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A fire control technician G (Gun Fire Control) works on components of the Phalanx Mark 15 (3X1) weapons system. The 3,000 rounds-per-minute 20mm gun is slated to be installed on 64 U.S. Navy ships

A fire control technician G (Gun Fire Control) works on components of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: General Dynamics Corp. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr., standing in front of the Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns, tours the stern section of the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62). Lehman is present for the test firing of the battleship's weapons system while the ship undergoes sea trials

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr., standing in front of the Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62)

A Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: SA Chase Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62)

A Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

A Mark 16 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) is fired aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) during the multinational Exercise RIMPAC '90

A Mark 16 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) is fired aboard ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '90 Base: USS Missouri (BB 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Brad Dillon Release Status: Re... More

A Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) displaying its ammunition belt of 20mm rounds stands on the Mall as part of a static display of aircraft, armor and weaponry. The display is part of the National Victory Celebration which is being held in honor of the Allied forces' liberation of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm

A Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) displaying its ammunition bel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

Test firing of a Phalanx Mark 15 close in weapons system (CIWS) on board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The LINCOLN is on the homeward bound leg of a six month deployment for WestPac '93

Test firing of a Phalanx Mark 15 close in weapons system (CIWS) on boa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WESTPAC '93 Country: Central Pacific Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dale W. Novotasky Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

A portside view of the USS NICHOLSON (DD 982), its bridge, Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) and forward main mast electronic sensor array

A portside view of the USS NICHOLSON (DD 982), its bridge, Phalanx Clo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret) Release Status: Release... More

Flames project from the rotating 20 mm gun barrels of the M-61A1 Gatling Gun of the MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) as it is fired during a Close-in Weapons System Practice Fire (CIWS PACFIRE) evolution onboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). The TRUMAN is currently undergoing carrier qualifications and flight deck certification off the Atlantic coast

Flames project from the rotating 20 mm gun barrels of the M-61A1 Gatli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jose L. Barrientos Jr., Usn Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A US Navy (USN) Mark 15 (MK-15) Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) fires during a pre-aim calibration (PAC) live-fire test onboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), while the ROOSEVELT is underway in the Atlantic Ocean participating in a Tailored Ship Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP)

A US Navy (USN) Mark 15 (MK-15) Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Reginald Buggs, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1631, assigned to Assault Craft Unit One (ACU 1), prepares to pull into the well deck of the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS ESSEX (LHD 2) at Sasebo Harbor, Japan (JPN). Over looking the LCU is the ESSEXs MK 15 Phalanx Close-In weapons System (CWIS). The ESSEX is currently participating in Amphibious Specialty Training (AST), certifying the well deck for operations

A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1631, assigned to Assault...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Marvin E. Thompson Jr., Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Crew members haul on a line aboard the Australian guided missile frigate HMAS SYDNEY (FFG-03) during an underway replenishment exercise with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Behind him is the ship's Mark 16 Phalanx close in weapons system

Crew members haul on a line aboard the Australian guided missile friga...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Butler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crewmen watch as a Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is fired during gunnery practice on the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63)

Crewmen watch as a Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Cosgrove/PH2 Milne Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

GUNNER's mates inspect linked belts of Mark 149 Mod 2 20mm ammunition before loading it into the magazine of a Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63)

GUNNER's mates inspect linked belts of Mark 149 Mod 2 20mm ammunition ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Brad Dillon Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

With the Phalanx Close In Weapons System (CIWS) looming behind them, an American officer points out features of his ship to Soviet navy personnel and other citizens. The Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG-51) and the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG-59) are making the second goodwill visit to a Soviet port by American warships since World War II

With the Phalanx Close In Weapons System (CIWS) looming behind them, a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Fire Control Technician First Class (FC1) Jim Begalla performs preventative maintenance checks on the Mark 15 Phalanx Close-in weapons System (CIWS) on board the guided missile destroyer USS JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG-53)

Fire Control Technician First Class (FC1) Jim Begalla performs prevent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Steven Cooke Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Straight on medium shot as USAF Technical Sergeant Richard Stover (in background driving loader) raises an AGM-154A Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW), as MASTER Sergeant Bradly Haynie (left) and STAFF Sergeant Frank Furtado (right) guide it to a weapons upload training aircraft at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. The 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, is the first Air Force F-16 unit to implement the Joint Stand-off Weapon ( JSOW), system. The three-person weapons loading team from the 20th Operations Group Weapons Standardization section, are being certified to upload the new weapons system

Straight on medium shot as USAF Technical Sergeant Richard Stover (in ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF Release ... More

060808-N-8604L-111 (Aug. 8, 2006)Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), USN Sailors assigned to the Combat Systems Department place dummy rounds into an ammo box after the completion of corrective maintenance on the MK-15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS). The KITTY HAWK is currently underway in the South China Sea, in the 7th Fleet's area of responsibility, demonstrating power projection and sea control as the US Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua Wayne LeGrand (RELEASED)

060808-N-8604L-111 (Aug. 8, 2006)Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua Wayne Legrand, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A U.S. Navy 20 mm MK-15 Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) mounted on the fan tail aboard the Nimitz Class Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) on Jan. 22, 2007, fires during a live-fire exercise during carrier qualifications somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Paul J. Perkins) (Released)

A U.S. Navy 20 mm MK-15 Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) mounted...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Paul Perkins, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Fire control technicians G (Gun Fire Control) aboard the guided missile cruiser USS JOUETT (CG-29) unload dummy 20mm rounds and load the special Phalanx ammunition into the weapons system. The 3,000 rounds-per-minute Mark 15 (3X1) is expected to be installed on 64 U.S. Navy ships

Fire control technicians G (Gun Fire Control) aboard the guided missil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: General Dynamics Corp. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An aerial starboard bow view of the Knox class frigate USS BREWTON (FF 1086) underway. Note the Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) on the stern

An aerial starboard bow view of the Knox class frigate USS BREWTON (FF...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A gunner's mate cleans one of the barrels of a Phalanx Mark 16 20 mm/76-cal. close in weapons system after a general quarters drill aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63). The ship is on an around the world shakedown cruise

A gunner's mate cleans one of the barrels of a Phalanx Mark 16 20 mm/7...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Missouri (BB 63) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Lindel Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Persian Gulf. Crew members services the ammunition feed mechanism on a Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the dock landing ship USS MOUNT VERNON (LSD 39)

Persian Gulf. Crew members services the ammunition feed mechanism on ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62)

A Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

A Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) on the port bow sponson of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59). The frigate USS JESSE L. BROWN (FF 1089) is tied up behind the FORRESTAL

A Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) on the port bow spons...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A night time test firing of the Phalanx Mark 15 Close In Weapons System (CIWS) located on the port side forward on board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). In the background can be seen the tracer fire from the port stern CIWS

A night time test firing of the Phalanx Mark 15 Close In Weapons Syste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Central Pacific Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dale W. Novotasky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Front gate sign of Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, home station of the 9th Bomb Squadron, and site of the launch and recovery of a pair of B-1B Lancer bombers during exercise CORONET BAT. This mission is a non-stop around the world flight to demonstrate global power and global reach of this weapons system

Front gate sign of Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, home station of the 9t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BAT Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT... More

Right side rear view medium shot as USAF Technical Sergeant Richard Stover (left), raises an AGM-154A Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW), as MASTER Sergeant Bradly Haynie and STAFF Sergeant Frank Furtado, guide it into place on the pylon of an F-16CJ fighter aircraft at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. The 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, is the first Air Force F-16 unit to implement the Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW), system. The three-person weapons loading team from the 20th Operations Group Weapons Standardization section, are being certified to upload the new weapons system

Right side rear view medium shot as USAF Technical Sergeant Richard St...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF Release ... More

View of the business end of an M198 Medium Towed Howitzer. US Marines from Third Battalion, Eleventh Marine Regiment, First Marine Division use combinations of variable timed fuses and different powered charges, including super 8, green, white, and red bag, also an assortment of 155mm rounds including high explosive, concrete piercing, white phosphorous, illumination, killer junior, beehive, anti-tank and anti-personnel rounds to create specific effects on target. The entire weapons system, which weighs 16,000 pounds, is manned by 7 men and a chief and can fire up to 30,000 meters. The most common round used during training was the High Explosive (HE) round which weighs 96 pounds and has ...

