KIEL, Germany (June 15, 2018) Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander of 6th Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, speaks with Richard Grenell, ambassador to Germany, aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) June 15, 2018, in Kiel, Germany, for Kiel Week. 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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