160923-N-FP878-005 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 23, 2016) Ensign Christine Conlon from Middletown, N.J., mans the rails as the USS Ross (DDG 71) pulls along side the French Navy ship FS Marne (A-630) to conduct a refueling-at-sea Sept. 23, 2016. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, 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 and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Theron J. Godbold/Released)