JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY, VA
JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY, VA (Aug. 24, 2018) Rear Adm. Erik Ross, President, Board of Inspection and Survey, left, shakes hands with the Lt. Cmdr. Ryan McBride, Honor Graduate for Naval ... More
ASW/SUW WTI Assumes Command of USS Charleston (LCS 18)
Cmdr. James Hoey, an Anti-Submarine Warfare/Surface Warfare (ASW/SUW) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI), became the first ASW/SUW WTI to assume command of a warship December 6, 2019.
Joint Staff Leader Welcomes Navy’s Newest Integrated
Joint Staff Leader Welcomes Navy’s Newest Integrated Air & Missile Defense Top Tacticians to the Fleet
SMWDC Commander visits SWOS San Diego Basic Division Officer Course
SAN DIEGO (Oct. 30, 2018) Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) speaks with members of Surface Warfare Officer Schools Command detachment San Diego's B... More
NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO, Calif. (May 8, 2018)
NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO, Calif. (May 8, 2018) Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, receives honors during departure of the official party after Naval Surface and M... More
Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Cushanick, a Navy reservist and federal
Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Cushanick, a Navy reservist and federal civil servant who works at the Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS) Basic Division Officer Course (BDOC), listens as he attends Naval Surface and Mine... More
More than one hundred Iraqis and Americans celebrate
More than one hundred Iraqis and Americans celebrate the grand opening of water distribution and waste collection points for the citizens of Safwan and Umm Qasr, Iraq. Sailors and Soldiers assigned to Navy Prov... More
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Center, and Mine Warfare Training Command chief petty officer-selects march into the fiscal year 2019 chief petty offi... More
180626-N-GG458-011 (ATLANTIC OCEAN) Ensign Luisa Holland
180626-N-GG458-011 (ATLANTIC OCEAN) Ensign Luisa Holland makes log entries while standing watch in the pilot house of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) during a live fi... More
SMWDC Sea Combat Division ASW/SUW Warfare Tactics Instructor Graduatio...
San Diego (May 3, 2018) Rear Adm. Yvette Davids, Senior Military Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and career surface warfare officer, poses for a photograph with eleven... More
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) and Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) hosted advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer (ASWO) students for hands-on training inside of CSCS’s C... More
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), presents the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal to LCDR Jeremy Blanchette, an Information Warfare (IW) W... More
Lt. Tyler Westover, receives the Honor Graduate award
Lt. Tyler Westover, receives the Honor Graduate award from Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), during a graduation ceremony for the newest Anti... More
Lt. Andrew Campos, an Integrated Air and Missile Defense
Lt. Andrew Campos, an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) is assigned to Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Headquarters.
Lt. Kelly Murphy (left) receives her Amphibious Warfare
Lt. Kelly Murphy (left) receives her Amphibious Warfare (AMW) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) patch from Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), d... More
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), presented the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal to LCDR Jeremy Blanchette, an Information Warfare (IW) ... More
Commodore of Warfare Visits SMWDC HQ
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Commodore Ivan Ingham (center), Commodore of Warfare, receives a command brief led by Capt. Chris Barnes (top left), deputy commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Developmen... More
180626-N-GG458-008 (ATLANTIC OCEAN) Ensign Zachary
180626-N-GG458-008 (ATLANTIC OCEAN) Ensign Zachary Kohama stands watch in the pilot house of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24). Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) i... More
First ASW/SUW WTI Re-Blue Increases Surface Fleet Warfighting Capabili...
SAN DIEGO (May 22, 2018) Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), far right, poses for a photo with Anti-Submarine Warfare/Surface Warfare (ASW/SUW) Warfa... More
Surface Fleet Welcomes Newest ASW / SUW Warfare Tactics Instructors
SAN DIEGO (Aug. 23, 2019) Graduates of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center’s (SMWDC’s) Anti-Submarine Warfare / Surface Warfare (ASW/SUW) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) course pose for a pho... More
Joint Staff Leader Welcomes Navy’s Newest Integrated
Joint Staff Leader Welcomes Navy’s Newest Integrated Air & Missile Defense Top Tacticians to the Fleet
Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Naval Surface and
Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), speaks to the Instructors and Tactics Course (ITC) class 19010 prior to their graduation. ITC is the initial cours... More
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) and Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) hosted advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer (ASWO) students for hands-on training inside of CSCS’s C... More
A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter
A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 loaded with a Mark 63 Quickstrike mine flies in support of a mine countermeasure exercise led by Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Develop... More
Lt. Cmdr. Daniel O'Neill
Portrait of LCDR Daniel O'Neill
Lt. Brian 'Spud' Allen, is a P-8A Maritime Weapons
Lt. Brian 'Spud' Allen, is a P-8A Maritime Weapons and Tactics Instructor assigned to Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Sea Combat Division.
