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Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Word

USS Cole Sailors train Midshipmen on Phalanx

DoD Southern Border 2025

June 8, 2025 | 0:29

Midshipmen receive training from Fire Controlmen on how to load a Phalanx Close-in Weapon System aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67). U.S. Navy assets are deployed under U.S. Northern Command's maritime homeland defense authorities with a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment embarked to enable maritime interdiction missions to prevent the flow of illegal drugs and other illegal activity. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to provide additional military forces and capabilities at the southern border. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jonathan Word)