161215-N-GK781-130 BELFAST, Ireland (Dec. 15, 2016) Sailors, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), prepare to moor to Belfast Harbor for a scheduled port visit. Mason, 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 Ensign Jeff Van Hoof/Released)