Sailors raise the ship’s colors as the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) pulls into port at Naval Station Rota, Spain, Dec. 26, 2014. The 24th MEU and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group are conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Austin A. Lewis/Released)