MCM warfare: CNO, Miller

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, and U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), will be at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., on April 1 to provide remarks and take questions from media. The nation’s senior Navy officer and Florida District 1 congressman will provide remarks, and answer questions, following a tour of USS Independence (LCS-2) and its mine countermeasure (MCM) capabilities. USS Independence, built at Austal USA shipyards in Mobile, Ala., is the test ship for the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship mine countermeasure mission package that has been under development at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City, Fla. The media availability is to be at 11 a.m. at Pier Charlie. (Source: NAS Pensacola media advisory 03/30/15.