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Commander Ken Bitar, the Air Boss, controls the skies over the USS TARAWA (LHA 1), with help from Navy Lieutenant Ed Weisbrod (background) and Marine Major Robby Wheeler (center) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

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Gen. Paul Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, signs

Retired Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, namesake of the guided missile destroyer ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51), stands on the ship's deck with his grandson, Dr. Pat Ward, as the vessel travels down river for sea trials off the coast of Maine. The ARLEIGH BURKE is one of the few ships that has ever been named for a living person

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Base: Kennebec River

State: Maine (ME)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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12/09/1990
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label_outline Explore Admiral Arleigh, Ph 3 Jerry Ireland, Kennebec River

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A starboard view of the guided missile frigate KAUFFMAN (FFG-59) as it passes an old fort on the Kennebec river while en route to sea trials

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A starboard quarter view of the guided missile destroyer ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51) underway off the coast of New England prior to its commissioning

An officer escorts retired Adm. Arleigh Burke to his seat for the commissioning ceremony of the guided missile destroyer USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-051), named in his honor

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Izabela Cislak, the Polish grandmother of an Israeli

A close-up view of the Mark 45 5-inch 54-caliber gun aboard the guided missile destroyer ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51). The vessel, one of the few ships that has ever been named for a living person, is traveling down river for sea trials off the coast of Maine

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admiral arleigh admiral arleigh burke namesake missile destroyer missile destroyer arleigh burke ddg ship deck grandson pat ward pat ward vessel river sea trials coast maine arleigh burke person guided missile destroyer high resolution kennebec river ph 3 jerry ireland us national archives