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    Tag: Close In Weapon System
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    • CIWS Fired Aboard Hue City

      Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Omar Diaz   |   Carrier Strike Group Two (CSG-2)   |   03.11.2019

      190311-N-AA191-0159 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 11, 2019) Family members look on as a Close In Weapon System (CIWS), is fired fired during a live fire demonstration aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66). Hue City was underway for a single-day cruise where the friends and families of the crew came aboard to experience life on a cruiser. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication......

    • 171009-N-GP724-1082

      Photo by Alex Perlman   |   U.S. Navy   |   10.09.2017

      171009-N-GP724-1082 PACIFIC OCEAN (October 9, 2017) A Phalanx Close-In Weapons System fires during a live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment, Oct. 6, to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation......

    • 171009-N-GP724-1062

      Photo by Alex Perlman   |   U.S. Navy   |   10.09.2017

      171009-N-GP724-1062 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 9, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) fires its Phalanx close-in weapons system during a live-fire exercise. Theodore Roosevelt is on a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist......

    • Sailor prepares to conduct maintenance

      Photo by Samuel H Bacon   |   U.S. Navy   |   02.20.2017

      PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2017) - Fire Controlman 3rd Class Alicia Mata, a native of Houston, prepares to conduct maintenance on a Close In Weapon System (CWIS) while on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is currently underway conducting Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Samuel Bacon/Released)...

    • Sailor prepares to conduct maintenance

      Photo by Samuel H Bacon   |   U.S. Navy   |   02.20.2017

      PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2017) - Fire Controlman 3rd Class Alicia Mata, a native of Houston, prepares to conduct maintenance on a Close In Weapon System (CWIS) while on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is currently underway conducting Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Samuel Bacon/Released)...

    • 160805-N-TI017-129

      Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate McDonald   |   U.S. Navy   |   08.05.2016

      160805-N-TI017-129 AEGEAN SEA (Aug. 5, 2016) Fire Controlman 3rd Class Zachary Houser speaks on a sound-powered telephone aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) Aug. 5, 2016. Whidbey Island is deployed with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. (U.S.......

    • Task Force 76

      Photo by Chief Petty Officer Michael Kennedy   |   U.S. Navy   |   11.30.1999

      Austin-class amphibious transport dock USS Juneau (LPD 10) test fires one of its Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) mounts. The CIWS is a radar-guided 20mm gatling gun used to defend Juneau against anti-ship missiles. Juneau serves under Task Force 76, the Navy's permanently forward-deployed amphibious force operating from Sasebo, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st......

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