BLACK SEA (July 9, 2021) Commanding Officer Cmdr. John D. John, left, presents a certificate of appointment to Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) 1st Class Christopher Etchepare aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) while underway in the Black Sea, July 9, 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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