MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 21, 2016) Ambassador to Spain, James Costos, middle, observes operations on the navigational bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Ike, currently deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe.

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