Electronics Technician 3rd Class Devaughnta Bodiford prepares to raise the Union Jack aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in Kiel, Germany, June 4, 2019.
Navy ships and craft resumed flying the Union Jack on June 4 to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. The Union Jack symbolizes the cumulative strength of our nation and of our Navy, where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Mount Whitney, forward deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operates with a combined crew of U.S. Navy Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners 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 Scott Barnes). Original public domain image from Flickr