View of the business end of an M198 Medium Towed Howitzer. US Marines ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: View of the business end of an M198 Medium Towed Howitzer. US Marines from Third Battalion, Eleventh Marine Regiment, First Mar... More

The US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS PELELIU (LHA 5) conducts a Mark 15 (MK-15) Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) live-fire test while on station in the Pacific Ocean participating in a current training evolution

The US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS PELELIU (L...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Peleliu (LHA 5) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Zack Baddorf, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Senior Airman Deandre Scholl, 5th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Deandre Scholl, 5th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Deandre Scholl, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew member, ensures a simulated weapon is properly loaded at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., July 16, 2012. The weapons system will be used for ... More

A Mark 16 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is test fired aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT DE. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A Mark 16 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is test fired aboard t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Darryl Glubczynski Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A lookout posted beneath the Mark 15 Phalanx 20 mm close-in weapons system uses binoculars to scan the horizon during a general quarters inspection aboard the guided missile cruiser USS WAINWRIGHT (CG 28). The ship is underway off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina

A lookout posted beneath the Mark 15 Phalanx 20 mm close-in weapons sy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Wainwright (CG 28) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Thomas Petry, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An ordnanceman aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) uses an 11/16-inch open-ended wrench to adjust a component of a weapons system from an A-7E Corsair II aircraft

An ordnanceman aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62)

A Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: SA Chase Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A close-up view of the Mark 15 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) on the superstructure of a U.S. Navy ship being overtaken to starboard by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during a seapower demonstration for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the NIMITZ

A close-up view of the Mark 15 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean(POC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

MASTER SGT. Bud Schiwart and STAFF SGT. Dale DeAngee, both from the 152nd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Reno, Nevada, place tubes connected with the weapons system on the aircraft into Styrofoam cases at Roswell Industrial Air Center

MASTER SGT. Bud Schiwart and STAFF SGT. Dale DeAngee, both from the 15...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS 95 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Nic... More

Fire Control Technicians Third Class Ben Mitchell and John Rhodes performing preventitive maintenance on USS TARAWA's (LHA 1) MK 15 Phalanx Close In Weapons System (CIWS) while on patrol off Southern California in support of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Fire Control Technicians Third Class Ben Mitchell and John Rhodes perf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Tarawa (LHA 1) Scene Camera Operator: PHC(Nac) Douglas S. Bean, USN Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A starboard view of an AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare (EW) system and a MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) aboard the USS MCFAUL (DDG 74), moored at its dock

A starboard view of an AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare (EW) system and a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret) Release Status: Release... More

Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK, USN Sailors prepare to return cases of 20 mm dummy-rounds to storage after loading live rounds into a Phalanx Close In Weapons System (CIWS). The KITTY HAWK is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, demonstrating power projection and sea control as the USN only permanently, forward-deployed aircraft carrier

Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITT...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Adam York, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

DAHLGREN, Va. - Navy and joint staff cybersecurity

DAHLGREN, Va. - Navy and joint staff cybersecurity

DAHLGREN, Va. - Navy and joint staff cybersecurity leaders are pictured during the USS Secure final planning conference held at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), Jan. 6-7. They were amon... More

Staff Sgt. Paul Tilghman, 5th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Paul Tilghman, 5th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Paul Tilghman, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew member, performs a bomb rack preparation on a B-52H Stratofortess during a weapons load here July 16. The weapons system will be used for an... More

