161116-N-FP878-054 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 16, 2016) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) transits the Mediterranean Sea. Ross, 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 Petty Officer 1st Class Theron J. Godbold/Released)