ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 23, 2025) Ensign Anthony Picciano, assigned to the amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17), monitors the area around the super rapid bloom offboard countermeasures (SRBOC) chaff launchers to ensure no personnel enter the off limits area during a live fire exercise. Chaff is a defensive system designed to disperse small filaments a distance from the ship causing a large radar signature to confuse missiles guided by radar targeting systems. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd MEU are underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing ARGMEUEX which prepares integrated naval task forces for sustained, high-end Joint and combined combat. Integrated naval training provides combatant commanders and the Commander-in-Chief highly capable forces that deter adversaries, underpin American security and economic prosperity, and reassure Allies and partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ryan Kersting-Schlimgen)
| Date Taken: | 05.23.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 05.25.2025 13:12 |
| Photo ID: | 9061150 |
| VIRIN: | 250523-N-OF460-6648 |
| Resolution: | 1063x709 |
| Size: | 138.12 KB |
| Location: | ATLANTIC OCEAN |
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