Council on Foreign Relations visit to Submarine Capital of the World [Image 1 of 12]

GROTON, CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATES

03.20.2025

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten      

Submarine Readiness Squadron (SRS) 32

250321-N-GR655-1001 GROTON, Conn. (August 27, 2024) – Rear Adm. Michael Van Poots, commander of the U.S. Navy’s Undersea Warfighting Development Center (UWDC), converses with members from the Council on Foreign Relations during a working lunch with Groton-area commanders at UWDC headquarters on board Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, March 21, 2025. The visit was part of a larger U.S. Navy Submarine Force familiarization tour to learn about submarine operations and their impact on national defense. The tour included visits and presentations at the Submarine Force’s primary shipbuilding facility at General Dynamics Electric Boat, training evolutions at Naval Submarine School, and a tour of the fast-attack submarine USS California (SSN 781). UWDC, established on Sept. 1, 2015, leads the Navy’s undersea superiority; develops doctrine, concepts of operations, tactics, techniques, and procedures for undersea warfare; assesses undersea warfare performance and warfighting readiness of the fleet; provides training for undersea platforms, carrier strike groups, and theater anti-submarine warfare commanders; and advances undersea capabilities, wholeness, and synchronization. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten)

• Date Taken: 03.20.2025
• Date Posted: 03.22.2025 12:13
• Photo ID: 8929768
• VIRIN: 250321-N-GR655-1001
• Resolution: 3523x2349
• Size: 4.88 MB
• Location: GROTON, CONNECTICUT, US