161024-N-FP878-110MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 24, 2016) Seaman Noah Cheeks from Follansbee, W. Va., moves to secure a French Panther helicopter aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) during flight quarters Oct. 24, 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)