As the pictures appeared in a cockpit display screen, the pilot could match the transmitted images with views from his jet, creating a visual road map to follow to the target. After the bridge was bombed, SEALs then transmitted a photograph of the damage so analysts aboard Coronado could determine whether another bomb run was needed. Fleet Battle Experiment Bravo is scheduled to end Sept. 24 with other phases occurring in the western Pacific. Although already preparing for departure back to Gulfport, Miss., NMCB-133 responded by mobilizing a crew to start building the road. Seabees train to deal with contingency operations while in home port.
Disaster relief is part of that training.
The U.S. Navy Show Band played for more than 1,200 residents of Guayaquil, Ecuador. During the Ecuadorian phase, the band stayed on land while the U.S. Navy Task Force got underway from Manta to Salinas, Ecuador. During a two-hour evening concert in the Parque De San Francisco, the U.S. and Ecuadorian navy bands shared the stage by alternating music sets. The park is known for the dozens of iguana that roam about, from lettuce trough to lettuce trough, paying little attention to the human passers-by. The crowd was surprisingly large for a Tuesday afternoon and included school children on a field trip, business people on their lunch hour and residents who heard the music from a distance and wanted a closer look.