Keywords: US Navy 061106-N-1713L-022 Line handlers await the arrival of the guided missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), as the ship returns to its homeport after a six-month deployment.jpg en Norfolk Va Nov 6 20006 Line handlers await the arrival of the guided missile destroyer USS Ross DDG 71 as the ship returns to its homeport after a six-month deployment in support of Operation Active Endeavour OAE in the Mediterranean Sea as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 SNMG-2 While on deployment Ross worked with more than sixty NATO and non-NATO ships from Israel and Russia and submarines and aircraft from England Greece Italy Turkey and the United States The deployment was designed to be flexible and provided presence and strike power to support joint and allied forces afloat and ashore U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lolita M Lewis RELEASED Nov 6 20006 061106-N-1713L-022 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 40579 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lolita M Lewis PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Station Norfolk USS Ross DDG-71 Operation Active Endeavour Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 |