SUPSHIP, LCS innovator retires

How does a junior hospital corpsman retire as a senior surface warfare officer known for turning future warships into technologically advanced combatants? That's the career of Capt. Michael Smith, who retired from command of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, Va. In previous tours, Smith was supervisor of shipbuilding and Aegis test officer in Pascagoula, Miss. He also served at the Pentagon as Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program’s resource officer where he wrote the foundational documents for the entire ship class of LCS. (Source: NSWC Dahlgren, 05/30/14) Gulf Coast note: One of the two LCS variants is built at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala.