stripes - Pacific submarines surge on short notice for big warfighting readiness exercise
Pacific submarines surge on short notice for big warfighting readiness exercise by The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Charlotte prepares to depart Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in 2010. (Ronald Gutridge/U.S. Navy) HONOLULU (Tribune News Service) — One-third of the Pacific Fleet submarine force is getting underway “to assess warfighting readiness “ as part of Exercise Agile Dagger 2021, the Navy said Thursday. Submarines from Pearl Harbor, Bremerton, Wash. and San Diego are deploying on short notice “to demonstrate their readiness, agility, and lethality, “ a...