US Navy (USN) Boatswain's Mate First Class (BM1) Dennis Smith, Fleet Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6) (a.k.a. FLECOMPRON SIX), Norfolk, Virginia (VA), receives a line from a Public Works Center worker as the latest refurbishment of an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) QST-35 Seaborne Powered Target (SEPTAR) prepares for operational testing in Willoughby Bay. The squadron provides training and support with these remotely operated vehicles to maximize fleet readiness and mission accomplishment with vital, real time airborne reconnaissance capabilities and to provide realistic aerial and seaborne threat simulations
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: VC-6
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Gregory A. Roberts, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/08/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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