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Aircraft Carrier Deployments 2000 to 2009 Index · Quote Operation Southern Watch (OSW) Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Maritime Security Operations (MSO) (2000 to 2009) COMMAND & FIFTH FLEET PARTICIPATING CARRIERS Includes Aircraft Carriers have operated in the Atlantic,  Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf – North Arabian Sea), Indian Ocean, Eastern and Western Pacific Oceans, while both east and west coast deployments often operated under the direction of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet,  participating in Maritime Security Operations (MSO), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein continues, beginning on 20 March 2003 with the firing of Tomahawk missiles from U.S. ships in the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea and Operation Southern Watch (OSW), operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet.,  headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995,  moving ashore in Bahrain in 1993, while their former head quarters, USS LA SALLE departed for overhaul and reassignment, and the 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), the "military response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, commencing on 7 October 2001, with the beginning of Operation Southern Watch, initially commencing 27 August 1992, as a result from President George H. W. Bush announcement on 26 August 1992, that the United States and its allies had informed Iraq that in 24 hours Allied aircraft would fly surveillance missions in southern Iraq and were prepared to shoot down any Iraqi aircraft flying south of the 32nd parallel, while President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated at 9 p.m. EST 27 February 1992, flight operations ending at midnight), while Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm would end at midnight) and Operation Desert Shield commencing 2 August 1990 (Iraqi occupation of Kuwait). FIFTH Fleet consist of as many as 25 ships and 15,000 Sailors and Marines. These forces typically include an aircraft carrier battle group, and amphibious ready group, surface combatants, submarines, maritime patrol aircraft, logistics ships and a modest but highly effective fleet support activity” (Ref. 359). “Through the 1980s several frigate- and destroyer-type ships and minesweepers were assigned to the Middle East Force as well as support ships.  After the 2 August 1990 Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, the largest armada since World War II assembled in the Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield.  The Middle East Force found itself operating under operational control of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), an Echelon II command, that supports all naval operations in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR)” (Ref. 1-Saratoga, 72, 313 & 359). “USS VALCOUR became the first permanent flagship for the Middle East Force in 1961 after an extensive overhaul and redesignation as a miscellaneous command ship. In July 1972, USS LA SALLE replaced VALCOUR as flagship. Middle East Force ships were the first U.S. military units to take action following the August 2, 1990, invasion of Kuwait when they began Maritime Interception Operations in support of United Nations sanctions against Iraq. In January 1991, with the beginning of Operation Desert Storm, the Middle East Force was absorbed into U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, the Naval component of the U.S. Central Command. Central Command is responsible for all U.S. Military activity in the Middle East and eastern Africa. In the aftermath of the 1990/91 Gulf War, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command ships and those of the coalition partners undertook the largest mine clearing operation since World War II. Nearly 1,300 sophisticated sea mines of various types were swept from the Arabian Gulf, providing the safest passage for naval and merchant ships in decades” (Ref. 359). “During Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Carriers operated under operational control of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command where it remained following the war. The Commander, Seventh Fleet served as naval component commander for Central Command. Since the Gulf War, NAVCENT fulfilled the roles of both a naval component command and as the fleet command. Ships from the East and West Coasts comprised the fleet, but it operated without a traditionally understood structure or number” (Ref. 313 & 313A). “On 26 August 1992, President George H. W. Bush announced that the United States and its allies had informed Iraq that in 24 hours Allied aircraft would fly surveillance missions in southern Iraq and were prepared to shoot down any Iraqi aircraft flying south of the 32nd parallel. The action was precipitated by Iraq's failure to comply with U.N. Resolution 688 which demanded that the Iraqi government stop the repression of its Shiite population in southern Iraq” (Ref. 1 Independence & 72). “Persian Gulf allies began to enforce the ban on Iraqi planes from flying south of the 32nd parallel on 27 August 1992 in Operation Southern Watch. Any Iraqi planes that violated the ban would be shot down. Twenty Navy aircraft from CVW-5 aboard Independence in the Persian Gulf were the first coalition aircraft on station over Iraq as Operation Southern Watch began. Southern Watch was the enforcement of a ban on Iraqi warplanes and helicopters from flying south of the 32nd parallel” (Ref. 1 Independence & 72). “The staff of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) moved ashore in Bahrain in 1993, and USS LA SALLE departed for overhaul and reassignment. U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. FIFTH Fleet consist of as many as 25 ships and 15,000 Sailors and Marines. These forces typically include an aircraft carrier battle group, and amphibious ready group, surface combatants, submarines, maritime patrol aircraft, logistics ships and a modest but highly effective fleet support activity” (Ref. 359). USS Nimitz (CVN-68) with CVW-11 and Rear Adm. John W. Miller, Commander, CSG 11 embarked departed San Diego, California on 31 July 2009, on a regularly scheduled WestPac deployment, on her eleventh “Westpac” deployment. Her 22nd deployment since she was commissioned on 3 May 1975 by President Gerald Ford and approximately the U. S. Navy’s 800th FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=13093 USS George Washington (CVN 73) departed its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan on her second deployment as a forward-deployed carrier on 10 June 2009 for her Summer Underway period where she will participate in Talisman Saber 09 (TS09).  Her 11th deployment since her commission on the East Coast on 4 July 1992 and approximately the US Navy's 799th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=13086 “USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) with CVW-14 and Rear Adm. Scott Hebner, Commander, Carrier Strike Group Seven who relieved Rear Admiral James P. Wisecup on 27 October 2008, while on deployment in the 7th Fleet Area of Operations departed San Diego, Calif. on 28 May 2009, as hundreds of friends and family members gathered pierside, with Captain Kenneth J. Norton commanding, who assumed command  May 2, 2008; on her fourth “Westpac” in support of national and theater cooperative security commitments in the western Pacific, and Indian Ocean in support of the global war on terrorism, possibly her 3rd Operation Enduring Freedom, 3rd Maritime Security Operations (MSO) and who knows maybe her 2nd Operation Iraqi Freedom, on most likely the U. S. Navy’s 91st Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945 operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet, while her third deployment she underwent her 2nd Operation Enduring Freedom and 2ndMaritime Security Operations (MSO) deployment on the U. S. Navy’s 88th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment from 19 May to 25 November 2008. She will undergo her fourth deployment since her commission and approximately the U. S. Navy’s 798th Foreign Water Fleet Deployment (FWFD)” (Ref. 72, 76, 84A & 373). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=13085 “USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) with CVW-7 embarked departed Norfolk, Va. on 21 February 2009, with Captain Dee Mewbourne commanding and Commanded by Rear Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CCSG) 8; for a regularly scheduled deployment in support of ongoing, worldwide operations, on her 11th Mediterranean Sea deployment (18th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet and sixth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment, on her 2nd Operation Enduring Freedom and her 2nd Maritime Security Operations (MSO) on the US Navy’s 90th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945, operating with the 5th Fleet and Central Command. Ike will make her 13th Suez Canal transit on the U. S. Navy’s 129th carrier Suez Canal transit, from the Mediterranean Sea, her 18th voyage in the Med, entering the Red Sea on her tenth Red Sea voyage and upon return transited the northern passage of the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, making her 11th voyage (1st one on a deployment), on her 14th Suez Canal transit, entering the Mediterranean Sea, her 19th voyage in the Med, in which 9 were deployments on the U. S. Navy’s 130th Suez Canal transit. Her 17th deployment since her commission 18 October 1977, Captain William E. Ramsey in command and and approximately the U. S. Navy’s 797th carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployment (FWFD)” (Ref. 44, 47, 72, 84A & 383). