181023-N-UY653-261 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 23, 2018) Ensign Chris Mead establishes communications with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) from aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat, Oct. 23, 2018. Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its fifth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners as well as U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan U. Kledzik/Released)