161214-N-EO381-067 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 14, 2016) The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze, conducts an underway replenishment with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Nitze, deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey J. Hopkins)