160929-N-IG696-238 [Image 152 of 235]

SANTA RITA, GUAM

09.29.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chidi Amadi 

U.S. Navy           

160929-N-IG696-238
SANTA RITA, Guam (Sept. 29, 2016) Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Carlton, assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), watches on as Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) and Naval Munitions Command East Asia Division Unit Guam remove an expended canister from the destroyer’s vertical launch system (VLS). The two ships conducted an exercise to demonstrate surface VLS ordnance handling between an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer and a submarine tender. Emory S. Land, homeported in Guam, conducts maintenance on submarines and surface ships in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Amadi/Released)

• Date Taken: 09.29.2016
• Date Posted: 10.05.2016 00:16
• Photo ID: 2898316
• VIRIN: 160929-N-IG696-238
• Resolution: 4288x2819
• Size: 1.2 MB
• Location: SANTA RITA, GU