ROTA, Spain.
The Flag of Spain flies aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) while the ship departs from Rota, Spain for its ninth Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol, Jan. 12, 2021. Porter, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its ninth patrol 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 Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Damon Grosvenor). Original public domain image from Flickr.