U.S. Navy Commodore James Aiken, at lectern, the commander of Destroyer Squadron 60 and the director of exercise Sea Breeze 2014, speaks during the opening ceremony for the exercise aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) in the Black Sea Sept. 8, 2014. Sea Breeze is a joint/combined maritime exercise held annually in the Black Sea and at various land-based Ukrainian training facilities with the goals of strengthening maritime security and stability, sharing information and building teamwork and mutual cooperation.