170627-N-GI441-033 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 27, 2017) The ensign is lowered to half-mast aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in honor of the seven Sailors who died aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62). George H.W. Bush and its carrier strike group are conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Gaines/Released)