12 April 2021 LCS Conducts Rolling Airframe Missile Shoot during Live-Fire Exercise to Increase Surface Force Readiness PACIFIC OCEAN -- Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) conducted a successful Rolling Airframe Missile (SeaRAM) launch during a live-fire exercise, April 8.Warships and their watch teams conduct live-fire exercises, like the SeaRAM launch, in preparation for contributing...
25 October 2018 Surface Mine Warfighting Development Center Hosts Self-Defense Fleet, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force SAN DIEGO, California -- Leaders from the Self-Defense Fleet, Japan Maritime Self- Defense Force (JMSDF SF) recently visited the Naval Surface Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) to discuss the Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) program and SMWDC initiatives.“These bilateral staff discussions...
04 September 2018 Surface Navy’s Warfighting Development Center and Global Mine Warfare Commander Visits Sasebo SASEBO, Japan -- Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), who also serves as the Navy’s Global Mine Warfare Commander (MIWC) visited Navy teams onboard Commander Fleet Activity Sasebo (CFAS), Aug. 28."I’m proud of the global reach and impact...
18 October 2018 Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center Mine Warfare Division Certified as Theater Mine Warfare Commander SAN DIEGO, California -- Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet recently certified Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center’s (SMWDC) Mine Warfare Division as the Theater Mine Warfare Commander (MIWC).“Ensuring sea lines of communication remain open is a vital part of the Navy’s mission in all of...
21 April 2020 Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training Creates Combat-Ready Warships, Battle-Minded Crews SAN DIEGO -- Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) led U.S. Navy warships through Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise, March 30 through April 17, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.Units included in the training were the amphibious assault ship USS Makin...
09 February 2018 USS Hopper Set to Return Home from Deployment PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) will return to its homeport Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after a successful four-month deployment, Feb. 9.While deployed to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf with the U.S. 7th Fleet and U.S. 5th Fleet, Hopper promoted security...
30 April 2019 Navy’s high-speed, mission-focused surface combatant completes advanced training SAN DIEGO - For the first time in the littoral combat ship’s class history, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) conducted Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area or operations.The training, which concluded April 22, provided the crew of the...
19 July 2019 USS Stethem Arrives at New San Diego Homeport SAN DIEGO -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) arrived at its new homeport, Naval Base San Diego, July 18, following 14 years of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific region operating from Japan.While in San Diego, Stethem will undergo a planned maintenance and modernization...
19 November 2019 USS Lake Erie Returns Home from Indo-Pacific Deployment SAN DIEGO, California -- The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), along with an embarked detachment from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49 “Monstars,” returned to its homeport of Naval Station San Diego, Nov. 18, following an independent deployment to the U.S...
19 May 2020 USS Kidd Conducts Crew Swap, Transitions to Next Phase of COVID-19 Response SAN DIEGO - The Navy has transitioned into the next phase of its aggressive response to the COVID-19 outbreak on board the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100).On May 18, the Navy transferred nearly 90 confirmed healthy Sailors from quarantine onto the Kidd to replace the caretaker crew that...