170105-N-JI086-015 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Jan. 5, 2017) Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Taylor Monroe, left, and Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Marcus Benavides conduct maintenance on the aft vertical launching system aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78). The ship is forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, 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)