MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 12, 2021) Lt. j.g. Jorge Martinez, a Spanish Navy officer assigned to the Santa Maria-class frigate SPS Victoria (F 82), speaks with Cmdr. Thomas Ralston, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), while conning the Porter during an underway replenishment with the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) in the Mediterranean Sea, Feb. 12, 2021. Porter, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its ninth patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Damon Grosvenor)