAIPEDA, Lithuania (May 31, 2018) Sailors aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) raise the American flag as the ship arrives in Klaipeda, Lithuania, May 31, 2018. Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operates with a combined crew of U.S. Navy Sailors and Military Sea Lift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Stumberg/Released)