GLENMALLAN, Scotland (Oct. 19, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Deleon, executive officer of the U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), welcomes Capt. Keizo Kitagawa, Japanese defense attache to the United Kingdom, before a conference of coalition forces held aboard the ship, Oct. 19, 2015. Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operates with a combined crew of Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners.