181010-N-QR145-207 ASHDOD, Israel (Oct. 10, 2018) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) plant vegetables during a community relations project at Ort Ashdod Nautical High School in Ashdod, Israel, Oct. 10, 2018, during a scheduled port visit. 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)