Destroyer USS Rafael Peralta completes first live missile on-load in Eden, Australia [Image 5 of 5]

AUSTRALIA

08.22.2023

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Colby Mothershead 

Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5

PORT EDEN (Aug. 22, 2023) Australian contractors, Australian Sailors and Sailors assigned to Navy Munitions Command Pacific East Asia Division Unit Guam inspect and prep an SM-2 missile to be loaded aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), Aug. 22. Rafael Peralta is assigned to Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Colby A. Mothershead)

• Date Taken: 08.22.2023
• Date Posted: 09.06.2023 21:32
• Photo ID: 8006951
• VIRIN: 230822-N-JO829-1024
• Resolution: 2400x1714
• Size: 1.04 MB
• Location: AU