By Kris Osborn, President, Warrior
Rear Adm. Javon Hakimsadeh – Commanding Officers, Carrier Strike Group 2
Warrior recently spoke with US Navy Rear Adm. Javon Hakimsadeh, Commanding Officer, Carrier Strike Group 2 – a unit which recently completed an extensive deployment in the Red Sea and was responsible for stopping and destroying Houthi attacks from Drones and Anti-Ship missiles.
Hakimsadeh, known as “Hak” told Warrior the Navy continues to learn extremely valuable lessons about maritime warfare, the nature of drone threats and emerging Concepts of Operation. Hak explained that there were may “firsts” accomplished during the extensive deployment, to include the first-even Navy surface to air drone shoot-down in combat.
Many weapons were used, including air-to-air missiles such as the AIM-9X.
Kris Osborn is the President of Warrior Maven – Center for Military Modernization and Osborn previously served at the Pentagon as a Highly Qualified Expert with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army—Acquisition, Logistics & Technology. Osborn has also worked as an anchor and on-air military specialist at national TV networks. He has appeared as a guest military expert on Fox News, MSNBC, The Military Channel, and The History Channel. He also has a Masters Degree in Comparative Literature from Columbia University.
