This week, the Standard Missile-3 successfully completed its first intercept of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Learn more about what this means for future #homelanddefense : rtxdefense.co/35MdmsP #ICBM #USSJohnFinn
Teamwork = Success! 💥
#USSJohnFinn (DDG 113) launches an SM-6 missile during U.S. Pacific Fleet #USXIBP21 , striking the target. UxS IBP 21 integrates manned & unmanned capabilities into challenging scenarios to generate warfighting advantages.
DETAILS: go.usa.gov/xHQjT
Sea power 🌊 💪
#Sailors aboard #USSJohnFinn (DDG 113) watch as the ship approaches the #USSTheodoreRoosevelt (CVN 71). John Finn, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.
RT U.S. Pacific Fleet: #USSTheodoreRoosevelt steams alongside #USSJohnFinn as the ships conducted underway replenishment drills while transiting waters of the Western Pacific this week. #CVN71 #DDG113 #USNavy
Heavin' the Line Shipmates! 💪 ⚓
Sailors heave a line during a sea-and-anchor evolution aboard #USSJohnFinn .
📷: MC2 Class Samantha Oblander
#USNavy photos of the day: #USSTheodoreRoosevelt launches aircraft, #USSGeraldRFord practices firefighting, #USSRafaelPeralta and #USSJohnFinn are underway and #USNavy Sailors maintain a radar aboard #USSHarrySTruman . ⬇️ info & download ⬇️: navy.mil/viewPhoto.asp?
#USSJohnFinn conducts routine Taiwan Strait transit: go.usa.gov/xspgB #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific #DDG113 7th Fleet
Staying ready.
📍 EAST CHINA SEA (April 17, 2023) Sailors climb through a hatch during a damage control drill aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer #USSJohnFinn .
📸: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Samantha Oblander
#USNavy 's #USSJohnFinn conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the aircraft carrier #USSTheodoreRoosevel in 7th Fleet. 7th Fleet conducts forward-deployed naval operations in support of U.S. national interests that help ensure a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific .
#USSJohnFinn returns to San Diego from maiden deployment: go.usa.gov/xHx9w
#DDG113 #USNavy #WelcomeHome
Teamwork.
#USSJohnFinn transits the Pacific Ocean as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group while deployed to 7th Fleet. The strike group is in the region helping to foster maritime security & promote stability alongside partner nations. #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific
#BlueGreenTeam training, we never stop.
A U.S. Marines UH-1Y Venom Huey lands aboard the #USNavy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer #USSJohnFinn as part of a deck landing qualification. The training mission was held as a means of maintaining naval integration, operational capabilities.