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Navy Looks To Deploy Two LCS To Middle East For Counter-Mine Missions

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Navy Looks To Deploy Two LCS To Middle East For Counter-Mine Missions
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS-6) transits the Pacific Ocean on Oct. 18, 2021 on a rotation deployment with Destroyer Squadron Seven in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M. Langer)

The Navy may potentially send Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships to the Middle East for mine countermeasures (MCM) missions, officials said last week. The service aims to send up to two Independence-class ships to Bahrain with a version of the LCS MCM mission package by 2025, Marine Brig. Gen. Marcus Annibale, director of expeditionary warfare at the Chief of Naval Operations’ staff (OPNAV N95), confirmed during a panel at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium on Jan. 11. “So the plan…

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