Video by Chief Petty Officer Ruben Reed | USS WASP (LHD 1) | 12.01.2024
240201-N-QI093-1001 (Dec. 1, 2024) The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) fires its Phalanx close-in weapon system, Dec. 1, 2024, in the Atlantic Ocean. Wasp is conducting operations in the Atlantic Ocean as the flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG)-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC). (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradley Rickard | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 10.07.2023
231007-N-OM737-1001 ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 7, 2023) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Anthony Karasek, assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), maintains his hobby of drawing while the ship is deployed in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 7. Components of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Berlier and Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Cavenaile | USS America (LHA 6) | 07.18.2022
AT SEA (July 18, 2022) The forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6) test fires its close-in weapon system. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend......
Video by Chief Petty Officer Stacy Laseter | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 06.16.2021
210616-N-YI115-1002 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 16, 2021) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducts a live-fire exercise of the Mark 15 Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) and the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile System (ESSM) Mod 15 June 16, 2021. Vinson is currently underway conducting routine maritime operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. This video’s speed has been reduced by 25 percent past......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino | USS Germantown (LSD 42) | 07.28.2020
EAST CHINA SEA (July 28, 2020) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Ben Palo, from Ellenville, N.Y., discusses the close-in weapons system after it is fired during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, part of America Expeditionary Strike Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and......
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Carter | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 05.08.2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (May 8, 2019) Fire Controlman 2nd Class James Neisch, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) combat systems department, breaks down what is on the line for his fellow shipmates in theis weeks edition of "Warship78". Ford is currently undergoing its post-shakedown availability at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sonja Wickard | Navy Public Affairs Support Element East - (Active) | 01.15.2019
190115-N-HV059-1001 PORTSMOUTH Va. (Jan. 15, 2019) Fire Controlman 2nd Class John Sullivan spends his off-time building model trains. As a close-in weapons system technician in the Navy, his job has the potential to help him succeed in his dream job as a railroad electrician. (U.S. Navy Video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sonja Wickard/Released) Contributors Mass Communication......
Video by Spc. Tyler Olsen | U.S. Forces Iraq | 07.19.2010
Package about a land-based phalanx weapons system maintainer keeping guns operational at Victory Base Complex in Baghdad, Iraq. Produced by Spc. Tyler Olsen. Includes soundbites from Fire Controlman 2nd Class Dustin Hoffman, from Helena, Mont., land-based phalanx weapons system maintainer with 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery. Also see "Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar Maintainer Fixes......
