161230-N-KP948-005 STRAIT OF MESSINA (Dec. 30, 2016) - Fire Controlman 2nd Class Jose Hernandez stands watch at a remote operator console for a MK 38 .25mm machine gun aboard USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) as the ship transits the Strait of Messina, Dec. 30, 2016. Donald Cook, an Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer, 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 and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alyssa Weeks/Released)