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about2065.html USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton to the Western Pacific as part of the Navy's Fleet Response Plan (FRP), stopping first at San Diego, Ca. to embark CVW 9, with Captain Joseph Kuzmick as the CO, on 13 January 2009, with Commander Rear Adm. Mark Vance, serving as Commander Carrier Strike Group Three (CCSG 3), and will join up with Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21 to form the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCSCSG) after embarking CVW-9 in San Diego, California, on her 5th Western Pacific deployment. She will participate in Alaska's premier joint training exercise "Northern Edge 2009" in the Gulf of Alaska operating with the 3rd and 7th Fleet. She will under go her Seventh deployment and approximately the U. S. Navy’s 796th FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=13071#13071 USS George Washington (CVN 73) underway in the Western Pacific from 10 to 14 October 2008. USS George Washington (CVN 73) departed its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan on her first deployment as a forward-deployed carrier on 1 October 2008. Her 10th deployment since her commission on the East Coast on 4 July 1992 and approximately the US Navy's 795th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=13062#13062 USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) with CVW-8 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 8 September 2008, with Captain Ladd Wheeler in command, Rear Adm. Frank Pandolfe, commander, Carrier Strike Group 2, TRCSG and more then 5,000 Sailors; assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, will transit to the Indian Ocean via a scheduled port call at Cape Town, South Africa, as part of an on-going effort to reinforce relationships, increase interoperability and address maritime issues. She will under go her 6th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment in support of 3rd Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), 2nd Maritime Security and Coalition Operations (MSO) and Aman 09 in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR) on the US Navy’s 90th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945 operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command, at the beginning of Operation Southern Watch  (commencing 26 August 1992, when President George H. W. Bush announced that the United States and its allies had informed Iraq that in 24 hours Allied aircraft would fly surveillance missions in southern Iraq and were prepared to shoot down any Iraqi aircraft flying south of the 32nd parallel, while President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated at 9 p.m. EST 27 February 1992, flight operations ending at midnight), with Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm would end at midnight) and Operation Desert Shield commencing 2 August 1990 (Iraqi occupation of Kuwait). The strike group’s ships are prepared to conduct a variety of missions, including forward naval presence, maritime security operations, crisis response, and theater support cooperation. She will under go her tenth Mediterranean Sea deployment (17th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet and upon return will make the U. S. Navy’s 130th Suez Canal transit, transiting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea nearing the end of her deployment, will make her 13thGulf of Aden voyage en route from the Arabian Gulf to the Red Sea on her 15th Suez Canal transit and will participate in the international naval exercise Aman 2009, marking the first time a U.S. Ship has pulled into Pakistan since May 2008. The 10-day exercise, which began March 5, will focus on air, surface and maritime security training, and include representatives from 38 countries as well as ships from 11 nations to include the U.S., UK, Pakistan and Australia. The at-sea portion of the exercise will primarily be conducted in the North Arabian Sea, off the coast of Pakistan. She will under go her eleventh deployment since her commission at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia on 25 October 1986 and approximately the US Navy’s 794th carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployment (FWFD). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=13046#13046 “USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) with CVW-7 embarked departed Norfolk, Va. on 21 February 2009, with Captain Dee Mewbourne commanding and Commanded by Rear Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CCSG) 8; for a regularly scheduled deployment in support of ongoing, worldwide operations, on her 11th Mediterranean Sea deployment (18th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet and sixth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf), prepared to support 2nd Operation Iraqi Freedom, what would be her 2nd Operation Enduring Freedom, as well as conduct  2nd Maritime Security Operations (MSO) on the US Navy’s 91st Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945, operating with the 5th Fleet and Central Command. Ike will make her 13th Suez Canal transit on the U. S. Navy’s 129th carrier Suez Canal transit, from the Mediterranean Sea, her 18th voyage in the Med, entering the Red Sea on her tenth Red Sea voyage and upon return may transit the northern passage of the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, making her 11th voyage (1st one on a deployment), on her 14th Suez Canal transit, entering the Mediterranean Sea, her 19th voyage in the Med, in which 9 were deployments on the U. S. Navy’s 130th Suez Canal transit and approximately the U. S. Navy’s 797th carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployment (FWFD)” (Ref. 44, 47, 72, 84A & 383). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about2065.html USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton to the Western Pacific and North Arabian Sea as part of the Navy's Fleet Response Plan (FRP), stoping first at San Diego, Ca. to embark CVW 9, with Captain Joseph Kuzmick as the CO, on 13 January 2009, with Commander Rear Adm. Mark Vance, serving as Commander Carrier Strike Group Three (CCSG 3), and will join up with Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21 to form the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCSCSG) after embarking CVW-9 in San Diego, California. She will under go her fourth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of most likely her 3rd Operation Enduring Freedom and her 2nd Maritime Security Operations (MSO) on what would be the US Navy’s 91st Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945 operating with the 5th Fleet and Central Command. She will under go her Seventh deployment and approximately the U. S. Navy’s 796th FWFD.http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=13071#13071 USS George Washington (CVN 73) underway in the Western Pacific from 10 to 14 October 2008. USS George Washington (CVN 73) departed its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan on her first deployment as a forward-deployed carrier on 1 October 2008. Her 10th deployment since her commission on the East Coast on 4 July 1992 and approximately the US Navy's 795th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=13062#13062 USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) with CVW-8 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 8 September 2008, with Captain Ladd Wheeler in command, Rear Adm. Frank Pandolfe, commander, Carrier Strike Group 2, TRCSG and more then 5,000 Sailors; assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, will transit to the Indian Ocean via a scheduled port call at Cape Town, South Africa, as part of an on-going effort to reinforce relationships, increase interoperability and address maritime issues. She will under go her 6th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment in support of 3rd Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), 2nd Maritime Security and Coalition Operations (MSO) and Aman 09 in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR) on the US Navy’s 90th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945 operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command, at the beginning of Operation Southern Watch  (commencing 26 August 1992, when President George H. W. Bush announced that the United States and its allies had informed Iraq that in 24 hours Allied aircraft would fly surveillance missions in southern Iraq and were prepared to shoot down any Iraqi aircraft flying south of the 32nd parallel, while President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated at 9 p.m. EST 27 February 1992, flight operations ending at midnight), with Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm would end at midnight) and Operation Desert Shield commencing 2 August 1990 (Iraqi occupation of Kuwait). The strike group’s ships are prepared to conduct a variety of missions, including forward naval presence, maritime security operations, crisis response, and theater support cooperation. She will under go her tenth Mediterranean Sea deployment (17th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet and upon return will make the U. S. Navy’s 130th Suez Canal transit, transiting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea nearing the end of her deployment, will make her 13thGulf of Aden voyage en route from the Arabian Gulf to the Red Sea on her 15th Suez Canal transit and will participate in the international naval exercise Aman 2009, marking the first time a U.S. Ship has pulled into Pakistan since May 2008. The 10-day exercise, which began March 5, will focus on air, surface and maritime security training, and include representatives from 38 countries as well as ships from 11 nations to include the U.S., UK, Pakistan and Australia. The at-sea portion of the exercise will primarily be conducted in the North Arabian Sea, off the coast of Pakistan. She will under go her eleventh deployment since her commission at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia on 25 October 1986 and approximately the US Navy’s 794th carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployment (FWFD). