MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 24, 2021) Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class Andrew Merklin, left, and Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Jonathan Salas, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), participate in a “steel beach” picnic on the ship’s flight deck while underway in the Mediterranean Sea, July 24, 2021. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on patrol in the Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and national security interests in Europe and Africa.

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