Keywords: US Navy 040612-N-3642E-003 Personnelman 3rd Class Denzel Christopher, left, from New York City, N.Y., and Yeoman 3rd Class Arnulfo Obando, from Woodbridge, Va., stands a low visibility watch.jpg en Baltic Sea June 12 2004 - Personnelman 3rd Class Denzel Christopher left from New York City N Y and Yeoman 3rd Class Arnulfo Obando from Woodbridge Va stands a low visibility watch on the Foc sle aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin DDG 79 The low visibility watch is set when atmospheric conditions reduce visibility to less than three nautical miles The forward watch standers look for navigational hazards in front of the ship and are in communications with the bridge Oscar Austin is currently operating in the Baltic Sea for the annual Baltic Operations BALTOPS 2004 The exercise is an individual combined maritime and land evolution in the Baltic Sea conducted in the spirit of PFP The operation includes NATO and non-NATO participants is designed to promote mutual understanding confidence cooperation and interoperability among forces and personnel of participating nations and support national unit and staff training objectives through a series of robust training exercises U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shawn P Eklund RELEASED 2004-06-12 040612-N-3642E-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 15393 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shawn P Eklund PD-USGov-Military-Navy BALTOPS 2004 USS Oscar Austin DDG-79 Personnelman |