MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 17, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) watch as the ship approaches the Lewis and Clarke-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5) for a replenishment-at-sea, Feb. 17, 2022. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its 12th patrol in the U.S. Sixth 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)