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Caption:
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 29, 2009) -- The guided-missile destroyer USS
Oscar Austin (DDG 79) fires at the ex-USS Connolly (DD-979) during the
UNITAS Gold sinking exercise. Participating ships and aircraft from
Canada, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico and the United States fired a
variety of weapons at Connolly during the exercise. UNITAS Gold is the
50th iteration of the annual multi-national maritime exercise, which
provides the opportunity to conduct and integrate joint and combined
land, maritime, coast guard and air operations in a realistic training
environment. The exercise is taking place April 20-May 5 off the coast
of Florida. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd
Class Alan Gragg (RELEASED)
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