Keywords: USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) fires at the ex-USS Conolly (DD-979).jpg en The guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin DDG 79 fires at the ex-USS Conolly DD-979 during the UNITAS Gold sinking exercise Participating ships and aircraft from Canada Chile Colombia Germany Mexico and the United States fired a variety of weapons at Connolly during the exercise UNITAS Gold is the 50th iteration of the annual multi-national maritime exercise which provides the opportunity to conduct and integrate joint and combined land maritime coast guard and air operations in a realistic training environment The exercise is taking place April 20-May 5 off the coast of Florida http //www navy mil www navy mil http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 71103 VIRIN 090429-N-2821G-198 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alan Gragg/Released 2009-04-29 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Conolly DD-979 Sinking exercises USS Oscar Austin DDG-79 UNITAS 50-09 |