USS C?mst?ck (LSD 45) is ?n???w?? ??t?? l???in? M??k VI ??t??l ???ts ?n? ?x???iti?n??? min? c??nt??m??s??? (ExMCM) ?l?m?nts in G??m t? int????t? N?v? ?x???iti?n??? ???c?s ?????? t?? ?m??i?i??s ??ck l?n?in? s?i? ??? ? s?c??it? ??t??l in t?? P?ili??in? S??. M??itim? Ex???iti?n??? S?c??it? F??c? ?n? Ex?l?siv? O??n?nc? Dis??s?l M??il? Unit S?il??s ?ssi?n?? t? C?mm?n???, T?sk F??c? 75 (CTF 75) ?m???k?? C?mst?ck t? c?n??ct litt???l m??itim? s?c??it? ?????ti?ns wit? t?? M??in?s ?n? S?il??s ?l????? ???l???? ?s T?sk F??c? Ellis ???m 1 M??in? Ex???iti?n??? F??c?. T?? int????????l? ??t??ls wit? N?v? ?n? M??in? C???s ?x???iti?n??? ???c?s ?ll?w t??m t? inc???s? t??i? ??ilit? t? ??s??n? t? t????ts, ??t?? ??stiliti?s ?n? m?int?in st??ilit? in t?? In??-P?ci?ic.
“T?is l?v?l ?? int????ti?n ?? M??k VI ??t??l ???ts wit? s????c? N?v? ?ss?ts ??s n?v?? ???n ?cc?m?lis??? ??????,” s?i? Lt. An?? B???st??m, Al??? C?m??n? C?mm?n???. T?? M??k VI ??t??l ???t ???vi??s ? ???s?nc? c????ilit? in t?? litt???ls ????n? s??lt???? ???s ?n? ??????s wit? ???iti?n?l missi?n c????iliti?s incl??in? ?i?? v?l?? ?ss?t ?sc??t, visit, ?????, s???c? ?n? s?iz??? s?????t ?n? t???t?? s?c??it? c??????ti?n.
“N?v? ?x???iti?n??? c?m??t ???c?s ?m???kin? USS C?mst?ck t? s?????t C?mm?n???, T?sk F??c? 76 (CTF 76) is ? ?????ct ?x?m?l? ?? 7t? Fl??t’s t?ctic?l int????????ilit?, ?????ti?n?l ???c?, ?n? st??t??ic ??c?s ?n ???i?n?l st??ilit?,” s?i? C??t. G???t? H??l?, c?mm?n??? ?? N?v? Ex???iti?n??? F??c?s C?mm?n? P?ci?ic/CTF 75. “O?? m??itim? ?x???iti?n??? s?c??it? ?n? ExMCM ?l?m?nts ??in? ?n ?x??n??? c????ilit? t? cl???, s?c???, ??il?, ?n? ???t?ct c?itic?l lin?s ?? c?mm?nic?ti?n in t?is ??n?mic ???? ?? ?????ti?ns.”
US N?v? USS C?mst?ck Em???ks M??k VI P?t??l B??ts ?n? ExMCM ??? M??itim? S?c??it? O????ti?ns
A P?t??l B??t (PB) Mk VI ?ssi?n?? t? C?mm?n???, T?sk F??c? 75 (CTF 75) st?ti?ns ?l?n?si?? ?m??i?i??s ??ck l?n?in? s?i? USS C?mst?ck (LSD 45) ???in? ???tin? m??itim? ?????ti?ns. M??itim? Ex???iti?n??? S?c??it? F??c? ?n? Ex?l?siv? O??n?nc? Dis??s?l M??il? Unit S?il??s ?ssi?n?? t? C?mm?n???, T?sk F??c? 75 (CTF 75) ?m???k?? ?n? ??? c?n??ctin? int????t?? litt???l m??itim? s?c??it? ?????ti?ns ???m t?? ?m??i?i??s ??ck l?n?in? s?i? USS C?mst?ck (LSD 45) wit? t?? M??in?s ?n? S?il??s ?l????? ???l???? ?s T?sk F??c? Ellis ???m I M??in? Ex???iti?n??? F??c?. PB Mk VI ???vi??s inc???s?? c????iliti?s t? ?m??i?i??s w??s?i?s ?n? c?n ?????t? ?i??ctl? in s?????t ?? t?? N?v? ?l?t???m ?? in????n??ntl? in s?????t ?? missi?n t?skin?. (P??t? ?? U.S. M??in? C???s ???t? ?? S?t. M?n??l A. S????n?)
