The flagship of the US Navy is the USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) . It is the flagship of the US 6th Fleet and is forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy. The USS Mount Whitney serves as the Command Ship for Commander, Sixth Fleet/ Commander, Joint Command Lisbon/Commander, Striking Force NATO and has a complement of 150 enlisted personnel, 12 officers, and 150 Civilian Mariners from Military Sealift Command. The ship is the most sophisticated Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) ship ever commissioned, incorporating various elements of the most advanced C4I equipment and giving the embarked Joint Task Force Commander the capability to effectively command all units under their command.