HIMARS Launch USS Anchorage

Video by Lance Cpl. Victoria Taylor

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

Oct. 22, 2017 | 0:59

U.S. Marines with Battery R, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, successfully launch a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from the deck of the USS Anchorage (LPD-23) striking a land-based target during Exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 22, 2017. Dawn Blitz 17 allows the amphibious force to integrate the F-35B Lightning II and HIMARS into the exercise to validate a capability with platforms not traditionally used at the Marine Expeditionary Brigade/Expeditionary Strike Group or Marine Expeditionary Unit/Amphibious Ready Group level. (U.S. Marine Corps video by LCpl Victoria Decker)