ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 29, 2009) The guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) fires at the ex-USS Connolly (DD-979) during the UNITAS Gold sinking exercise. Participating ships and aircraft from Canada, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico and the United States fired a variety of weapons at Connolly during the exercise. UNITAS Gold is the 50th iteration of the annual multi-national maritime exercise, which provides the opportunity to conduct and integrate joint and combined land, maritime, coast guard and air operations in a realistic training environment. The exercise is taking place April 20-May 5 off the coast of Florida. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alan Gragg/Released)