US Navy in the Red Sea on 60-Minutes
well done by all.
This is a great 13-minutes to start your week.
BZ to VADM Cooper, RDML Miguez, CDR Smith, and the rest of the Shipmates that got some airtime.
This is a very well told story of what the US Navy is doing for the American people who, really, have not been broadly told all that much about the what and who with regards to their Navy in the Red Sea.
Every time the US Navy gets a chance to put their Sailors at sea in front of a camera, we win.
More.
Side note: CDR Smith’s deployment stash, 9.5/10.
CDR Sal, once again you prod my brain. (Made a point of watching the entire video before posting).
Agree, this is a nice public affairs release and anything that promotes the job our folks in uniform do when in harms way is a plus.
As has often been pointed out in these spaces, VLS replenishment at sea is going to result in a constant force allocation dance to keep assets in place to protect shipping and our assets. As the DDG skipper noted, they only have to succeed once (Glad to see the CIWS worked). The Houthis are also serving as stalking horses for their patrons, who appear to be developing their own TTPs as a result of intelligence gained by these activities. Many years ago was involved with a very large training event that illustrated the hazard of placing your assets in the opponents WEZ for an extended period of time. The sudden change from annoying pinpricks to a surge of vampires generated controversy that is still written about today in wargaming circles.
No. This Red Sea conflict is -not- the largest since WWII.
https://www.businessinsider.com/red-sea-conflict-largest-navy-battle-since-world-war-ii-2024-2
It's fair to say that the series of surface to air engagements...and perhaps air to air engagements...are the largest since WWII...
But largest "battles"?
Bad mischaracterization compared to "battles" in Korea and Vietnam.