161025-N-FP878-106 (30764769492)

161025-N-FP878-106MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 25, 2016) Petty Officer 2nd Class Tanika Bates from Denver, inspects a detachable chain link aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) Oct. 25, 2016. 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 and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Theron J. Godbold/Released)