A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter
A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 loaded with a Mark 63 Quickstrike mine flies in support of a mine countermeasure exercise led by Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Develop... More
The Mine Warfare (MIW) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI)
The Mine Warfare (MIW) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) patch is one of four warfare area WTI patches worn by the top-talented Surface Warfare Officers who have qualified as warfighting experts in MIW, Amphibio... More
SMWDC Celebrates Fifth Anniversary, Rapidly Increasing Surface Force L...
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Headquarters staff pose for a group photo while celebrating SMWDC's fifth anniversary. From left to right: Lt. Eugenia Rhone, Lt. Matthew Heimer, Cm... More
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), presented the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal to LCDR Jeremy Blanchette, an Information Warfare (IW) ... More
Pacific Fleet and Fleet Forces Commanders visit Surface Fleet’s Warfig...
180625-N-SE292-002 SAN DIEGO (June 25, 2018) Adm. John Aquilino, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet (left) and Adm. Christopher Grady, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command (right)... More
Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Naval Surface and
Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), speaks to the Instructors and Tactics Course (ITC) class 19010 prior to their graduation. ITC is the initial cours... More
Little Creek VA (April 20, 2018) Commodore Daniel Blackburn,
Little Creek VA (April 20, 2018) Commodore Daniel Blackburn, commander Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) Six presents the Honor Graduate plaque to Lt. Michael Pires from Mountainside, N.J., April 20, 2018 for his s... More
Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander, Naval Surface Force,
Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, delivers remarks at Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center’s (SMWDC) change of command ceremony onboard Naval Amphibio... More
Lt. Rod Hanks, receives the Arleigh Burke and Top Tactician
Lt. Rod Hanks, receives the Arleigh Burke and Top Tactician awards from Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), during a graduation ceremony for th... More
Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Polnaszek, Naval Surface and
Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Polnaszek, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center’s (SMWDC’s) Instructor and Tactics Course (ITC) manager speaks to ITC class 19010 prior to their graduation. ITC is the ini... More
Director Expeditionary Warfare Visits Naval Surface and Mine Warfighti...
Maj. Gen. David Coffman, director, Expeditionary Warfare in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N95), left, shakes hands with Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting D... More
Little Creek VA (April 20, 2018) Amphibious Warfare
Little Creek VA (April 20, 2018) Amphibious Warfare (AMW), Warfare Tactics Instructor Class 18-1 picture L-R: Capt. Darren Nelson Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) AMW Division offic... More
Joint Staff Leader Welcomes Navy’s Newest Integrated
Joint Staff Leader Welcomes Navy’s Newest Integrated Air & Missile Defense Top Tacticians to the Fleet
Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Polnaszek, Naval Surface and
Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Polnaszek, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center’s (SMWDC’s) Instructor and Tactics Course (ITC) manager speaks to ITC class 19010 prior to their graduation. ITC is the ini... More
MIW Added to WTI Baseline Course as Surface Fleet Culture of Excellenc...
190815-N-SE292-0001 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 15, 2019) Thirty-three Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTI) candidates and WTI staff pose for a group photo upon completion of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Cen... More
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), presents a certificate to Lt. Cmdr. Michelle Smith for being selected as the Top Tactician (for displaying ... More
SAN DIEGO (June 16, 2018) Commander, Naval Surface
SAN DIEGO (June 16, 2018) Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Rear Adm. Dave Welch, right, responds to a question during an in studio interview on KUSI News' Good Morning Sa... More
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), presents certificates to Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Grusich for being selected as the Honor Graduate (for having the... More
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), center, poses for a group photo with the newest 15 Anti-Submarine Warfare/Surface Warfare (ASW/SUW) Warfare... More
Joint Staff Leader Welcomes Navy’s Newest Integrated
Joint Staff Leader Welcomes Navy’s Newest Integrated Air & Missile Defense Top Tacticians to the Fleet
San Diego, California (April 16, 2018) USS Mobile Bay
San Diego, California (April 16, 2018) USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) gets underway to complete the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group Cruiser-Destroyer (CRUDES) Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Trainin... More
Score of Surface Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) Candidates Complete ...