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. views one of the Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns of the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62). Lehman is present for the test firing of the battleship's weapons system while the ship undergoes sea trials

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. views one of the Mark 7 16-in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view of the Vulcan Phalanx Mark 15 20mm close-in weapons system aboard the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62). After recently completing renovations and modernization, the NEW JERSEY is undergoing sea trials and is scheduled to be reactivated in January of 1983

A view of the Vulcan Phalanx Mark 15 20mm close-in weapons system aboa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Phc Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crew members clean the barrels of a Phalanx Mark 16 20 mm/76-cal. close in weapons system after a general quarters drill aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63). The ship is on an around the world shakedown cruise

Crew members clean the barrels of a Phalanx Mark 16 20 mm/76-cal. clos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Missouri (BB 63) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Lindel Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 16 Phalanx 20 mm close in weapons system is fired during gunnery training aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63). The ship is on an around-the-world shakedown cruise

A Mark 16 Phalanx 20 mm close in weapons system is fired during gunner...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Missouri (BB 63) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Lindel Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

A Mark 16 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is fired from the stern of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A Mark 16 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is fired from the stern...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 16 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A Mark 16 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the nuclear-pow...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Darryl Glubczynski Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 16 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is test fired aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A Mark 16 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is test fired aboard t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Darryl Glubczynski Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62)

A Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: SA Chase Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A close-up view of the Mark 15 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) on the superstructure of a U.S. Navy ship being overtaken to starboard by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during a seapower demonstration for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the NIMITZ

A close-up view of the Mark 15 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean(POC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Tomahawk BGM-109 land attack missile (TLAM) is readied for firing from a Mark 143 launcher aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) on the first day of the Operation Desert Storm offensive against Iraq. A Phalanx Mark 15 close-in weapons system (CIWS) stands in the foreground

A Tomahawk BGM-109 land attack missile (TLAM) is readied for firing fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Brad Dillon Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Crew members stand near a Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapons system as they wave to loved ones from the railing of the amphibious assault ship USS OKINAWA (LPH-3). The vessel is returning from service in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm

Crew members stand near a Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapons system as t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera ... More

Air Force CPT Tracy Patton (right), Deputy Missle Combat Crew Commander watches as CPT Gary Stevens (left), Missle Combat Crew Commander, monitors the Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting (REACT) weapons system during the joint military exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98. The REACT, located within the Missle Alert Facility, is manned by a two man, 24-hour, alert duty team and provides essential communication and control for specific missile sites

Air Force CPT Tracy Patton (right), Deputy Missle Combat Crew Commande...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

US Navy (USN) ENSIGN (ENS) David Ziegler (right); Royal Thai Navy (RTN) ENS Sikabhum Krataitong (center) and RTN CHIEF PETTY Officer Second Class (PO2), Bunkurd Wannoo, discuss the MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) onboard USS CURTS (FFG 38) during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Exercise 2001

US Navy (USN) ENSIGN (ENS) David Ziegler (right); Royal Thai Navy (RTN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATION AFLOAT READINESS AND TRINING Base: Uss Curts (FFG 38) Scene Major Command Shown: FLTCOMBATCAMGRUPAC Scene Camera ... More

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps calculates information received from the forward observers to accurately input the correct data for firing the D-30 122 mm howitzer during training aboard Ca... More

Airman 1st Class Kenneth Williams, 5th Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Kenneth Williams, 5th Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Kenneth Williams, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, simulated loading a weapon on a B-52H Stratofortess using a MJ-1 Jammer at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., July 16, 201... More

A view of the foremast of the destroyer USS CARON (DD-970). Above the bridge is a Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) and a satellite receiving antenna. On the first platform is an SPQ-9A radar antenna (dome shaped) and above that is an SPQ-60 radar antenna. Near the top of the mast is the small SPS-55 radar antenna

