Photo by Cpl. Juan Maldonado | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 03.17.2024
U.S. Marines with the command element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, pose by a Mark 45 5-inch gun aboard the USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) at White Beach Naval Base, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 17, 2024. The USS Peralta was named in memory of Sgt. Rafael Peralta who earned a Navy Cross for his actions in the second battle of Fallujah while attached to the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’......
Photo by Cpl. Juan Maldonado | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 03.17.2024
U.S. Marines with the command element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, pose by a Mark 45 5-inch gun aboard the USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) at White Beach Naval Base, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 17, 2024. The USS Peralta was named in memory of Sgt. Rafael Peralta who earned a Navy Cross for his actions in the second battle of Fallujah while attached to the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’......
Photo by Cpl. Juan Maldonado | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 03.17.2024
A memorial placard commemorating U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rafael Peralta aboard the USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) at White Beach Naval Base, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 17, 2024. The USS Peralta was named in memory of Sgt. Rafael Peralta who earned a Navy Cross for his in the second battle of Fallujah while attached to the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Colby Mothershead | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 08.22.2023
PORT EDEN (Aug. 22, 2023) Australian contractors, Australian Sailors and Sailors assigned to Navy Munitions Command Pacific East Asia Division Unit Guam inspect and prep an SM-2 missile to be loaded aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), Aug. 22. Rafael Peralta is assigned to Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Colby Mothershead | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 08.22.2023
PORT EDEN (Aug. 22, 2023) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Shane Smith, left, from Sarasota, Florida, and Fire Controlman 2nd Class Emory Kim, right, from Hillsboro, Oregon, attach lines to a crane hook during an SM-2 missile reload aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), Aug. 22. Rafael Peralta is assigned to Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Colby Mothershead | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 08.22.2023
PORT EDEN (Aug. 22, 2023) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) guide a used SM-2 missile cartridge out of a vertical launching system tube during an SM-2 missile reload, Aug. 22. Rafael Peralta is assigned to Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Colby Mothershead | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 08.22.2023
PORT EDEN (Aug. 22, 2023) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) guide an SM-2 missile container into a vertical launching system tube during an SM-2 missile reload, Aug. 22. Rafael Peralta is assigned to Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Colby Mothershead | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 08.22.2023
PORT EDEN (Aug. 22, 2023) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) prepare to remove a used SM-2 missile cartridge out of a vertical launching system tube during an SM-2 missile reload, Aug. 22. Rafael Peralta is assigned to Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s......
