VIDEO: Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Conducts SM-2 Missile Exercise

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Lt.j.g. Christian Asaban, USS San Jacinto (CG-56):

Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) completed a multi-ship, live-fire exercise with the Standard Missile (SM-2), March 15.

The dynamic exercise was part of the strike group’s final preparation for the composition training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) that certifies all strike groups prior to deployment.

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The exercise, led by the carrier strike group’s Air and Missile Defense Commander and San Jacinto Commanding Officer, Capt. Dennis Velez, also served to demonstrate the Navy’s continued efforts to train for today’s warfighting environment.

“We have always worked to evolve our training, including live firing exercises against high speed targets during and shortly after the Cold War,” said Velez. “And here we are once again adapting and demonstrating our tactical proficiency. With this shoot specifically, we’re seeing our Sailors operate their weapons systems successfully against advanced threats in contested battlespace environments.”

The six combatants–USS San Jacinto (CG 56), USS Monterey (CG 61), USS Mason (DDG 87), USS Roosevelt (DDG 81), USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Nitze (DDG 94)–practiced a number of advanced tactical techniques and procedures including cooperative tracking before firing Standard Missiles (SM-2) at the inbound …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life