NORTH SEA (May 23, 2021) Sailors in the USS Ross Chief Petty Officers Association present Sailors in the USS Ross Junior Enlisted Association with a check to help them get started on the mess deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), May 23, 2021. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Claire DuBois)