MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Jan. 2, 2022) The Italian frigate Carlo Margottini (F 592), left, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) participate in a photo exercise with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) (not pictured) in the Mediterranean Sea, Jan. 2, 2022. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its 12th 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)