The following is the Sept. 18, 2017 commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVSURPAC) instruction 3040.1: Significant Event/Near-Miss Reporting. Read More
Tag Archives: Naval Surface Forces
Pentagon Weapon Tester Gilmore Calls for Land-based LCS Engineering Trainer
USS Freedom (LCS-1), left, and USS Independence (LCS-2) in 2012. US Navy Photo
The Pentagon’s chief weapon’s tester is throwing his weight behind a Senate recommendation for the Navy to build land-based test versions of the engineering plants for the Freedom-class and Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships, according to a Tuesday statement. Read More
Navy Ordered Littoral Combat Ship Engineering Stand Down, Retraining Ongoing
Littoral Combat Ships USS Freedom (LCS-1) and USS Coronado (LCS-4) sit at the pier at Naval Station San Diego on Feb. 17, 2016. USNI News photo.
After four combined engineering casualties within the last year, the commander, Naval Surface Forces (NAVSURFOR), “ordered an engineering stand down for every [Littoral Combat Ship] crew to review procedures and standards for their engineering departments,” the Navy said in a statement issued late Monday. Read More
Navy Studying Implications of Distributed Lethality in Wargames Series
Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden, Commander of Naval Surface Forces. US Navy photo.
The Navy is trying to understand how its distributed lethality concept for its surface force will affect not only the behavior of an adversary but also the behavior of Navy commanders through a series of ongoing wargames. Read More
