Checking In With An Alaskan Sailor Serving On The USS Carney

Electronics Technician 3rd Class Zach VanderMolen, left, from North Pole, and Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Jamil Brassier, from Marseille, France, man a .50-caliber machine gun mount aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) during a straits transit en route to the Black Sea, June 29, 2019. Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its sixth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners as well as U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV/Released). Thank you, Zach, for serving your country!