150317-N-VY489-072 RIJEKA, Croatia (March 17, 2015) Chief Information Systems Technician Andrew Beaderman, assigned to the U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC20), speaks to local school children during a community relations project at the Nikola Tesla Elementary school in Rijeka, Croatia. Mount Whitney, deployed to Rijeka, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike Wright/Released)