An American sailor assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie makes friends in Sri Lanka during humanitarian assistance operations in the wake of severe flooding and landslides that devastated many regions of the country in Matara, Sri Lanka, June 13, 2017. Recent heavy rainfall brought by a southwestern monsoon triggered flooding and landslides throughout the country, displacing thousands of people and causing significant damage to homes and buildings. Navy photo by Ensign Nicholas Ransom