USS Higgins honors 1983 Beirut barracks bombing victims [Image 1 of 2]

OFF THE COAST OF BEIRUT, AT SEA

10.23.2009

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Keen 

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet

With the crew in formation on the flight deck, Cmdr. Carl W. Meuser, commanding officer of USS Higgins, and Master Chief Petty Officer Bobby Maddox, command master chief onboard Higgins, lay a wreath in the sea twenty-six nautical miles off the shores of Beirut in honor of thosekilled in the barracks bombing Oct. 23, 1983. Higgins, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, is homeported out of San Diego, Calif. and is currently operating in the 6th Fleet area of operations and is participating in the U.S.-Israeli bilateral exercise Juniper Cobra 10. JC 10, held every two years, is the fifth iteration of its kind and is designed to test the active missile-defense capabilities of both armed forces.

• Date Taken: 10.23.2009
• Date Posted: 10.23.2009 09:30
• Photo ID: 216162
• VIRIN: 091023-N-9999G-001
• Resolution: 1532x1094
• Size: 294.07 KB
• Location: OFF THE COAST OF BEIRUT, AT SEA