A view of the foremast of the destroyer USS CARON (DD-970). Above the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery Release Status: Released to Public... More

An officer aboard the Australian guided missile frigate HMAS SYDNEY (FFG 03) photographs activities taking place during an underway replenishment exercise with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70). Behind him is the ship's Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system

An officer aboard the Australian guided missile frigate HMAS SYDNEY (F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Butler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A side view of a Phalanx Mark 16 20 mm/76-cal. close in weapons system being fired during anti-aircraft gunnery training aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63). The ship is on an around the world shakedown cruise

A side view of a Phalanx Mark 16 20 mm/76-cal. close in weapons system...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Missouri (BB 63) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Lindel Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 16 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is test fired aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A Mark 16 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is test fired aboard th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Glubczynski Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A fire controlman checks the environmental condition of the Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the guided missile frigate USS FORD (FFG 54)

A fire controlman checks the environmental condition of the Mark 15 Ph...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeffrey Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Left side rear view, medium close-up shot from a high angle, looking down as US Air Force Technical Sergeant Daniel McLean (left) and STAFF Sergeant Scott Lodge demonstrate programming and testing of the AGM-154A Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW), while the weapon is still inside the storage container. According to SSGT McLean, the ability to test and program the weapon while stored inside the sealed containers will prevent corrosion and damage as well as saving many hours of maintenance time. SSGT McLean and SSGT Lodge are both Munitions System specialists assigned to the 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. The 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base...

Left side rear view, medium close-up shot from a high angle, looking d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Left side rear view, medium close-up shot from a high angle, looking down as US Air Force Technical Sergeant Daniel McLean (lef... More

A MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) mount fires live rounds during a Pre-Aim Calibration Fire (PACFIRE) aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). The CIWS is a fast-reaction, rapid-fire 20mm gun system for short-range defense against aircraft or missiles. The TRUMAN is currently undergoing carrier qualifications and flight deck certification off the Atlantic coast

A MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) mount fires live rounds...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Eric S. Garst, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

The US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) conducts a MK 15 Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CWIS) live fire test in the Persian Gulf. CWIS is a fast-reaction, rapid-fire 20-millimeter gun system that provides USN ships with a terminal defense against anti-ship missiles that have penetrated other fleet defenses. The ROOSEVELT and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf supporting Operation STEEL CURTAIN, a joint US-Iraqi military offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al-Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian border

The US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PHAA Nathan Laird, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) test fires its close-in weapons system while transiting across the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 17, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway on a routine deployment in support of the Global War On Terrorism. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

The U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Saipan (LHA 2) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Patrick W. Mullen, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

Smoke rolls down the barrels of the forward-starboard-mounted MK 15 Phalanx Close-In weapons System (CWIS) as it tracks and fires at an aerial target drone towed over the bow of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). CIWS is the self-defense system combining a 20mm Gatling gun with search and tracking radar providing surface ships with terminal defense against anti-ship missiles. The TRUMAN is currently conducting carrier qualifications and operations in the Atlantic Ocean

Smoke rolls down the barrels of the forward-starboard-mounted MK 15 Ph...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Floyd T. Grimm, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

The setting sun is framed by a Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

The setting sun is framed by a Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Central Mediterranean Sea. CHIEF Warrant Officer Paul L. Hart makes a time check between test firings of the Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) during operations near Libya

Central Mediterranean Sea. CHIEF Warrant Officer Paul L. Hart makes a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ben Powers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

The starboard mount No. 51 Mark 28 5-inch/38-caliber gun and the mount No. 21 Mark 16 20mm/76-caliber Phalanx close in weapons system on the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

The starboard mount No. 51 Mark 28 5-inch/38-caliber gun and the mount...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: R... More

One of two Mark 15 Mod 2 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system mounted amidships on the guided missile cruiser USS ANTIETAM (CG-54)

