ONBOARD USS ALABAMA (AFPN) -- Airmen with the 22nd and 23rd Special Tactics squadrons launch a Pointer unmanned aerial vehicle during an exercise. The exercise tested special operations infiltration and rescue tactics. The joint effort also tested the capabilities of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, which enter service next year. The submarines are being converted from ballistic missile submarines to guided missile submarines with new capabilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Master Chief Petty Officer Daniel J. Niclas)