151222-N-XT273-044 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 22, 2015) Quartermaster Seaman Craddock raises the Italian ensign aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) while transiting the Straits of Messina Dec. 22, 2015. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol 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 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released)