ALMDS is great!
I should have said that. AMCM is just so freaking hard. ALMDS is a near surf zone, surf zone tool. It gets really hard in deeper water because ALMDS can't see through the volume of water at certain depths.
During the first Gulf War the Tripoli was hit by a mine. I was the Air Boss on the USS La Salle and we took their sleds and other gear and put it our well deck. The MH-53E would come get their stuff and go do their thing.
The Mine Warfare Staff was also embarked. I learned then what a vexing, difficult problem mine warfare is.
We cleared the lane into Kuwait and were the first ship to dock. If I knew then what I learned later I would have swam (swum?) in
We were working five systems for OAMCM:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/systems/amcm.htm
Long time ago!