MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 21, 2014) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Ian Sutton, from Ottawa, Kansas, maneuvers a rigid-hull inflatable boat alongside USS Cole (DDG 67) during a passenger transfer with USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196), Dec. 21, 2014. Cole, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, and Kanawha, a Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler, are conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe.

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