180908-N-QR145-043 STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (Sept. 8, 2018) Fire Controlman 3rd Class Thomas Williams stands watch at the optical sight system console 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 in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Krystina Coffey/Released)