Stevenson, Jr., Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group Eight, took command of the Enterprise group. On 1 September 2004, Rear Admiral James W.
Cruiser-Destroyer Group Eight, late 1992 Cruisers/SubmarinesĬarrier Air Wing 17 squadrons embarked aboard USS Saratoga (CV-60)ĭuring the early period of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Commander Carrier Destroyer Group Eight was embarked aboard Theodore Roosevelt as a part of Task Force 60, striking Iraqi targets from the Mediterranean Sea. The group's composition after the reorganization can be seen below. Each of the Navy's 12 existing carrier battle groups was planned to consist of an aircraft carrier an embarked carrier air wing cruiser, destroyer, and frigate units and two nuclear-powered attack submarines. In the middle of 1992, there was a Navy reorganization. During both operations, Admiral Jeremiah commanded Task Force 60, the three-carrier task force of the Sixth Fleet, code-named Battle Force Zulu.
CARRIER STRIKE GROUP SCREEN COMMANDER SERIES
The Saratoga battle group and the rest of Task Force 60 later carried out Operation El Dorado Canyon, a series of punitive air strikes against Libya in retaliations to the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. They were intended to assert freedom of navigation in the Gulf of Sidra as well as to challenge Libya's maritime territorial claims. Sixth Fleet during a series of operations code-named Attain Document. Jeremiah commanded the Saratoga group and Task Group 60.2 of the U.S. In 1986, while commanding Cruiser-Destroyer Group 8, Rear Admiral David E. The group took part in Operation Southern Watch and Operation Deny Flight. Eisenhower, and Theodore Roosevelt carrier battle groups. Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group 8 subsequently served as the Immediate Superior-in-Command (ISIC) for the Saratoga, Dwight D. On 30 June 1973, Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 8 was re-designated as Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group 8 (CCDG-8). Commanding CRUDESFLOT 8 at the time was Rear Admiral John D. Īfter 8 December 1966, USS Columbus (flag) and USS Belknap of Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 8 were involved in the response to the sinking of SS Heraklion off Greece. To augment this NIFC-CA capability, the strike group embarked the new E-2D airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, making its first overseas deployment. Navy carrier strike group to deploy with a Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) capability that integrates all units via a data link to gain a more comprehensive overview of its operational battlespace.
Carrier Strike Group Twelve was the first U.S. The 2015 deployment was led by its new flagship, USS Theodore Roosevelt, which has since left the group and shifted homeport to Naval Base San Diego, California. The group participated in the multilateral exercises Anatolian Sun 2006, Reliant Mermaid 2007, BALTOPS 2008, and Malabar 2015 the bilateral exercise Inspired Union 2006 and the joint exercise Exercise Bold Alligator 2012. The group's surface warships were also involved in several high-profile anti-piracy operations.
Strike group aircraft flew over 13,000 air combat missions in support of coalition ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, including 2006's Operation Medusa and Operation Mountain Fury in Iraq.
Units currently assigned to Carrier Strike Group Twelve included Carrier Air Wing Eight the Ticonderoga-class cruisers Vicksburg and Normandy and Destroyer Squadron 2.īetween 20, with USS Enterprise as its flagship, the group made four deployments to the U.S. Ford is the aircraft carrier assigned as the strike group's flagship. Carrier strike groups gain and maintain sea control as well as project naval airpower ashore. Navy carrier strike groups currently assigned to the United States Fleet Forces Command. Clapperton, USN Ĭarrier Strike Group Twelve ( CSG-12 or CARSTRKGRU 12) is one of four U.S.
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