Photo  Of The Day – The place where pictures of things that go Ka-Boom have a special place in our hearts. The picture above is extra sweet, as the photographer Marc Castaneda managed to freeze the projectile just before it is about to exit the picture.

Caption:

(Oct. 30, 2019) Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joshua Patat, from Athens, Ga., loads ammunition into an ammo hoist prior to a live-fire exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56). John S. McCain is assigned to Destroyer Squadron Fifteen (DESRON 15), the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force.

Photos by U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class Marc Castaneda