Story by Ensign Henry Streater | USS WASP (LHD 1) | 05.14.2024
ATLANTIC OCEAN (MAY 16, 2024) The Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG) conducted a Live-Fire with a Purpose (LFWAP) exercise while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, May 16, 2024....
Courtesy Story | USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) | 02.28.2022
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) completed a live-fire exercise of its RIM-116 rolling airframe missile (RAM) while underway Feb. 28....
Courtesy Story | Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) | 07.26.2021
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS Spruance (DDG 111), entered Port Hueneme, Calif., after successfully conducting a Live-Fire with a Purpose (LFWAP) exercise....
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Amelia Umayam | Expeditionary Strike Group 2 | 10.18.2020
The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) and the dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), completed a Live-Fire with a Purpose (LFWAP) exercise while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 18, 2020....
Courtesy Story | Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) | 08.08.2018
In early 2016, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) was designated as the executive agent for Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet and U.S. Fleet Force’s revamped Missile Exercise (MSLEX) program – Live Fire With a Purpose (LFWAP). Since that time, the SMWDC LFWAP team supported 85 combatants in firing more than 100 Standard Missile 2 (SM2), Rolling Airframe Missile......