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=13046#13046 USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) with CVW-5 embarked departed its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan 28 May 2008, on her final departure from Japan with hundreds of friends, family members and distinguished visitors watching as the ship left the piers where it has operated from for nearly a decade. She will undergo her 28th Westpac and 21st deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet on its spring deployment in the Western Pacific Ocean. To be decommissioned in Bremerton, Washington the Navy's oldest active-duty aircraft carrier (48 years old since her commission) will pass on its responsibilities as the only carrier operating permanently outside of the United States to the USS George Washington (CVN 73) later this summer in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008 Exercise scheduled to take place in the Hawaiian operating area from June 29 through July 31. Prior forward deployed carriers turned over duty in Hawaii. She will undergo her 44th deployment since her commission on 29 April 1961 and approximately the US Navy's 793rd carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=12820#12820 USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) with CVW-14 and Rear Admiral James P. Wisecup, Commander, Carrier Strike Group Seven embarked departed San Diego, Calif. on 19 May 2008 as hundreds of friends and family members gathered pierside, waving banners and shouting farewells, with Capt. Kenneth Norton, who assumed command May 2, on her third Westpac in support of national and theater cooperative security commitments in the western Pacific, and Indian Ocean in support of the global war on terrorism on her 2nd Operation Enduring Freedom and her 2nd ?Maritime Security Operations (MSO) deployment on the U. S. Navy's 89th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945 operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command, at the beginning of Operation Southern Watch. She will under go her Her 4th deployment since her commission on what would be approximately the U. S. Navy's 792nd carrier FWFD. The Ronald Reagan Strike Group is comprised of CCSG 7, CVW-14, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), the guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), the guided-missile destroyers USS Decatur (DDG 73), USS Gridley (DDG 101), USS Howard (DDG 83) and the guided missile frigate USS Thach (FFG 43). The squadrons of CVW-14 include the "Redcocks" of VFA-22, "Fist of the Fleet" of VFA-25, "Stingers" of VFA-113, "Eagles" of VFA-115, "Black Eagles" of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113, "Cougars" of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 139, "Providers" of Carrier Logistics Support (VRC) 30 and the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=12745#12745 USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) with CVW-5 embarked departed its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan on 15 April 2008, making her 27th Westpac and 20th deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet. She will under go her 43rd deployment since her commission on 29 April 1961 and approximately the US Navy's 791st carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=12668#12668 USS George Washington (CVN-73) with CVW 17 departed Norfolk en route to its new home base in Yokosuka, Japan, with its crew of approximately 3,200 Sailors departed Norfolk, April 7, to begin its journey to Yokosuka, Japan to replace USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the United States' only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008 Exercise scheduled to take place in the Hawaiian operating area from June 29 through July 31. Enroute, GW will participate in UNITAS 49-08 in support of U.S. Southern Command's Partnership of the Americas 2008 (POA 08). She will under go her 9th deployment since her commission on the East Coast on 4 July 1992 and approximately the US Navy's 790th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=12529#12529 USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) with CVW 2 embarked departed San Diego, Calif. on 13 March 2008; on her ninth "Westpac" deployment, and seventh Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of possibly her 2nd Operation Enduring Freedom (16th USN OEF), and 2nd Operation Iraqi Freedom (21st USN OIF), conducting her 1st Maritime Security Operations (MSO) scheduled to relieve USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) operating in the Persian Gulf. She will under go her 12th deployment since her commission 11 November 1989; delivered to the U. S. Navy on 30 October 1989 and approximately the U. S. Navy's 789 th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1822.html USS Nimitz (CVN-68) with CVW 11 embarked departed San Diego, Calif. on 24 January 2008 for a planned four-month deployment on her tenth "Westpac" deployment, participating in Expeditionary Strike Force (ESF) and Exercise Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2008. She will under go her 21st deployment since she was commissioned on 3 May 1975 by President Gerald Ford and approximately the U. S. Navy's 788th FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1768.html USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Harry S. Truman with CVW-3 embarked departed Norfolk, Va., with Captain Herman A. Shelanski in command, on 5 November 2007, with CCSG10 commanded by Rear Admiral William E. Gortney and staff; her fifth Mediterranean Sea deployment (8th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet, her third Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (8th USN MSO) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (20th USN OIF) operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command. She will make her 5th Suez Canal transit and the U. S. Navy's 127th Suez Canal transit enroute to the Arabian Sea via the Red Sea on the U. S. Navy?s 87th Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment and upon return through the Suez Canal will make her 6th Suez Canal transit and the U. S. Navy's 128th ?Suez Canal; her sixth deployment since her commission and the approximately the U. S. Navy's 787th FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1412.html USS Enterprise (CVN-65) with CVW-1 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 7 July 2007, on her tenth Mediterranean Sea deployment operating with the 6th Fleet and 17th voyage in the Mediterranean Sea; on her 3rd Operation Enduring Freedom (15th USN OEF) and 3rd Operation Iraqi Freedom (19th USN OIF), the US Navy's 87th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945, operating with the 5th Fleet and Central Command; her 15th Gulf of Aden & Red Sea voyage; she will under go her 15th Suez Canal transit and the US Navy's 125th carrier Suez Canal transit and upon return will make her 16th Suez Canal transit and the US Navy's 126th carrier Suez Canal, on the US Navy's 86th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945, operating with the 5th Fleet and Central Command. She will under go er 28th deployment since her commission on November 25, 1961 and approximately the US Navy's 786th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9508#9508 USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) with CVW-5 embarked departed its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan 23 May 20007, on its Summer Underway Period in the Western Pacific, Tasman Sea, her 26th Westpac and 19th deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet, participate in exercise Talisman Saber 2007 in the Coral Sea near the coast of Australia from 18 June to 3 Jul 2007, South China Sea and in joint exercise "Valiant Shield 2007" in the Guam operating area scheduled for 7 August 2007 with USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) and conducted exercise "Malabar 07-2" in the Bay of Bengal from 4 to 9 September 2007 with USS Nimitz (CVN-68). She will under go her 42nd deployment since her commission on 29 April 1961 (23 May to 21 September 2007) and approximately the US Navy's 785th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9506#9506 USS Nimitz (CVN-68) with CVW 11 embarked arrived San Diego, Calif. on 30 September 2007, on her ninth "Westpac" deployment, and ninth Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support 1st Operation Enduring Freedom (14th USN OEF), 2nd Operation Iraqi Freedom (18th USN OIF), conducting 2nd Maritime Security Operations (MSO), scheduled to relieve USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) CSG operating in the Persian Gulf; Nimitz with USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) will maintain a two-carrier presence in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, demonstrating the U.S. resolve to build regional security and bring long-term stability to the region, on the US Navy's 85th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945, operating with the 5th Fleet and Central Command. Upon conclusion of OEF, OIF and MSO, Nimitz will participate in joint exercise "Valiant Shield 2007" in the Guam operating area and exercise "Malabar 07-2" in the Bay of Bengal prior the ending her deployment. She will under go her 19th deployment since she was commissioned on 3 May 1975 by President Gerald Ford. She will under go her 20th deployment (2 April to 30 September 2007) since she was commissioned on 3 May 1975 by President Gerald Ford and approximately the U. S. Navy's 784th FWFD. This is the fifth deployment for Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class (SW) David Wilson, Nimitz's Combat Systems Department. He knows every deployment can be unpredictable. "You can't really say 'this is what's going to happen,' 'this is what you?re going to experience'; they?re all different," said Wilson. This is the Nimitz?s third deployment to the Central Command area of operations in four years. In mid-2005, the Nimitz CSG operated in the supported operations in Iraq and throughout the region. In 2003, the carrier flew combat missions over Iraq and supported combat operations during an eight-month deployment. The Nimitz CSG, commanded by Rear Adm. Terry Blake, is comprised of Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CCG) 11, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 23. It includes the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Nimitz; guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59); guided-missile destroyers USS Higgins (DDG 76), USS Chafee (DDG 90), USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), and USS Pinckney (DDG 91); two detachments from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 49 ?Scorpions,? and Explosives Ordnance Disposal Unit 11, Det. 15. Nimitz underway in the Pacific from 2 to 10 April 2007. Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Deploys to U. S. Central Command Story Number: NNS070403-03 Release Date: 4/3/2007 2:53:00 PM From USS Nimitz Public Affairs Office http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=28687 http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9505#9505 USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) with CVW-14 arrived San Diego, California 20 April 2007, departing 5 January 2006, on her second "Westpac" deployment under the Navy's Fleet Response Plan (FRP) and will operate in the western Pacific in support of U.S. commitments in the region in Exercise Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration/Foal Eagle (RSOI/FE). FRP provides the U.S. with the ability to respond to any global commitment with flexible and sustainable forces and the ability to rapidly respond to a range of situations on short notice. Her 3rd deployment since her commission on what would be approximately the U. S. Navy's 883rd carrier FWFD. The Ronald Reagan CSG is deploying under the Navy's Fleet Response Plan (FRP) and will operate in the western Pacific in support of U.S. commitments in the region. FRP provides the U.S. with the ability to respond to any global commitment with flexible and sustainable forces and the ability to rapidly respond to a range of situations on short notice. The Ronald Reagan CSG, commanded by Rear Adm. Charles W. Martoglio, is comprised of Commander, Carrier Strike Group 7 (CCG 7), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59), and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 11, Detachment 15. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=27444 http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9504#9504 USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton for San Diego with Captain Bradley E. Johanson as the CO 16 January 2007, to onload Carrier Air Wing CVW-9 deploying from San Diego Saturday, Jan. 20 with Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CCSG) 3, headed by Rear Adm. Kevin M. Quinn embarked, accompanied with Commander Destroyer Squadron One, headed by Rear Admiral Kevin M. Quinn on her fourth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of her 2nd Operation Enduring Freedom (13th USN OEF), her 1st Operation Iraqi Freedom (17th USN OIF) Combined, working closely with allies to build regional security and long-term stability with Joint Task Force Horn of Africa; conducting her 1st Maritime Security Operations (MSO) on the US Navy's 84th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945, operating with the 5th Fleet and Central Command and she will under go her sixth deployment since her commission on what would be approximately the U. S. Navy's 882nd carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9503#9503 USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) with CVW-5 embarked, after completing scheduled repair and maintenance, departed its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan 17 October 2006, for its Fall Underway Period in the Western Pacific, Sea of Japan, Philippine Sea and the South China Sea. She will under go her 18th deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet. She will under go her 41st deployment since her commission 29 April 1961 and approximately the US Navy's 781st carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9502#9502 “USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) with CVW-7 embarked departed Norfolk, Va. 3 October 2006, on her 10th Mediterranean Sea deployment (16th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet and fifth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) and 2nd Indian Ocean deployment (off the Somali coast) in support of her 1st Maritime Security Operations (MSO), her 1st Operation Enduring Freedom and 1st Operation Iraqi Freedom on the US Navy’s 83rd Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment September 1945, operating with the 5th Fleet and Central Command. Ike will make her 11th Suez Canal transit from the Mediterranean Sea, her 16th voyage in the Med, entering the Red Sea on her eighth Red Sea voyage and upon return will transit the northern passage of the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, her ninth voyage (1st one on a deployment), on her 12th Suez Canal transit, entering the Mediterranean Sea, her 17th voyage in the Med, in which 9 were deployments on the US Navy’s 123rd and 124th Suez Canal transit. She will under go her 16th deployment and since her commission 18 October 1977, Captain William E. Ramsey in command and approximately 780th FWFD” (Ref. 44, 47, 72, 84A & 383). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1405.html On 15 September 2006, Kitty Hawk with CVW-5 embarked with CVW-5 embarked arrived Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan), ending her Summer Underway Period in the Western Pacific, Sea of Japan, South China Sea and Indian Ocean in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO). Her 17th deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet and approximately the US Navy's 779th carrier FWFD ended. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9499#9499 USS Enterprise (CVN-65) with CVW-1 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 2 May 2006, on her ninth Mediterranean Sea deployment operating with the 6th Fleet and 15th voyage in the Mediterranean Sea; her 9th voyage in the Arabian Sea, her 6th Arabian Gulf/Persian Gulf deployment; her second North Arabian Sea deployment, her 2nd Operation Enduring Freedom (11th USN OEF) and 2nd Operation Iraqi Freedom (15th USN OIF), the US Navy's 82nd Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945, operating with the 5th Fleet and Central Command; her 8th South China Sea deployment operating with the 7th Fleet; her 13th Gulf of Aden & Red Sea voyage; she will make her 13th Suez Canal transit and the US Navy?s 121st carrier Suez Canal transit and upon return will make her 14th Suez Canal transit. Her 27th deployment since her commission on November 25, 1961 (2 May to 18 November 2006) and the US Navy's 122th Suez Canal transit and approximately the US Navy's 778th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9498#9498 USS George Washington (CVN 73) with CVW-17 embarked departed Norfolk Va. 4 April 2006, on her second Caribbean Sea deployment, for two months of training and joint military exercises as part of U.S. Southern Command's(SOUTHCOM) "Partnership of the Americas" deployment, operating with the United States Atlantic Command under the direction of the 2nd Fleet. The two-month underway period marks GW?s first deployment since leaving the Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyard in December. More than 6,500 Sailors from the GW Carrier Strike Group ships will deploy to the Caribbean Sea to enhance regional maritime security and strengthen ties through operations and exercises with Caribbean and Latin American partner nations. The deployment will also provide the opportunity for U.S. and other forces to operate in a multinational environment, refine coordination, and improve interoperability. Assigned units will focus on being ready to deal with threats such as narco-terrorism and illicit trafficking, and improving training levels in a variety of mission areas. She will under go her eighth deployment since her commission 4 July 1992 and approximately the US Navy's 777th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9497#9497 USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departed Everett, Washington 27 February 2006, embarking CVW-2 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore at San Diego, Calif., she will under go her eighth "Westpac" deployment operating with the Pacific Fleet and 7th Fleet in support of Reception Staging Onward Movement and Integration and Foal Eagle 2006 (RSOI/FE 06); Passing Exercise (PASSEX) with the Royal Thai Navy; RIMPAC 2006 and Exercise "Valiant Shield 2006. She will under go 11th deployment since her commission 11 November 1989; delivered to the U. S. Navy on 30 October 1989 and approximately the US Navy's 766th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9496#9496 USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) with CVW-14 and Rear Adm. Michael H. Miller, Commander, Carrier Strike Group Seven embarked departed San Diego, California 5 January 2006 for her maiden voyage, on her first 'Westpac" in support of national and theater cooperative security commitments in the western Pacific and Guam operating area where she is scheduled toward the end of her deployment to participate in Exercise "Valiant Shield 2006"; making her first Indian Ocean voyage and will conduct naval operations in support of the global war on terrorism, on her 1st Operation Iraqi Freedom, 1st Operation Enduring Freedom and 1st Maritime Security Operations (MSO) deployment and Passing Exercise (PASSEX) with the French navy, on her first Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment where she will relieve USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) underway in the Persian Gulf operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm). She will under go her second deployment since her commission on 12 July 2003 and approximately the US Navy's 775th carrier FWFD. