U.S. 6TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) stations during a photo exercise in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 while operating in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 15, 2023. Formidable Shield is a biennial integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise involving a series of live-fire events against subsonic, supersonic, and ballistic targets, incorporating multiple Allied ships, aircraft, and ground forces working across battlespaces to deliver effects.