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PHILIPPINE SEA (June 16, 2022) Lt. Connor M. Keating of Fairfax, Virginia, stands watch as the Fires Officer aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) during the coordinated multi-domain, multi-axis, long-range maritime strikes against EX-USS Vandegrift as part of Valiant Shield 2022 (VS 22). As the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) graduate assigned to Benfold, Lt. Keating oversaw all facets of weapons planning and employment coordination during the strike on the decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48). USS Benfold started the event by firing its Standard Missile (SM) 6, a supersonic surface-to-surface guided-missile. Benfold is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force and is on routine deployment as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthur Rosen)
| Date Taken: | 06.16.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 06.21.2022 21:33 |
| Photo ID: | 7277638 |
| VIRIN: | 220616-N-YA628-1149 |
| Resolution: | 4350x3107 |
| Size: | 1.05 MB |
| Location: | PHILIPPINE SEA |
| Web Views: | 194 |
| Downloads: | 14 |
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