Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Charmanda Ward performs a poem during an African-American History Month presentation aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51).

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 28, 2014) Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Charmanda Ward performs a poem during an African-American History Month presentation aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51). Arleigh Burke is on a scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II) File# 140228-N-WD757-049