150610-N-ZZ999-0527 BALTIC SEA A fireman aboard French naval vessel Somme watches as USS San Antonio LPD-17 maneuvers along side for an underway replinishment during Baltic Operations 2015. BALTOPS is an annual multinational exercise designed to enhance flexibility and interoperability, as well as demonstrate resolve among allied and partnered forces to defend the Baltic region. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam C. Stapleton.