ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 19, 2017) - Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Zachary Padilla, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57), prepares to fire a shot line during a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) Sept. 19, 2017. Mitscher, homeported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe.

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