BLACK SEA (Feb. 8, 2017) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and a Royal Canadian Navy Aircrewman prepare for a vertical replenishment during exercise Sea Shield 2017. The Romanian-led multinational exercise, held in the Black Sea, improves interoperability and proficiency of participating units. Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe.

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