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (May 14, 2018) Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) leads a discussion with Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) candidates on the firs... More
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) visited USS San Jacinto (CG 56) September 19, 2019, where he discussed SMWDC’s Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI)... More
Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Bartholomeaux receives his Integrated
Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Bartholomeaux receives his Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) patch from Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Devel... More
Joint Staff Leader Welcomes Navy’s Newest Integrated
Joint Staff Leader Welcomes Navy’s Newest Integrated Air & Missile Defense Top Tacticians to the Fleet
Porter Sailor Honored as Navy Missile Defender of the Year
Lt. j.g. McKenzie Anderson, USS Porter (DDG 78) training officer, was honored as the Navy's Missile Defender of the Year (MDOY) at the annual Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) awards banquet held in Alex... More
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) and Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) hosted advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer (ASWO) students for hands-on training inside of CSCS’s C... More
Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Pavlik receives his Amphibious Warfare
Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Pavlik receives his Amphibious Warfare (AMW) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) patch from Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), d... More
NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO, Calif. Rear Adm. John
NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO, Calif. Rear Adm. John Wade, outgoing commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), addresses SMWDC team members, family, and friends during a change o... More
Chief Aerographer’s Mate John Graham from Naval Surface
Chief Aerographer’s Mate John Graham from Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center’s (SMWDC) Mine Warfare Division receives his chief petty officer combination cover from his wife during a SMWDC, F... More
Graduates of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development
Graduates of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center’s (SMWDC’s) Anti-Submarine Warfare/Surface Warfare (ASW/SUW) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) course stand behind Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, co... More
Chief Aerographer’s Mate John Graham from Naval Surface
Chief Aerographer’s Mate John Graham from Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center’s (SMWDC) Mine Warfare Division passes through sideboys upon completion of the SMWDC, Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare... More
More than one hundred Iraqis and Americans celebrate
More than one hundred Iraqis and Americans celebrate the grand opening of water distribution and waste collection points for the citizens of Safwan and Umm Qasr, Iraq. Sailors and Soldiers assigned to Navy Prov... More
Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Warfare Tactics Instructor (...
Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) patch
JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY, VA
JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY, VA (Aug. 24, 2018) Amphibious Warfare (AMW) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 18020 graduates pose for a photo with Rear Adm. Erik Ross, President, Board ... More
At center and far left (respectively), Rear Admiral
At center and far left (respectively), Rear Admiral Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), and Capt. Christopher Merwin, director of Naval Surface and Mine War... More
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface
Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) talks with SMWDC Headquarters staff following an award ceremony where he presented the Navy and Marine Corps Co... More
NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO, Calif. (May 8, 2018)
NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO, Calif. (May 8, 2018) Rear Adm. David Welch, commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), addresses SMWDC team members, family, and friends during a c... More
SAN DIEGO (June 16, 2018) Commander, Naval Surface
SAN DIEGO (June 16, 2018) Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Rear Adm. Dave Welch responds to a question during an in studio interview on KUSI News' Good Morning San Diego.... More
San Diego, California (April 16, 2018) USS Mobile Bay
San Diego, California (April 16, 2018) USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) gets underway to complete the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group Cruiser-Destroyer (CRUDES) Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Trainin... More
Lt. Erich Buss, an Anti-Submarine Warfare/Surface Warfare
Lt. Erich Buss, an Anti-Submarine Warfare/Surface Warfare (ASW/SUW) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) is assigned to Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Sea Combat Division.
180626-N-GG458-001 (ATLANTIC OCEAN) The Whidbey Island-class
180626-N-GG458-001 (ATLANTIC OCEAN) The Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), and the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) sail in formation behind the... More
180112-N-DD818-4997 ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Jan. 12, 2018)
180112-N-DD818-4997 ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Jan. 12, 2018) Chief Fire Controlman (Aegis) Zachary Quirk center, the Navy’s 2017 Missile Defender of the Year, poses for a photograph with Rear Adm. John Wade, commander, ... More
Out on the Waterfront, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO (June 29, 2018) Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Rear Adm. Dave Welch, left, shakes hands with USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) Commanding Officer Capt. Scott Tait during... More
Top SWOs Begin Surface Warfare Tactics and Instructor Training
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (July 23, 2018) Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) leads a discussion with Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) candidates on the fir... More
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Surface Forces Delegation Visits SMWDC
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Surface Forces delegation poses for a group photo with Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) following a successful visit... More
A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter
A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 loaded with a Mark 63 Quickstrike mine prepares to take off from Naval Air Station Lemoore. The jet flew in support of a mine countermeasur... More
Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development
Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Rear Adm. Dave Welch addresses the newly promoted chiefs during the SMWDC, Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare, and Mine Warfare Training Comman... More
NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO, Calif. (May 8, 2018)
NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO, Calif. (May 8, 2018) Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, (right) shakes hands with Rear Adm. David Welch, commander, Naval Surface and Mi... More