MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 17, 2022) The Honorable Carlos del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, center, speaks with Sailors during a visit to the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91) while it is underway with Arleigh Burke-class guided missile-destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) in the Mediterranean Sea. 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)