USS Stout (DDG-55) fires its MK45 5-inch gun during a live-fire exercise on Jan. 6, 2014. US Navy Photo
The surface Navy will take a page from the naval aviation community and standup a new command to teach combined surface tactics to the service’s top surface warfare officers by the end of the year, Vice Adm. Tom Copeman, commander of U.S. Surface Forces said in a Tuesday presentation at the Surface Navy Association symposium 2014 in Crystal City, Va.
USS Mahan (DDG 72) at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. US Navy Photo
The Navy needs to perfect three technologies on its quest for its next generation of large warships, Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden, director of surface warfare (N96) for the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) told USNI News in an interview in the Pentagon on Jan. 9. Read More
USS Taylor (FFG-50) departs Naval Station Mayport for a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleets on Jan. 8, 2014. US Navy Photo
The following from the Vision for the 2026 Surface Fleet, released in January 2014. The document is authored by current head of U.S. Surface Forces, Vice Adm. Tom Copeman, who will be speaking this week at Surface Navy Association’s 2014 symposium. Read More
