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USS Charleston conducts Rolling Airframe Missile...

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A Danish explosive ordnancemen dives on a World War II-era, air-laid mine weighing approximately 1,000 pounds in the Baltic Sea. The mine was...

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USS Gridley (DDG 101) Launches a Missile During a...

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 19, 2018) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) launched a Standard Missile (SM) 2 during...

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USS Charleston conducts Rolling Airframe Missile...

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PACIFIC OCEAN (April 8, 2021) The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) launches a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile...

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WWII-era Mines Cleared During BALTOPS 2019 by Mine...

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A Danish explosive ordnancemen dives on a World War II-era, air-laid mine weighing approximately 1,000 pounds in the Baltic Sea. The mine was...

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01.23.2019 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesse Marquez Magallanes

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USS Gridley (DDG 101) Launches a Missile During a...

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 19, 2018) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) launched a Standard Missile (SM) 2 during...

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USS Charleston conducts Rolling Airframe Missile...

04.08.2021 | Video by Lt. Madisyn Hansen

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 8, 2021) A RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) aboard the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18),...

USS Charleston conducts Rolling Airframe Missile...

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PACIFIC OCEAN (April 8, 2021) The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) launches a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile...

Complexity Increases for Surface Warfare Advanced...

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The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile Cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) launches a harpoon surface-to-surface missile during part of a Live Fire With a...

East Coast Warships Complete Surface Warfare...

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Video of a Standard Missile (SM) 2 launching from the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) during a Live Fire With a Purpose...

WWII-era Mines Cleared During BALTOPS 2019 by Mine...

06.14.2019 | Video by Lt. Matthew Stroup

A roughly 1,000 pound, World War II-era, air-laid mine (A Mark I - VI) explodes off the coast of Germany in the Baltic Sea. The unexploded...

WWII-era Mines Cleared During BALTOPS 2019 by Mine...

06.12.2019 | Video by Lt. Matthew Stroup

A Danish explosive ordnancemen dives on a World War II-era, air-laid mine weighing approximately 1,000 pounds in the Baltic Sea. The mine was...

Lethal, Ready, Capable - Own the Fight!

01.23.2019 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesse Marquez Magallanes

In a paper titled "The Future Navy," Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said, "The pace at which potential competitors are moving...

USS Gridley (DDG 101) Launches a Missile During a...

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SMWDC Hosts Industry Partners for Inaugural SURFRG...

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On September 13, the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), the executive agent for the Surface Requirements Group...

Capt. Wilson Marks Assumes Command of Naval Surface...

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Capt. Wilson Marks assumed command of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) at a change of command ceremony at SMWDC’s...

WTIs Attended Cross-Domain WTI Re-Blue Conference

01.11.2023 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Devin Lowe

More than 130 U.S. Navy surface warfare tactics instructors (WTIs) and surface warfare subject matter experts (SMEs) came together for Naval...

The Journey Continues for Texas Sailor

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SMWDC Hosts 2022 Maritime Warfare Working Group

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A First for Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training

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Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) directed two Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercises – one on...

WTI Scholar Program: Best of Both Worlds

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Creating a career path to sustain and enhance Surface Warfare Officers (SWO) requires balancing between professional development and academic...

SMWDC Breaks Ground on Surface Advanced Warfighting...

07.19.2022 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Devin Lowe

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2024 SMWDC Commanders Huddle

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Naval Base San Diego (Aug. 12, 2024) - From left, Rear Adm. Wilson Marks, Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Commander; Vice...

SMWDC Group Photo

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Leaders from the Navy's warfare development centers (WDC) pose for a group photo at the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center...

SMWDC Hosts Industry Partners for Inaugural SURFRG...

09.13.2023 | Photo by Lt. Emily Judstra

The Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) brief industry leaders on the results of the inaugural Surface Requirements...

Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development...

05.17.2023 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stevin Atkins

SAN DIEGO (May 17, 2023) - Rear Adm. Chris Alexander, Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), speaks during a...

WTIs Attend SNA's 35th National Symposium

01.10.2023 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Devin Lowe

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The Journey Continues for Texas Sailor

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The journey continues for Lt. Reed Harbeck who is currently enrolled at University of California at San Diego (UCSD) in a Master of Advanced...

ASW/SUW WTI was Selected for Two Distinguished...

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SMWDC Hosts 2022 Maritime Warfare Working Group

11.03.2022 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Vance Hand

221103-N-ZS023-1008 SAN DIEGO (Nov 3, 2022) U.S. Navy Cmdr. Joseph Abrutz, left, Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Kansas City’s...

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Lt. Cesar Mize interview Sons of the American...

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Interview with Lt. Cesar Mize on Sons of the American Legion Radio. Interviewed by Mr. Ken Kraetzer.

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