The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) carried out multiple live-fire exercises Nov. 1 in the Atlantic Ocean to prepare sailors for future operations.
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 1, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) launches a SM-2 missile during a live-fire exercise. Jason Dunham is underway with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group preparing for future operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Zachary Van Nuys/Released)
Observers from John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory were around to observe the test-firing of air defense missiles as the carrier conducted the exercise using just radar data provided from USS Normandy.