210309-N-BM428-0037 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 9, 2021) Sailors prepare a meteorological balloon on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) for ballistic missile defense calibration, March 9, 2021. Porter, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its ninth patrol in the Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of national interests and security in Europe and Africa.

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