One of two Mark 15 Mod 2 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system mounted ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Persian Gulf. Crew members service the ammunition feed mechanism on a Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the dock landing ship USS MOUNT VERNON (LSD 39)

Persian Gulf. Crew members service the ammunition feed mechanism on a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view of the Mark 15 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) on the stern section of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62)

A view of the Mark 15 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) on t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Houghton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired from Mount 24 aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

A Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is test fired from Mo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Caribbean Sea Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Tomahawk BGM-109 land attack missile (TLAM) is fired from a Mark 143 launcher aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) on the first day of the Operation Desert Storm offensive against Iraq. A Phalanx Mark 15 close-in weapons system (CIWS) stands in the foreground

A Tomahawk BGM-109 land attack missile (TLAM) is fired from a Mark 143...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Brad Dillon Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Members of the 75th Combat Munitions Unit, Munitions Flight, 23rd Maintenance Squadron, feed 30mm rounds into the GAU-8 weapons system of an A-10A Thunderbolt II of the 75th Fighter Squadron

Members of the 75th Combat Munitions Unit, Munitions Flight, 23rd Main...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dave Davenport Release Status: Rel... More

Rear view medium close-up shot as US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Tracy Medford (right) transports an AGM-154A Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW), after downloading it into its storage container with SENIOR AIRMAN David Campbell from the pylon of an F-16CJ fighter aircraft at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. SRA Medford and SRA Campbell are both Armament Sytems specialists assigned to the 20th Operations Group Weapons Standardization section, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. The 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, is the first Air Force F-16 unit to implement the Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW) system. The Weapons Standardization section loading teams are currently being certified to ...

Rear view medium close-up shot as US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Tracy Med...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Rear view medium close-up shot as US Air Force Senior Airman Tracy Medford (right) transports an AGM-154A Joint Stand-off Weapo... More

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, looks

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, looks

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, looks a through compass during a 60mm mortar live-fire range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 19, 2015. Despite heavy rainfall and wind, the Marines completed the mo... More

Crew members man the rails aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) during a recommissioning rehearsal. In the background is a Mark 16 Phalanx 20 mm close in weapons system

Crew members man the rails aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn Release Status: Relea... More

The mount No. 23 Mark 16 20mm/76-caliber Phalanx close in weapons system on the 05 level deck area of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

The mount No. 23 Mark 16 20mm/76-caliber Phalanx close in weapons syst...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: R... More

A Mark 16 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is fired from the stern of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A Mark 16 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is fired from the stern...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crew members stand by as a Mark 16 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system is fired aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

Crew members stand by as a Mark 16 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons syste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapons system is fired from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) at sea

A Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapons system is fired from the aircraft c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN C.O. Falkenhainer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The Turkish flag is raised on the stern of the former frigate USS REASONER (FF-1063) following the vessel's decommissioning from U.S. naval service and its transfer to the Turkish navy as the frigate TCG KOCATEPE (F-252). The frigate has a 20mm Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapons system mounted on the stern

The Turkish flag is raised on the stern of the former frigate USS REAS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 M.C. Farrington Release S... More

The Weapons System Training building, completed April 1996, maintains the same construction style as the older buildings dating to the 1930's

The Weapons System Training building, completed April 1996, maintains ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Mary Johnvin, USAF Release Sta... More

US Marine Lance Corporal Derrick Banner from Battery "L", Third Battalion, Twelfth Marines, First Marine Division checks his aiming point on the collimator of the M198 155 mm Medium Howitzer, Towed. The Marines use a combination of variable timed fuses and different powered charges including super 8, green, white, and red bag, also an assortment of 155mm rounds including high explosive, concrete piercing, white phosphorous, illumination, killer junior, beehive, anti-tank and anti-personnel rounds to create specific effects on target. The entire weapons system, which weighs 16,000 pounds, is manned by 7 men and a chief and can fire up to 30,000 meters (18.64 miles) using a rocket-assisted ...