M??itim? Ex???iti?n??? S?c??it? c????iliti?s ?n? t?? ???wіп? ?l??t int????ti?n c?nt?i??t? t? t?? ?i??-?n? ?i??t t? ??in???c? ?l??-w?t?? ?????ti?ns ?n? ??min?t? t?? s????lin?s. CTF 75 is 7t? Fl??t’s ??im??? ?x???iti?n??? t?sk ???c? ?n? is ??s??nsi?l? ??? t?? ?l?nnin? ?n? ?x?c?ti?n ?? m??itim? s?c??it? ?????ti?ns, ?x?l?siv? ???n?nc? ?is??s?l, ?ivin?, ?n?in???in? ?n? c?nst??cti?n, ?n? ?n???w?t?? c?nst??cti?n. A??iti?n?ll?, it ???vi??s ?i??ct s?????t t? ?ivin? ?n? s?lv??? ?????ti?ns ?n? ?x???iti?n??? int?lli??nc? t????????t t?? In??-P?ci?ic ???i?n.
CTF 76/Ex???iti?n??? St?ik? G???? S?v?n is t?? N?v?’s ?nl? ???w??? ???l???? ?m??i?i??s ???c? ?n? is ??s??nsi?l? ??? c?n??ctin? ?x???iti?n??? w?????? ?????ti?ns t? s?????t ? ??ll ??n?? ?? t???t?? c?ntin??nci?s, ??n?in? ???m ??m?nit??i?n ?n? ?is?st?? ??li?? t? ??ll c?m??t ?????ti?ns, t? ?ns??? s?c??it? ?n? st??ilit? in t?? In??-P?ci?ic. U.S. 7t? Fl??t is t?? l????st n?m????? ?l??t in t?? w??l?, ?n? wit? t?? ??l? ?? 35 ?t??? m??itim?-n?ti?n ?lli?s ?n? ???tn??s, t?? U.S. N?v? ??s ?????t?? in t?? In??-P?ci?ic ???i?n ??? m??? t??n 70 ????s, ???vi?in? c???i?l?, ????? ???c?s t? ??l? ???s??v? ???c? ?n? ???v?nt c?n?lict.
US N?v? USS C?mst?ck Em???ks M??k VI P?t??l B??ts ?n? ExMCM ??? M??itim? S?c??it? O????ti?ns
U.S. S?il?? ?ssi?n?? t? ?m??i?i??s ??ck l?n?in? s?i? USS C?mst?ck (LSD 45), ??s??v?s ? P?t??l B??t (PB) Mk VI ?ssi?n?? t? M??itim? Ex???iti?n??? S?c??it? S??????n 3 ???in? ????n w?ll ?????ti?ns, Oct. 4, 2020. M??itim? Ex???iti?n??? S?c??it? F??c? ?n? Ex?l?siv? O??n?nc? Dis??s?l M??il? Unit S?il??s ?ssi?n?? t? C?mm?n???, T?sk F??c? 75 (CTF 75) ?m???k?? ?n? ??? c?n??ctin? int????t?? litt???l m??itim? s?c??it? ?????ti?ns ???m t?? ?m??i?i??s ??ck l?n?in? s?i? USS C?mst?ck (LSD 45) wit? t?? M??in?s ?n? S?il??s ?l????? ???l???? ?s T?sk F??c? Ellis ???m I M??in? Ex???iti?n??? F??c?. PB Mk VI ???vi??s inc???s?? c????iliti?s t? ?m??i?i??s w??s?i?s ?n? c?n ?????t? ?i??ctl? in s?????t ?? t?? N?v? ?l?t???m ?? in????n??ntl? in s?????t ?? missi?n t?skin?. (P??t? ?? U.S. M??in? C???s ???t? ?? S?t. M?n??l A. S????n?)