ENGLISH CHANNEL (May 6, 2021) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Ritchard Lofton, stationed aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), leads a hose team to fight a fire aboard the ship during Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), May 6, 2021. FOST is a three-week exercise led by the Royal Navy that tests the ship’s warfighting ability. 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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