151229-N-XT273-265 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 29, 2015) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) wave goodbye after a replenishment-at-sea Dec. 29, 2015 with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195) in the Mediterranean Sea. Ross is forward deployed to Rota, Spain, and 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)