Blackhawks' MCM training in PC

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – About 100 sailors based out of a Norfolk, Va., Blackhawk helicopter unit are conducting airborne mine counter-measures (MCM) training in and around the Gulf of Mexico in Bay County, Fla. The Navy personnel will also be interacting with engineers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City, who built and designed airborne MCM equipment more than 60 years ago, according to NSWC commanding officer, Capt. Phillip Dawson. The training benefits both the Blackhawk crews and NSWC’s technical experts. Interacting with war-fighters that use the MCM equipment and tactics develop at Panama City allows feedback that adds relevancy for those experts, said Dawson. The sailors will train for about two weeks. (Source: WJHG 03/10/17)