
Logistics Specialist 3rd Class John Carlos, from Aurora, stands phone talker watch aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) Feb. 20. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg 
Sailors aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) Feb. 20. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg 
Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Derek Smith, center, from Fort Pierce, Fla., checks the fuel probe aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) Feb. 20. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg
Branching out: Aurora Sailor on the USS ROSS
