UNION, NJ — Safeties observe as Ensign Jacob Randolph, from Union, fires an M9 pistol during a small arms gun shoot aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington, LPD 24, while underway in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, Dec. 11.
Arlington is the eighth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock and third named after Arlington County. It is also one of three ships named in honor of the victims of Sept. 11, alongside the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships USS New York, LPD 21, and USS Somerset, LPD 25.
Photo Courtesy of Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brent Whorton
