MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 2, 2017) Seaman Levi Quiroz stands by as the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) comes alongside the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Bighorn (T-AO 198) June 2, 2017. Leyte Gulf is conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe.

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