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From right: Chief Fire Controlman Zach Broome and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Kason Richards stand on a section of an Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN) unit to remove an access panel during the first-ever ODIN operation and maintenance training course at NSWC PHD’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory onboard Naval Base Ventura County at Point Mugu in California on June 4. Sailors from USS Preble (DDG 88), USS Halsey (DDG 97), U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center, and Afloat Training Group Western Pacific participated in the session, with Richards instructing while Broome was one of the students. First deployed aboard USS Dewey (DDG 105) in 2020, ODIN uses laser technology to defend against unmanned aerial vehicles by interfering with their optical sensors. (U.S. Navy photo by Eric Parsons)
| Date Taken: | 06.04.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 07.27.2026 17:35 |
| Photo ID: | 9834392 |
| VIRIN: | 260604-N-SR235-7383 |
| Resolution: | 4500x2785 |
| Size: | 2.25 MB |
| Location: | PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 11 |
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