Happy 20th anniversary to the guided-missile destroyer USS PREBLE (DDG-88) whose namesake, Edward Preble, served as a commanding officer aboard USS Constitution during the Barbary Wars! Two chief petty officers from Preble joined us to experience naval heritage and history dating back to Old Ironsides' commissioning 225 years ago. | USS Constitution

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Firing Phalanx CIWS from USS Sterett 🎇 ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 2, 2020) The guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) fires its Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 2. Sterett is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global

20K views · 274 reactions |  US Navy released a clip of the USS Preble firing a HELIOS laser weapon. The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance will be used primarily to counter UAV. | NextGen PHDefense | Facebook