180904-N-QR145-240 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 4, 2018) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Travis Kersting mans the 5-inch gun mount during a live-fire exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71). Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its seventh patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Krystina Coffey/Released)