WEBVTT 00:08.110 --> 00:11.840 So we're on the 00:11.840 --> 00:15.220 USS Howard DDG 83 . 00:15.840 --> 00:19.520 She's one of the older destroyers 00:19.530 --> 00:22.570 commissioned around 2002 . Yet over the 00:22.570 --> 00:24.737 last few years , we've had some of the 00:24.737 --> 00:28.090 most major upgrades . And now USS 00:28.090 --> 00:31.660 Howard is the most capable destroyer in 00:31.660 --> 00:33.771 the US fleet . With our upgrades that 00:33.771 --> 00:36.580 we received . Two . Anti anti submarine 00:36.580 --> 00:39.260 warfare , anti air warfare and 00:39.440 --> 00:41.200 ballistic missile defense . 00:41.210 --> 00:45.040 So 00:45.040 --> 00:48.250 anti submarine warfare is our ability 00:48.250 --> 00:52.210 to track classify and thought localize 00:52.220 --> 00:56.220 uh submarines . Uh we can , You know , 00:56.230 --> 00:58.630 to check them with sonar via active 00:58.630 --> 01:01.350 sonar or passive sonar , active sonar 01:01.350 --> 01:03.572 where we're actively putting sound into 01:03.572 --> 01:05.683 the water , passive sonar where we're 01:05.683 --> 01:07.794 just listening for different noises , 01:07.794 --> 01:11.760 all sorts of sonar down there in 28 . 01:12.340 --> 01:15.150 It's like a routine track of mhm . 01:15.540 --> 01:19.360 Fishing vessel . Yeah . Mhm . 01:19.840 --> 01:21.951 Some of the equipment we have onboard 01:21.951 --> 01:24.118 the USS Howard is the surface vessel , 01:24.118 --> 01:25.840 torpedo tubes look important ? 01:25.840 --> 01:28.470 Starboard side midships . Uh they hold 01:28.480 --> 01:31.400 three Mark 46 or Mark 54 01:31.400 --> 01:34.830 torpedoes respectively . They're used 01:34.830 --> 01:36.719 to engage our subsurface rights . 01:36.940 --> 01:39.051 Another piece of equipment we have on 01:39.051 --> 01:40.884 board is the expendable bathroom 01:40.884 --> 01:42.884 thermal bath . It's used to measure 01:42.884 --> 01:44.773 temperature with this step in our 01:44.773 --> 01:46.829 operating area to effectively employ 01:46.829 --> 01:49.580 our sisters . Which brings me to our 01:49.590 --> 01:51.868 two most important pieces of equipment . 01:52.320 --> 01:54.870 The whole array and the total the whole 01:54.870 --> 01:56.926 array is located on the front of the 01:56.926 --> 01:58.926 ship . We can employ it passively , 01:58.926 --> 02:00.981 which means we are only receiving to 02:00.981 --> 02:03.092 stick out of underwater or actively . 02:03.092 --> 02:05.148 Which means we're sending out active 02:05.148 --> 02:07.259 transmissions and awaiting our turn . 02:07.330 --> 02:09.441 And our total ray , which is streamed 02:09.441 --> 02:11.663 thousands of yards behind the ship , is 02:11.663 --> 02:13.886 used to receive all acoustic signatures 02:13.886 --> 02:15.997 underwater . Yeah . And to tie it all 02:15.997 --> 02:18.163 together our consoles that receive all 02:18.163 --> 02:20.441 the data from our sensors that our son , 02:20.441 --> 02:22.330 our technicians used to paint the 02:22.330 --> 02:24.552 underwater pictures . Yeah . So part of 02:24.552 --> 02:26.441 what makes our job special is our 02:26.441 --> 02:29.300 ability to train in all areas of the 02:29.300 --> 02:32.280 world , the Hawaiian op Area , an area 02:32.280 --> 02:35.500 which we train at all the time as very 02:35.500 --> 02:38.870 unique acoustic environments that allow 02:38.870 --> 02:42.250 us to practice our art and anti 02:42.250 --> 02:44.410 submarine warfare is an art , and our 02:44.410 --> 02:48.190 ability to execute these missions of 02:48.200 --> 02:50.960 training or real world tasking or 02:50.960 --> 02:54.130 whatever it is , just allows us to uh 02:54.140 --> 02:57.380 refine our art and allow us to become 02:57.380 --> 03:00.370 the most capable destroyer in the U . S . 03:00.370 --> 03:00.750 Navy .