The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) departed the Black Sea, Sept. 13 after participating in Exercise Sea Breeze 2015.

Donald Cook's operations in the Black Sea provided an opportunity to work with allies and regional partners to help develop and improve maritime forces, maintain regional security and work towards mutual goals in order to advance security and stability in Europe.

USS Donald Cook, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is currently on her third routine patrol conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.

The ship deployed from Naval Station Rota July 22.