170302-N-GX781-181 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 2, 2017) Logistics Specialist Seaman Malcolm Robinson, from Tallahassee, Fla., fires a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) during live fire qualifications. The ship is operating in the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) study area, which consists of approximately million square nautical miles of open waters and designated airspace over the Atlantic Ocean along the eastern coast of North America, in portions of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, at select Navy pier side locations, within po
170302-N-GX781-181 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 2, 2017) Logistics Specialist Seaman Malcolm Robinson, from Tallahassee, Fla., fires a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) during live fire qualifications. The ship is operating in the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) study area, which consists of approximately million square nautical miles of open waters and designated airspace over the Atlantic Ocean along the eastern coast of North America, in portions of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, at select Navy pier side locations, within port transit channels, near select civilian ports, and in specific inland waters. The Navy participates in the National Environmental Policy Act process to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with conducting safe, yet realistic training environments for Sailors and testing systems within the AFTT study area. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Colbey Livingston/Released)
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