Courtesy Story | Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) | 06.26.2018
Adm. John Aquilino, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet and Adm. Christopher Grady, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command, met with the team at Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) onboard Naval Base San Diego, June 25. It was Aquilino and Grady’s first visit to the command after taking the helms of Pacific Fleet and Fleet Forces Command....
Courtesy Story | Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) | 06.21.2018
Sailors from the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) departed Morehead City, North Carolina, today, to participate in a first for the Navy on the East Coast – an ARG Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise....
Courtesy Story | Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) | 05.24.2018
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - More than twenty Surface Warfare Officer Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) candidates completed initial instruction – the Instructor and Tactics Course (ITC) - at Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center’s (SMWDC) headquarters May 24....
Courtesy Story | Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) | 05.24.2018
More than seventy Anti-Submarine/Surface Warfare (ASW/SUW) Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTI) participated in the first ASW/SUW WTI Re-Blue here, May 22-24. Re-Blue events are an investment in WTI career professional development and bring together WTIs of each type - ASW/SUW, Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), or Amphibious Warfare (AMW) - to exchange lessons learned and doctrine and......
Courtesy Story | Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) | 05.22.2018
Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Sentry (MCM 3) assigned to Naval Surface Squadron Five (CNSS) 5 completed a Mine Warfare (MIW) Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise with embarked mine warfare trainers May 12-22. CNSS 5 is forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th......
Story by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf | 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 10.14.2016
SOUTHWEST ASIA – When the phone starts to ring, there is no telling what the purpose behind the call may be. It must be answered. It could be a message that contains a fire order, status report or even an order to relocate and it must be communicated with precision. Each situation calls for a different action with predetermined procedures....
Story by Chelsea Smith | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 12.16.2014
As 2014 departs, so will 12 members of the 542nd Forward Engineering Support Team – Advanced (FEST-A), who deploy to Kuwait in January for more than six months to provide specialized technical engineering support for the Central Command area of responsibility....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar | Joint Task Force Bravo | 11.06.2014
Members from the Pacific Disaster Center traveled over 4,000 miles to provide Joint Task Force-Bravo with the tools necessary to successfully plan and prepare for a crisis and contingency response within the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility....
