ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 26, 2022) – Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Amari Jessup signals to the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS William McLean (T AKE-12) during a replenishment-at-sea aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), March 26. Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is currently participating in Task Force Exercise in the 2nd Fleet area of operations. TFEX serves as the certification exercise for independent deploying ships and is designed to test mission readiness and performance in integrated operations.

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