181025-N-QR145-139 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 25, 2018) Sonar Technicians (Surface) 3rd Class Elias Wortmann, left, and Cody Stone deploy a torpedo counter-measure system as Chief Sonar Technician (Surface) Lance Ross supervises aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) in the Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 25, 2018. 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)