170103-N-JI086-008 VENICE, Italy (Jan. 3, 2017) A pilot boat approaches the guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) as it prepares to depart Venice, Italy. Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ford Williams/Released)