161222-N-EO381-030 6TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Dec. 22, 2016) The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) prepares to make a routine, scheduled transit. 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 Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Casey J. Hopkins)