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9495#9495 "USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) with CVW-5 embarked, after completing almost two months of scheduled repair and maintenance, departed its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan 24 October 2005, for its Fall Underway Period in the Western Pacific, Sea of Japan and the South China Sea, scheduled to join with other components of the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in support of Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX) 2005 9 November 2005. During ANNUALEX, which runs until Nov. 18, a total of 61 naval vessels will see action, including two U.S. submarines, 10 U.S. Navy ships and 49 JMSDF ships. She will under go her 16th deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet. She will under go her 39th deployment since her commission 29 April 1961" (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 331 501 to 513, 648 & 649). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9494#9494 USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) with CVW-8 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 1 September 2005, with Captain J.R. Haley in command, Rear Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., commander, Carrier Strike Group 2, TRCSG and 7,500 Sailors packed their seabags and left their families behind to heed the nation's call. She will under go her ninth Mediterranean Sea deployment (15h & 16th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet and her 6th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment in support of  her 2nd Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Steel Curtain (OSC) and 1st Maritime Security Operations (MSO), on the US Navy’s 81st Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment since September 1945 operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command, at the beginning of Operation Southern Watch  (commencing 26 August 1992, when President George H. W. Bush announced that the United States and its allies had informed Iraq that in 24 hours Allied aircraft would fly surveillance missions in southern Iraq and were prepared to shoot down any Iraqi aircraft flying south of the 32nd parallel, while President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated at 9 p.m. EST 27 February 1992, flight operations ending at midnight), with Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm would end at midnight) and Operation Desert Shield commencing 2 August 1990 (Iraqi occupation of Kuwait). TRCSG will spend time in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, relieving the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). This underway marks the final deployment of the famed F-14 Tomcat. The "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron (VF) 31 and the "Black Lions" of VF-213, both out of Naval Air Station Oceana, will be the last two Tomcat squadrons to deploy. This is also the final deployment for the "Scouts" of Sea Control Squadron (VS) 24, based out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. The squadrons are scheduled to be decommissioned in 2006. She will under go her 13th Suez Canal transit, en route to the Red Sea on her 11th Gulf of Aden voyage headed southward en route to the Arabian Gulf and upon return will make 12thGulf of Aden voyage en route from the Arabian Gulf to the Red Sea on her 14th Suez Canal transit.  She will under go her tenth deployment since her commission at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia on 25 October 1986 and approximately the US Navy’s 773rd Carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployment (FWFD). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9493#9493   “Commanded by Rear Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., commander, Carrier Strike Group 2, TRCSG includes the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), with its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8; the Norfolk-based guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56); the Norfolk-based guided-missile destroyers USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) and USS Donald Cook (DDG 75); the Spanish frigate SPS Alvaro de Bazan (F101); and the combat logistics ships USNS Mount Baker (T-AE 34) from Naval Weapons Station Earle, N.J., Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760), and fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) from Norfolk, Va.” (Ref. 84A & 681D). "USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) with CVW-5 embarked, after completing almost two months of scheduled maintenance and three days of at sea training, departed its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan 23 May 2005, for its Summer Underway Period in the Western Pacific, Philippine Sea and Coral Sea, conducting carrier qualifications commencing 23 May, strike training, drills and exercises, operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility and will test weapons systems, radar and computer networks while a team from Naval Air Warfare Center?s aircraft division will be examining the ship?'s precision approach landing system, to include planned participation in Exercise Talisman Saber '05, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defense Force Joint Operations Command, scheduled to occur in June in Australia's Shoalwater Bay Training Area near Rockhampton, the exercise will focus on improving interoperability between the two nations, on her 15th deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet. She will under go her 38th deployment since her commission 29 April 1961" (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76, 331 & 489 to 500). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9492#9492 USS Nimitz (CVN-68) with Capt. Ted Branch of Long Beach, Miss. in command and nearly 6,200 Sailors, Carrier Strike Group 11, commanded by Rear Adm. Peter H. Daly and CVW-11, commanded by Capt. Tom Cropper, embarked departed San Diego, California 7 May 2005, embarking CVW-11 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore and Carrier Strike Group 11, commanded by Rear Adm. Peter H. Daly; she will under go her eighth "Westpac" deployment, on her eighth Indian Ocean deployment and Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support for Maritime Security Operations (MSO) operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command, at the beginning of Operation Southern Watch. She will under go her 19th deployment since her commission 25 October 1986 and approximately the US Navy's 771st Carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployment (FWFD). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9491#9491 "USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) departed Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) 10 February 2005, for a scheduled Winter Underway period in the Western Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan, and the East and South China Seas, on her 14th deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier participating in Exercise Foal Eagle ?05, conducting operational and training exercises to include carrier landing qualifications to provide the pilots with refresher training to ensure currency in their flight qualifications, a joint and combined exercise annual Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration, and Foal Eagle (RSOI/FE) 2005 exercises with Republic of Korea and U.S. forces, and continued training for ship and air wing personnel working on strike leader training and limited air-to-air training proficiency sorties while performing surface surveillance coordination missions to support the exercise. she will under go her 37th deployment since her commission 29 April 1961" (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76, 331, 349, 460 to 465 to 476 & 473). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9490#9490 "USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) with CVW-9 embarked departed Bremerton, Washington 13 January 2005, leaving behind its homeport of eight years, on her second around-the-world deployment and home port transfer to Norfolk, Virginia, where she will begin planning for 2005's Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at Northrop Grumman's Newport News Shipbuilding, embarking CVW-9 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore at San Diego, Calif., she will conduct carrier qualifications in the Eastern Pacific, visiting San Diego, Calif. before JTFEX (Joint Task Force Exercise) off the coast of Calif., and upon conclusion of JTFEX, she will visit San Diego before departing for Apra Harbor, Guam in the Western Pacific, on her tenth Indian Ocean deployment and fifth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf deployment), she will conduct operations in the North Arabian Sea in support for Operation Iraqi Freedom operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq, the US 5th Fleet. She will under go her 15th deployment since her commission 13 March 1982" (Ref. 72 & 375). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9489#9489 "USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departed Everett, Washington 15 October 2004, embarking CVW-2 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore at San Diego, Calif., she will under go her seventh "Westpac" deployment operating with the Pacific Fleet and 7th Fleet, her seventh Indian Ocean in support of PASSEX and what would turn out to be Operation Unified Assistance in support of Tsunami Relief Efforts, extending operations in the Andaman Sea operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet. She will under go her tenth deployment since her commission 11 November 1989; delivered to the U. S. Navy on 30 October 1989" (Ref. 72, 84A & 377). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9488#9488 "USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) with CVW-3 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 13 October 2004, with Captain James P. Gigliotti USN in command, on her fourth Mediterranean Sea deployment (6th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet, her second Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support Operation Iraqi Freedom and Exercise Arabian Gauntlet 2005 operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet, steaming through the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, her 6th voyage in the Med, in which 4 were deployments operating with the 6th Fleet, she will under go her third Suez Canal transit, and voyage through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden enroute to the Persian Gulf. She will under go her fifth deployment since her commission 25 July 1998" (Ref. 72 & 382). