161225-N-JI086-054 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 25, 2016) Thank You cards line the walls of the mess deck aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) as Sailors eat their holiday dinner. Porter, 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ford Williams/Released)