THEOULE-SUR-MER, France - Sailors from USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) stand in formation at the Cross of Lorraine monument as French army veterans bear flags commemorating the Liberation of Provence by allied forces during World War II. Mount Whitney, homeported in Gaeta, Italy, is the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and MSC civil service mariners. The civil service mariners perform navigation, deck, engineering, laundry and galley service operations while military personnel aboard support communications, weapons systems and security.