US Marine Lance Corporal Derrick Banner from Battery "L", Third Battal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Lance Corporal Derrick Banner from Battery "L", Third Battalion, Twelfth Marines, First Marine Division checks his ai... More

US Navy (USN) ENSIGN (ENS) David Ziegler (center); Royal Thai Navy (RTN) ENS Sikabhum Krataitong (right) and RTN CHIEF PETTY Officer Second Class (PO2), Bunkurd Wannoo, discuss the capabilities of the MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS), onboard USS CURTS (FFG 38) during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Exercise 2001

US Navy (USN) ENSIGN (ENS) David Ziegler (center); Royal Thai Navy (RT...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATION AFLOAT READINESS AND TRINING Base: Uss Curts (FFG 38) Scene Major Command Shown: FLTCOMBATCAMGRUPAC Scene Camera ... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Marquis Nobel a crew chief, 90th Fighter Squadron (FS) checks a test set connector for a weapons system, next to a mounted fuel tank, in support of exercise Northern Edge 2002

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Marquis Nobel a crew chief, 90th Fighter Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT M... More

A US Navy (USN) Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) fires during a pre-aim calibration (PAC) live-fire test aboard the Aircraft Carrier, USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67). The KENNEDY is currently underway in the Western Atlantic Ocean conducting proficiency training exercises

A US Navy (USN) Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) fires during a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3(Aw/Sw) Erica Treider, USN Release Status: Released to Public... More

U.S. Navy CHIEF Fire Controlman Sean Cartney signals the final count of a 20 mm MK-15 Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) mounted on the fan tail aboard the Nimitz Class Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) on Jan. 22, 2007, during a live-fire exercise during carrier qualifications somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Paul J. Perkins) (Released)

U.S. Navy CHIEF Fire Controlman Sean Cartney signals the final count o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Paul Perkins, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker

Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker

Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill perform maintenance on a close-in weapons system. Bunker Hill is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by: Mass Communicati... More

A Marine gunner on the tube-launched optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) weapons system aims in on a target. The TOW is a heavy anti-tank weapon and is a part of the 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines

A Marine gunner on the tube-launched optically-tracked, wire-guided (T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Stout Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. poses in front of the Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns on the stern section of the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62). Lehman is present for the test firing of the battleship's weapons system while the ship undergoes sea trials

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. poses in front of the Mark 7 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The Mount 22 Mark 16 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is tested fired aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) as the vessel operates in the Gulf of Oman

The Mount 22 Mark 16 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) is te...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Oman Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Milne/PHAN Dillon Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view forward on the amphibious transport dock USS NASHVILLE (LPD 13), showing the bridge, the Phalanx Mark 15 close-in weapons system (CIWS) and a twin mount of Mark 33 3-inch, 50-caliber guns

A view forward on the amphibious transport dock USS NASHVILLE (LPD 13)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Chesapeake Bay Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A crew member monitors computerized controls of the Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) during a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

A crew member monitors computerized controls of the Phalanx close-in w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia(VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Straight on medium close-up shot as US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Scott Lodge connects a weapons test set to an AGM-154A Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW). SSGT Lodge is a Munitions System specialists assigned to the 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. The 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, is the first Air Force F-16 unit to implement the Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW) system. Munition system personnel at Shaw Air Force Base, are currently being certified on the new weapons system

Straight on medium close-up shot as US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Scott ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF Release ... More

A portside view of a Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS), mounted amid-ship, on the USS NICHOLSON (DD 982)

A portside view of a Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS), mounted a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret) Release Status: Release... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Timothy Behrle, Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, joining sections of camouflage netting used to cover a weapons system at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Timothy Behrle, Lima Batt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7-Jan Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Nathan... More

A 20 mm Gatling gun Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) is test fired on Jan. 17, 2007, somewhere out in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Kenneth Mays) (RELEASED)

A 20 mm Gatling gun Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) aboard the Nimitz C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Kenneth Mays, USN Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

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