RIJEKA, Croatia (Sept. 21, 2017) Information Systems Technician Seaman Alex Shepherd takes the third class petty officer exam aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) at Viktor Lenac shipyard in Rijeka, Croatia, Sept. 21, 2017. Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operates with a combined crew of Navy Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners.

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