WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 14, 2022) Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Terrance Joiner, from Perry, GA, signals for clear take takeoff with an MH-60R Romeo attached to Navy Helicopter Squadron “Spartans” (HSM) 70 aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), during UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 14, 2022. UNITAS is the world’s longest-running maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Brazil, it brings together multinational forces from Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States conducting operations in and off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperability among participating naval and marine forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mitch Meppelink/Released)
Date Taken: | 09.14.2022 |
Date Posted: | 09.21.2022 22:51 |
Photo ID: | 7428841 |
VIRIN: | 220914-N-RL853-0358 |
Resolution: | 5504x3669 |
Size: | 7.56 MB |
Location: | ATLANTIC OCEAN |
Hometown: | PERRY, GEORGIA, US |
Web Views: | 32 |
Downloads: | 7 |
This work, USS Lassen Conducts Flight Ops [Image 5 of 5], by PO1 Mitchell Meppelink, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.