USS Gaurdian Run Aground

1/21/2013Strategy Page

TUBBATAHA REEF (Jan. 17, 2013) The mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian (MCM 5) is seen in this photo released Thursday Jan. 17, 2013 by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Command (WESCOM) after running aground off Tubbataha Reef. The reef is about 400 nautical miles southwest of Manila, Philippines. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Command)