161214-N-QI061-012 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 14, 2016) The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) transits the Mediterranean Sea. Nitze, currently 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 Nathan T. Beard)