BLACK SEA (June 23, 2021) Chief Boatswain�s Mate Albert Atkins, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58), looks though a pair of binoculars during a passing and communication exercise in the Black Sea, June 23, 2021. Laboon is deployed to 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 Seaman Jeremy R. Boan)