Keywords: ISIL response 140923-N-WD757-346.jpg en The guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke DDG 51 launches a Tomahawk cruise missile in the Red Sea Sept 23 2014 The Arleigh Burke deployed to the U S 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts President Barack Obama authorized humanitarian aid deliveries to Iraq as well as targeted airstrikes to protect U S personnel from extremists known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant U S Central Command directed the operations U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M Vazquez II/Released 2014-09-23 Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Vazquez II https //www dvidshub net/image/1585641 140923-N-WD757-346 2014-09-30 04 00 USS ARLEIGH BURKE DDG 51 AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Arleigh Burke DDG-51 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |