161022-N-FP878-021 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 22, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Jashua Craddock, right, from New Orleans, passes information to USS Ross (DDG 71) Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Russell Caldwell, left, as the ship takes part in a photo exercise with the Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group Oct. 22, 2016. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is providing multi-warfare defense support to Charles de Gaulle carrier-based operations in the Eastern Mediterranean against identified ISIL positions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Theron J. Godbold/Released)