USS Cushing (DD 985)

Aerial view of the U.S. Navy Spruance class destroyer USS Cushing (DD 985) which is homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dennis Cantrell)

USS Fife (DDG 991)

The guided missile destroyer USS Fife (DDG 991) leaves to begin the Pacific Phase of the annual UNITAS exercise held in the waters near South America. UNITAS (Latin for “unity”) involves warships from six countries participating in ten days of intense wargames designed to build multinational coalitions while promoting hemispheric defense and mutual cooperation. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Shane T. McCoy)

USS Fife (DD 991)

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fife (DD 991) is the U.S. Task Group flagship for the Pacific Phase of the annual UNITAS exercise conducted between June 27 and July 11, 2002, with naval forces from five nations off the coast of Chile. The ships five-month deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean for Counter-Drug Operations and the UNITAS exercise is the final deployment for the Spruance-class destroyer, which is scheduled to be de-commissioned in February 2003. (U.S. Photo by Lieutenant Corey Barker)

USS Spruance (DD 963)

The destroyer USS Spruance (DD 963) cruises the Atlantic Ocean preparing for an early underway replenishment with the fast combat support ship USS Seattle (AOE 3). Spruance is currently involved in a joint exercise, known as Combined Joint Task Force Exercise. The exercise allows all services and several countries to train the way they fight - in a joint environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg)