160222-N-KM939-537 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 22, 2016) - Culinary Specialist 1st Class Angel Melendez, from Orlando, Florida, speaks to Sailors during an African-American history month celebration aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Stockdale is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)