Keywords: navy uss ross (ddg 71) ussrossddg71 ddg 71 ddg71 u.s. 6th fleet us6thfleet c6f ctf 65 ctf65 patrol souda bay soudabay 161103-N-FP878-024 SOUDA BAY, GREECE (Nov. 3, 2016) Seaman Noah Cheeks, from Follansbee, W. Va., splices thimbles into the pilots ladder aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) in port Souda Bay, Greece, Nov. 3, 2016. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Theron J. Godbold/Released) 161103-N-FP878-024 SOUDA BAY, GREECE (Nov. 3, 2016) Seaman Noah Cheeks, from Follansbee, W. Va., splices thimbles into the pilots ladder aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) in port Souda Bay, Greece, Nov. 3, 2016. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Theron J. Godbold/Released) |