171121-N-GL340-122 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 21, 2017) Information Systems Technician 1st Class Amber Czerniawski and Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Sage Jackson meet Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer and his wife, Pauline Spencer, in the joint operations center aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20). Mount Whitney is forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operating with a combined crew of U.S. Navy Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Feddersen/Released)