150603-N-FQ994-446 DARDANELLES STRAIT (June 3, 2015)

150603-N-FQ994-446 DARDANELLES STRAIT (June 3, 2015) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Robert Schulz, from Lodi, California, mans a .50-caliber machine gun as part of the small craft action team aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) as the ship transits the Dardanelles Strait June 3, 2015. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/Released)