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) | 06.15.2018
The Navy’s deployable mine warfare (MIW) commander’s staff completed two weeks of underway training with allies and partners during exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2018, increasing interoperability, capability, and readiness among participating navies....
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......
Courtesy Story | Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) | 05.04.2018
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) recently led the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Tactical Action Working Group (TAWG) 3.0, marking the completion of the LCS Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) Manual....
Courtesy Story | Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) | 05.03.2018
Rear Adm. Yvette M. Davids, Senior Military Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, welcomed the 11 newly qualified Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTIs) to the Fleet onboard Naval Base San Diego, May 3....
