DDG 80 Officer-Of-The-Deck Watch Training

January 18, 2026

January 12, 2026 - U.S. Navy Ensign Gabrielle Grandjean, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), receives officer-of-the-deck watch training in the pilothouse during a transit through the Bab El-Mandeb, a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa.

Roosevelt is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Image created by USA Patriotism! from U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Indra Beaufort.

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