150219-N-XB010-008 ATLANTIC OCEAN Ensign William Gaither III, originally from Atlanta, and serving as USS Laboon Operations Department division officer, speaks during a Black History Month Celebration aboard the ship Feb. 19, 2015. Laboon, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer home ported in Norfolk, is underway conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.