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9487#9487 "USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) with CVW-5 embarked departed Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) 19 July 2004, on her scheduled underway period in the Western Pacific on her 13th deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet, to participate in exercises and inspections under way, which will maintain and demonstrate the efficiency and readiness of the Kitty Hawk/CVW-5 team during Summer Pulse ?04, the Navy's first implementation of the new Fleet Response Plan (FRP), implemented to demonstrate the readiness and flexibility of America?s deployable naval forces to respond to a crisis in the event of an emergent situation anywhere in the world; having prior to her deployment conducted in port Fleet Activities at Yokosuka from 24 May to 19 July 2004, during which time 75 midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy and various Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) units around the United States, as well as two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) midshipmen, were welcomed aboard and will be cycled through Kitty Hawk for up to three weeks at a time getting to know what life at sea is like aboard an aircraft carrier in June and running through August 2004, selecting 32 petty officers first class aboard Kitty Hawk, serving with Carrier Strike Group 5, Destroyer Squadron 15 and Carrier Air Wing 5 to become chief petty officers (CPO), officially put on their new khaki uniforms at a pinning ceremony scheduled on 16 September 2004 in Yokosuka. She will under go her 36th deployment since her commission 29 April 1961" (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76, 331, 333, 349, 351 & 458). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9486#9486 "USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) with CVW-17 embarked departed Mayport Naval Station, Florida 7 June 2004, with Captain Stephen G. Squires in command, on her fifth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment (6th voyage in the Arabian Sea) in support of Summer Pulse ?04, Operation Phantom Fury (al Fajr, Arabic for 'dawn) and Operation Iraqi Freedom operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet; she will steam through the Northern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea operating with the 6th Fleet, her 23rd voyage in the Med, in which 17 were deployments, she will under go her 13th Suez Canal transit steaming to the Arabian Sea through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. She will under go her 23rd deployment since she was commissioned 7 September 1968" (Ref. 72, 76, 84A, 380 & 549). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9485#9485 "USS Enterprise (CVN-65) with CVW-1 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 3 June 2004, on her two month North Atlantic deployment, scheduled to participate in several multinational exercises during Summer Surge '04; having prior to her deployment returned to Norfolk, Va. on 25 May 2004, underway in the Western Atlantic from 18 to 24 May 2004 and on 30 April 2004, made a port call at Fort Lauderdale, FL. from 26 to 29 April 2004, underway in the Western Atlantic from 20 to 23 April 2004. She will under go her 26th deployment since her commission on November 25, 1961" (Ref. 1-Enterprise & 72). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9484#9484 "USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) with CVW-3 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 2 June 2004, with Captain James P. Gigliotti USN in command, on her third Mediterranean Sea deployment (5th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet in support of Summer Pulse '04, as one of seven carriers worldwide to participate in the exercise, which demonstrates the Navy's Fleet Response Plan and will take part in Exercise Majestic Eagle, the culmination of Summer Pulse '04 which is the Navy's first deployment under its new FRP. She will under go her fourth deployment since her commission 25 July 1998" (Ref. 72 & 382). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9483#9483 "USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) with CVW-11 embarked departed 27 May 2004, on her Western & Southern Atlantic and Southern & Eastern Pacific deployment operating with the United States Atlantic Command (Atlantic Fleet) under the direction of the 2nd Fleet and homeport change to San Diego around the Cape Horn operating with the Pacific Fleet. She will under go her first deployment since her commission on 12 July 2003"  (Ref. 72, 76 & 373). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9482#9482 "USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) departed San Diego, California, Calif. 24 May 2004, embarking CVW-14 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore, she will under go her third "Westpac" deployment operating with the Pacific Fleet and 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific participating in Summer Pulse 2004 and multinational exercises in a demonstration of the Fleet Response Plan, to include RIMPAC '04 and Northern Edge '04, on her third Indian Ocean deployment (4th voyage) operating under operational control of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command. She will under go her fifth deployment since her commission 9 December 1995" (Ref. 72, 76, 84A & 365). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9481#9481 "USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) with CVW-5 embarked departed Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) 18 February 2004, on her scheduled underway period in the Western Pacific, East & South China Sea and Philippine Sea, on her 13th Indian Ocean voyage, she will under go her 12th deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet; having prior to her deployment conducted training, Carrier Qualifications (CQ), INSURV (Inspection and Survey) and Fleet Activities at Yokosuka from 12 December 2003 to 18 February 2004; underway conducting INSURV (Inspection and Survey) from 15 to 16 January 2004, commencing in port Fleet Activities at Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) from 9 to 15 January 2004, ending sea trials from 8 to 9 January 2004. She will under go her 35th deployment since her commission 29 April 1961" (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76 & 331 & 353). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9480#9480 "USS George Washington (CVN 73) with CVW-17 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 20 January 2004, on her sixth Mediterranean Sea deployment (12th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet, she will under go her sixth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Vigilant Resolve and Summer Pulse 04 operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet; steaming through the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, her 12th voyage in the Med, in which 6 were deployments operating with the 6th Fleet, she will under go her 13th Suez Canal transit, and voyage through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden enroute to the Persian Gulf. She will under go her seventh deployment since her commission 4 July 1992" (Ref. 72, 84A, 328, 528 & 539). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9479#9479 "USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) with CVW-5 embarked departed Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) 1 November 2003, on her scheduled underway period in the Western Pacific on her 11th deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet during "Fall Deployment," while the ship's crew, along with the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 is scheduled to engage in combined military exercises with regional allies, and conduct unit-level training. She will under go her 34th deployment since her commission 29 April 1961" (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76, 84A, 331 & 353). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9478#9478 "USS Enterprise (CVN-65) with CVW-1 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 28 August 2003, on her seventh Mediterranean Sea deployment operating with the 6th Fleet and 12th voyage in the Mediterranean Sea, operating in the Southern Atlantic prior to entering the Mediterranean, on her eighth voyage in the Arabian Sea, her 5th Arabian Gulf/Persian Gulf deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein, commencing 20 March 2003, Operation Iron Hammer (Iraq 2003) and Exercise Sea Saber, operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq, the US 5th Fleet; steaming through the Atlantic underway on her 12th voyage in the Mediterranean Sea, she will under go her 13th Suez Canal transit traveling through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden enroute to the Arabian Gulf/Persian Gulf. She will under go 25th deployment since her commission November 25, 1961" (Ref. 1-Enterprise, 72, 359, 360, 448 & 449). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9477#9477 "USS Nimitz (CVN-68) departed Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California 3 March 2003, embarking CVW-11 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore at San Diego, Calif.; she will under go her seventh ?Westpac? deployment, she will under go her seventh Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet. She will under go her 18th deployment since she was commissioned on 3 May 1975 by President Gerald Ford" (Ref. 72, 76 & 371). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9476#9476 "USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) with CVW-5 embarked departed Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) 23 January 2003, on her tenth deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet, her 11th Indian Ocean deployment, her 12th Indian Ocean voyage, she will under go her eighth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom scheduled to commence 20 March 2003, while prior to the commencment of the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, CVW-15 will enforce the ban on Iraqi planes from flying south of the 32nd parallel in support of Operation Southern Watch operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet. She will under go her 33rd deployment ended (23 January to 6 May 2003) since her commission 29 April 1961" (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76, 84A, 331, 325, 359 & 360). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9475#9475 "USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) departed Bremerton, Washington 13 January 2003, steaming to San Diego Bay where she moored at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., to on load the air wing personnel and equipment of CVW-9 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore, responding to the world's need for a stabilizing presence in the Western Pacific by ensuring theater security in cooperation with friends and allies in the region, on her ninth ?Westpac? deployment operating with the Pacific Fleet and 7th Fleet in the Eastern and Western Pacific, she will conduct COMPTUEX (Composite Training Unit Exercise) and JTFEX (Joint Task Force Exercise), she will under go her her ninth Indian Ocean deployment and will conduct indirect strike-planning support for Oper _________________ U. 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Batman47 Board Founder/CNC User is Offline Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 394 Karma: 5 applaud / smite 425 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:27 pm    Post subject: U. S. Aircraft Carrier Deployments 2000 to 2009 Index · Quote “On 4 February 2003, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) with CVW-8 embarked and Captain Richard J. O’Hanlon, USN in command headed directly toward the  Middle East through the Atalantic upon conclusion of Composite training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) using the Vieques Island inner Range in conjunction with COMPTUEX in the Caribbean Sea, operating with the United States Atlantic Command (Atlantic Fleet) under the direction of the 2nd Fleet from 13 January to 4 February 2003, in what was to be an exercise to make ready the ship and crew for deployment, departing Norfolk, Virginia, 6 January 2003, she began her eighth Mediterranean Sea deployment (14th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet in support of her 1st Operation Iraqi Freedom, operating under the direction of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command. She will under go her ninth deployment since her commission at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia on 25 October 1986" (Ref. 72, 76, 383 & 455). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9473#9473 "USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) with CVW-3 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 5 December 2002, with Capt. Michael R. Groothousen, USN in command, on her second Mediterranean Sea deployment (3rd voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet in support of Operation Southern Watch, enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq, Operation Enduring Freedom and what would turn out to be the end of Afghan combat and the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet. She will under go her third deployment since her commission 25 July 1998" (Ref. 72, 76, 84A & 382). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9472#9472 "Following an abbreviated turnaround cycle, USS Constellation (CV-64) (Connie) departed San Diego, Calif. 2 November 2002, embarking CVW-2 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore, she will under go her 21st ?Westpac? deployment operating with the Pacific Fleet and tour of duty with the 7th Fleet in the far east, steaming through the South China Sea, on her 11th Indian Ocean deployment and seventh Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment (8th voyage Arabian Sea) alongside her battle group deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, in an opportunity to fight in the global war on terrorism and with what would turn out to be Operation Iraqi Freedom, operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet. She will under go her 28th deployment since she was commissioned 27 October 1961" (Ref. 1- Constellation, 72, 76, 359 & 360). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9471#9471 "USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) with CVW-5 embarked departed Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) 25 October 2002, on her seven-week scheduled sea period for military exercises with regional allies, conducting unit-level training, her ninth deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet, having prior to her deployment returned Yokosuka for a few days, sea trials on 18 October 2002, departing Yokosuka for a few days? sea trials on 15 October 2002, conducting in port Fleet Activities with CVW-15 at Yokosuka and underway training periods from 5 June to 15 October 2002, celebrated 100 years of controlled flight while Lt. Cmdr. Klas Ohman, an F/A-18C Hornet pilot attached to CVW-15 on board, was selected to fly a replica of an aircraft the Wright brothers flew in Kitty Hawk, N.C., on 8 October 1902, during "Return to Kitty Hawk," from 5 to 8 October at Jockey's Ridge State Park, three miles south of Kitty Hawk, N.C., with Lt. Cmdr. Ohman flying a replica of Orville and Wilbur Wright's 1902 glider, the first manned aircraft with yaw, pitch and roll control, preceded by a rare move, when the Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. Robert F. Willard, relieved the commanding officer of Kitty Hawk, Capt. Thomas Hejl, on 3 September 2002, citing a loss of confidence in Capt. Hejl's ability to lead his crew and carry out essential missions and tasking, temporarily assigning Capt. Hejl to the Naval Air Forces, Pacific staff in San Diego, Calif. She will under go her 32nd deployment since her commission 29 April 1961" (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76, 84A & 331). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9469#9469 "USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departed Everett, Washington 20 July 2002, embarking CVW-14 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore at San Diego, Calif., she will under go her sixth "Westpac" deployment operating with the Pacific Fleet and 7th Fleet, her sixth Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of Operation Southern Watch, enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq, Operation Enduring Freedom and what would turn out to be the end of Afghan combat and the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet. She will under go her ninth deployment since her commission 11 November 1989; delivered to the U. S. Navy on 30 October 1989" (Ref. 72, 84A & 377). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9468#9468 "USS George Washington (CVN 73) with CVW-17 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 20 June 2002, on her fifth Mediterranean Sea deployment (10th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet during Exercise Mediterranean Shark and Operation Decisive Edge and Exercise Destined Glory 2002 in the Atlantic Ocean operating with the United States Atlantic Command (Atlantic Fleet) under the directionn of the 2nd Fleet, she will under go her fifth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment extending operations to the Northern Arabian Sea in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Southern Watch enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq, operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet. She will under go her sixth deployment since her commission 4 July 1992" (Ref. 72, 84A, 382 & 539). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9467#9467 "USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) with CVW-5 departed Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) 15 April 2002, for an extended period of underway training, on her eighth deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet. She will under go her 31st deployment since her commission 29 April 1961? (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76, 84A & 331). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9466#9466 "USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) with CVW-7 and Rear Admiral Tomaszeski?s flag as ComCarGru 6 embarked departed Mayport Naval Station, Florida 7 February 2002, with Captain Johnny L. ?Turk? Greene in command, on her fourth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment alongside her battle group deployed in support of Operation Anaconda unleashed by U.S. ground forces in Afghanistan to trap al Qaeda terrorists and their Taliban supporters known to be holed-up in the Shah-e-Kot Valley, south of Gardez in southeastern Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom, in an opportunity to fight in the global war on terrorism operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq, the US 5th Fleet; she will steam through the Northern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea operating with the 6th Fleet, her 22nd voyage in the Med, in which 16 were deployments, she will under go her 11th Suez Canal transit steaming to the Arabian Sea through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. She will under go her 22nd deployment since she was commissioned 7 September 1968" (Ref. 72, 76, 84A, 380 & 549). