Posted 10/13/2009
Moonlight illuminates the forecastle aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Cole as Sailors prepare for an early morning replenishment-at-sea. Cole is participating in Exercise Joint Warrior 09-2, a United Kingdom-led, multinational and multiwarfare exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies as well as to prepare for a role in combined operations during upcoming deployments. Photo by Seaman Matthew Bookwalter