USNS Bowditch crew members and Naval Oceanographic Office surveyors conduct routine night operations recovering a littoral battlespace sensing glider in the Philippine Sea. These gliders can collect environmental data, such as water temperature and salinity, for months at a time without the need for active propulsion.

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