35K views · 1K reactions | #OTD in 2006, Somali pirates attacked the USS Cape St. George and USS Gonzalez. Pirate skiffs had chased a couple of small boats before opening fire on the ships with RPGs and small arms. The ships returned fire and set a pirate skiff ablaze with a .50 caliber tracer round. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

Start your work week with a bang! Check out this video sequence of USS Gonzalez - DDG 66 from the ship's Live Fire With a Purpose (LFWAP) enhanced missile exercise event. LFWAP is an advanced training event supported by Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center - SMWDC and embarked warfare tactics instructors and, in this case, led by the commanding officer of USS Leyte Gulf CG-55 and commander of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group. #NavyLethality | U.S. Fleet Forc

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) fires the Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) while underway as part of the Titans of the Sea Presidential Review. #military #reals #ai #fb | Military Update