 The Navy's Airborne Laser Mind Detection System, or ALMIDS, is making its maiden deployment in the fifth flea area of responsibility. This system is safer right here because we don't have to put anything in the water. We're not towing a system with this aircraft, so they can actually stand off and look for mines without actually putting anything in the water. ALMIDS, operated from the MH-60 Sierra helicopter, is a sensor system designed to detect, classify, and localize floating and near-surface moored mines. It shines a laser down into the water, picks up reflections from objects that are in the water, registers those, uploads them to a computer to process those returns and turn them into video to determine if they're mines or if they're just for instance trash floating in the water. For Commander Naval Forces Central Command, I'm Petty Officer Sean Fury.