TRCSG Live-Fire Exercise

Credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Wade Costin | Date Taken: 03/12/2021
INDIAN OCEAN (March 12, 2021) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) fires its Mark 45 5-inch gun during a surface target exercise March 12, 2021. Russell, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wade Costin)