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6 Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander, a native of Key West, Fla., assumed command of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), headquartered in San Diego, May 10th without a change of command ceremony due to his predecessor being transferred ahead of Alexander’s arrival to fill an urgent operational role. Prior to SMWDC, Alexander was most recently the Commanding Officer of Surface Warfare Schools Command located onboard Naval Station Newport, R.I. Alexander is the fifth SMWDC Commander since its 2015 establishment as the Surface Warfare community’s Warfi...

US Navy MOBILE, Alabama – The future USS Mobile (LCS 26), the U.S. Navy’s newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), will be commissioned May 22, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (CT) in Mobile, Alabama. 200924-N-XX123-1001 GULF OF MEXICO – The future Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS 26) conducts sea trials. USS Mobile is set to be commissioned on 22 May in Mobile, Ala. Due to ongoing public health and safety concerns related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the ceremony will take place in compliance with Department of Defense, Center for Dise...

Littoral combat ship USS Mobile to be commissioned in May By (0) The future USS Mobile, the Navy's 13th Independence-class littoral combat ship, will be commissioned on May 27, 2021. Photo courtesy of Austal USA April 21 (UPI) -- The future USS Mobile, the U.S. Navy's next Independence-class littoral combat ship, will be commissioned on May 27, the Navy announced on Wednesday. The ceremony, restricted because of COVID-19 concerns but scheduled to be livestreamed, will be held in Mobile, Ala., where the ship was built by Austal USA. Advertisement The vessel will be the 13th Independence vari...

VIRIN: 200924-N-XX123-1001 Due to ongoing public health and safety concerns related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the ceremony will take place in compliance with Department of Defense, Center for Disease Control, state public health, state, and local government guidelines and restrictions. The event will be livestreamed to offer maximum viewing by the general public. “The Mobile crew worked hard to prepare their ship for this moment, and they will continue to see the fruits of their labor as they train and operate at sea,” said Vice Adm. Roy...

Introduction It is entirely possible that the enormous superstructure of the Navy is actually working against maintaining an effective Fleet. We seem to be mired in a time in which counterproductive institutional incentives and dynamics have developed naturally in the absence of an existential threat to focus our efforts, such as a great power competitor. One of these unhelpful dynamics has been the explosion in the numbers of flag officers. A cursory examination of the historical record makes clear that the number of flag officers serving in the United States Navy operates independently from...