“It was an incredible alternative to have the ability to host CSG-7 Sailors and present them how we function in help of Commander, Job Power (CTF) 72,” stated Cmdr. Joel P. Martinez, commanding officer of VP-47. “Maritime area consciousness is a necessity within the seventh Fleet space of operations, and to have the ability to work seamlessly throughout CTF’s solely makes us, as a Navy crew, a extra deadly and efficient preventing power.”
In the course of the flights, the VP-47 aircrews demonstrated the plane’s roles in each anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. By observing the mission crew workstations, the CSG-7 Sailors had been in a position to see first-hand how the fight crews function as a crew to execute the wide-ranging mission set of the P-8A.
“The data of the aircrew was distinctive,” stated Chief Sonar Technician (Submarine) Marco Morris, after observing an Expendable Cellular Anti-Submarine Coaching Goal Train (EMATTEX). “It was nice to have the ability to study sonar and anti-submarine warfare from my counterparts within the air, as I’ve interacted with maritime, patrol and reconnaissance plane (MPRA) earlier than, however solely whereas I used to be submerged on a submarine.”
The P-8A Poseidon, the Navy’s modernized patrol and reconnaissance plane and alternative to the P-3C Orion, is designed for all kinds of maritime missions. Primarily based on the Boeing 737, the P-8A is manned by three pilots, two naval flight officers, and 4 enlisted sensor operators.
The “Golden Swordsmen” of VP-47 are based mostly in Oak Harbor, Washington, and are at present deployed to NAF Misawa, Japan conducting maritime patrol and reconnaissance and theater outreach operations inside the U.S. seventh Fleet (C7F) space of operations in help of Commander, Job Power 72, C7F, and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command aims all through the area.
Submarine Group 7 was established in the course of the Korean Disaster within the 1950’s as Submarine Group Western Pacific, serving as squadron commander and administrative coordinators for submarines within the Western Pacific. In June 1973, when the command was elevated to Job Power degree subordinate to Commander, seventh Fleet, it assumed its current standing as Commander, Submarine Power seventh Fleet/ Commander Job Power 74 reporting to U.S. seventh Fleet and Commander, Submarine Group 7 reporting to Commander Submarine Power, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Submarine Group 7 directs forward-deployed, fight succesful forces throughout the total spectrum of undersea warfare all through the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Arabian Sea.
For extra information on Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, please go to https://www.airpac.navy.mil/Group/Patrol-Squadron-VP-47/.
For extra information from Commander, Submarine Group 7, go to www.csp.navy.mil/csg7/.
