BLACK SEA (Nov. 12, 2021) The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), operates in the Black Sea, Nov. 12, 2021. Mount Whitney, forward deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operates with a combined crew of Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners 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)