Those results will then be shared with the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center and the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, he said. The Undersea Warfighting Development Center in Groton, Connecticut, is responsible for establishing the exercise’s objectives, and will then use the data collected from Black Widow to provide an assessment of the exercise. While many of the concepts tested were classified, Davies said “our tactics, techniques and procedures really centered on finding an undersea threat that was very adept at using the environment and the topography to their advantage.” Specifically, the exercise relied on a mixture of scripted scenarios, coupled with cutting edge technologies and existing force structure technology that will be used for the next decade, Davies said. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M. Strategic Command's expeditionary logistics and enhance the overall readiness of our strategic forces. This event was designed to test and evaluate the tactics, techniques, and procedures of U.S. Underway replenishment sustains the fleet anywhere/anytime. Jackson (SSBN 730) around the Hawaiian Islands. 19, 2020 - An unmanned aerial vehicle delivers a payload to the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M.

“The command, although not in final operating capability yet, is getting closer every day as we get to train and exercise like we would one day fight,” Davies said.Ģ01019-N-LI768-1111 PACIFIC OCEAN Oct.

The command will soon celebrate its second anniversary, and recently became the organization responsible for training and certifying the other theater undersea warfare commanders to ensure they are fully trained, have all the necessary equipment they need and have the appropriate personnel. Fleet Forces Command, and that made it a natural fill in,” Davies said, referring to SUBGRU2. “We really didn’t have a theater undersea warfare commander that was dedicated to a fleet on this side of the Atlantic serving, basically, NORTHCOM and U.S. But that same structure was absent for 2nd and 4th Fleet, Davies said. Still another in Pearl Harbor works primarily with the 3rd Fleet. Similar to combatant commands, the Navy has theater undersea warfare commanders in Naples, Italy, working with the 6th Fleet, and a theater undersea warfare commander in Yokosuka, Japan, working with 5th Fleet and 7th Fleet.

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