US Navy (USN) Quartermaster Third Class (QM3) Dan Finklea uses a Sextant navigational equipment to determine the height and the angle of celestial bodies that helps determine the position and heading of the USN Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer (AEGIS) USS STETHEM (DDG 63) during Exercise Multi-Sail 2006 in the Pacific Ocean. MULTI-SAIL 2006 is designed to help USN Sailors in the Forward Deployed Naval Force (FDNF) maximize their combat readiness by practicing maneuver training between ships. The training also gives the USN Sailors a chance to operate in multi-ship environment
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: ENSIGN Danny Ewing Jr, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/05/2006
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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