MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 6, 2022) Ensign Brandon Jackson, right, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), practices a self-defense strategy during the oleoresin capsicup spray portion of security reaction force bravo training on the ship's flight deck, Feb. 6, 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)