Littoral Combat Ship USS Gabrielle Giffords on Anti-Drug Patrols in SOUTHCOM
Littoral Combat Ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) is now operating in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility to aid in…
Littoral Combat Ship USS Sioux City Joins SOUTHCOM Anti-Drug Mission in First Deployment
USS Sioux City (LCS-11) deployed over the weekend to U.S. Southern Command to aid in conducting counter-narcotic missions, the Navy recently announced.…
Destroyers Continue to Prowl 4th Fleet As Coast Guard, Navy Rack Up $1B in Drug Seizures
The Navy has had more warships operating in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific in the last three months than…
Faller: Navy Deployments to SOUTHCOM About More Than Just Drug Trafficking
THE PENTAGON – A renewed presence of U.S. warships in Southern Command has military dimensions beyond providing a platform for…
SOUTHCOM Faller Lauds LCS USS Detroit Deployment, Asks For More Ships
Adm. Craig Faller lauded the ongoing deployment of the Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit (LCS-7) to U.S. Southern Command while…
VIDEO: USS Detroit Departs for Maiden Deployment to SOUTHCOM
Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit (LCS-7) departed Mayport, Fla., last week on its maiden deployment and the first deployment…
The State of LCS: Navy Pushing More Ships to Sea This Fall as Class Matures
This is the first of a two-part series on the current state of the Littoral Combat Ship program. SAN DIEGO,…
LCS Mission Package Office Focused On Test, Fielding; IOC Dates Continue to Slip
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Littoral Combat Ship mission package program office considers itself to be out of the technology development…
Navy Set to Restart LCS Deployments this Year, Despite Challenges in Manning, Training
The Navy is optimistic it will deploy three Littoral Combat Ships by this fall, after not deploying any last year…
VIDEO: USS Milwaukee Launches Hellfires in LCS Surface-to-Surface Missile Module Test
The Navy completed the first phase of its Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) developmental testing for the Littoral Combat Ship program,…