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9465#9465 "USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) departed San Diego, California, Calif. about two months earlier than originally scheduled 12 November 2001, embarking CVW-9 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore, she will under go her second "Westpac" deployment operating with the Pacific Fleet and 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific, on her second Indian Ocean deployment (3rd voyage) and her third Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Southern Watch operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet. She will under go her fourth deployment since her commission 9 December 1995" (Ref. 72, 76, 84A & 365). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9464#9464 "USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) with CVW-5 embarked departed Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) 1 October 2001, on her seventh deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet, her tenth Indian Ocean deployment, her 11th Indian Ocean voyage, on her seventh Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment, on her first Combat Mission without many of CVW-5 aircraft, being used for a floating base for special operations helicopters and troops in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), the "military response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, commencing on 7 October 2001, operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the U. S. 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command, and as well at the beginning of Operation Southern Watch, initially commencing 27 August 1992, as a result from President George H. W. Bush announcement on 26 August 1992, that the United States and its allies had informed Iraq that in 24 hours Allied aircraft would fly surveillance missions in southern Iraq and were prepared to shoot down any Iraqi aircraft flying south of the 32nd parallel, while President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated at 9 p.m. EST 27 February 1992, flight operations ending at midnight), while Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm would end at midnight) and Operation Desert Shield commencing 2 August 1990 (Iraqi occupation of Kuwait). Her 30th deployment since her commission 29 April 1961" (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76, 84A, 331, 325, 359 & 360). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9463#9463 "USS Nimitz (CVN-68) with CVWR-20 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 21 September 2001, on her first Eastern Pacific voyage steaming from the South Atlantic around Cape Horn, on an inter-fleet transfer to San Diego, California; having prior to her deployment been in port upon completion of sea trials in the Western Atlantic from 20 August to 4 September 2001 and underway off the coast of Virginia for sea trials from 16 to 23 July 2001, completing a 3-year complex mid-life Refueling and Complex Overhaul at her birthplace on 28 June 2001 and returned to Norfolk, Va. upon completion of ship yard sea trials off the Virginia Capes operating area from 25 to 28 June and in the Western Atlantic on 18 June 2001; commencing her first RCOH, which required the ship to return to its birthplace of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., Newport News, Virginia, commencing 25 May 1998 and scheduled for three years. She will under go her 17th deployment since she was commissioned on 3 May 1975 by President Gerald Ford" (Ref. 371 & 72). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/viewtopic.php?p=9462#9462 "USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) with CVW-1 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 19 September 2001, with Captain Richard J. O. Hanlo USN in command, on her seventh Mediterranean Sea deployment (12th & 13th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet in support of Exercise Bright Star and her 5th Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf deployment in support of  her 5th Operation Southern Watch enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq and 1st Operation Enduring Freedom operating in the North Arabian Sea ended, operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet. She will under go her eighth deployment since her commission at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia on 25 October 1986 (19 September 2001 to 22 March 2002)” (Ref. 72, 76, 383 & 454). “USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) with CVW-5 embarked departed Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) 2 March 2001, on her sixth deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier operating with the 7th Fleet, she will participate in Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001 with the Australian and Canadian navies, having prior to her deployment remained in port upon completion of 6-days of sea trials (8 to 14 Feb 2001), proceeded by holiday leave and maintenance period during which approximately 118,000 square feet of fresh non-skid was applied on the flight deck of Kitty Hawk while the number three catapult's launch valve was replaced, and one of the ship's boilers received a five-year overhaul from 20 November 2000 to 8 February 2001, upon arrival from Exercise Keen Sword on her fifth deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier from 20 November 2000 to mid February 2001. She will under go her 29th deployment since her commission 29 April 1961” (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76 & 84A). USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) Strike Group is the largest carrier strike group in the Navy and is composed of Carrier Air Wing 5 ; Carrier Group 5; Destroyer Squadron 15 and U.S. ships. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1363.html "USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) with CVW-3 embarked departed Norfolk, Virginia 28 November 2000, with Captain David L. Logsdon, USN in command, on her first Mediterranean Sea deployment (1st voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet and her first Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of Operation Southern Watch enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq and Exercise Arabian Gauntlet operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command, at the beginning of Operation Southern Watch (commencing 26 August 1992, when President George H. W. Bush announced that the United States and its allies had informed Iraq that in 24 hours Allied aircraft would fly surveillance missions in southern Iraq and were prepared to shoot down any Iraqi aircraft flying south of the 32nd parallel, while President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated at 9 p.m. EST 27 February 1992, flight operations ending at midnight), with Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm would end at midnight) and Operation Desert Shield commencing 2 August 1990 (Iraqi occupation of Kuwait); she will steam through the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea operating with the 6th Fleet, she will under go her first Suez Canal transit, and voyage through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden enroute to the Persian Gulf. She will under go her second deployment since her commission 25 July 1998” (Ref. 72, 76, 84A & 382). “USS San Jacinto (CG 56); USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51); USS Mitscher (DDG 57); USS Porter (DDG 78); USS Stump (DD 978); USS Deyo (DD 989); USS Carr (FFG 52); USS Norfolk (SSN 714) and USS Alexandria (SSN 757) joined USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) task group” (Ref. 84A). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1362.html "USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) with CVW-5 embarked departed Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) 26 September 2000, on her fifth deployment in foreign waters as a forward deployed carrier, operating with the 7th Fleet off the Korea Peninsula and Japan, will participate in the multi-national Exercises Foal Eagle '2000. She will under go her 28th deployment since her commission 29 April 1961” (Ref. 1-Kitty Hawk, 72, 76 & 84A). USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) Strike Group is the largest carrier strike group in the Navy and is composed of Carrier Air Wing 5 ; Carrier Group 5; Destroyer Squadron 15 and U.S. ships. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1361.html "USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departed Everett, Washington in March 2000, embarking CVW-14 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore at San Diego, Calif. She will under go her Eastern Pacific deployment that will include Carrier Qualifications (CQ), multinational exercise RIMPAC 2000 and JTFEX (Joint Task Force Exercise) near the Hawaii Is. She will under go her seventh deployment since her commission 11 November 1989; delivered to the U. S. Navy on 30 October 1989" (Ref. 72, 84A & 377). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1357.html “USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) with CVW-7 embarked, departed Norfolk, Virginia 18 February 2000, on her ninth Mediterranean Sea deployment (14th voyage) operating with the 6th Fleet, her "Millennium Cruise" and fourth Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of her 3rd Operation Southern Watch, enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq, operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., the US 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command, at the beginning of Operation Southern Watch (commencing 26 August 1992, when President George H. W. Bush announced that the United States and its allies had informed Iraq that in 24 hours Allied aircraft would fly surveillance missions in southern Iraq and were prepared to shoot down any Iraqi aircraft flying south of the 32nd parallel, while President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated at 9 p.m. EST 27 February 1992, flight operations ending at midnight), with Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm would end at midnight) and Operation Desert Shield commencing 2 August 1990 (Iraqi occupation of Kuwait). Ike will make her ninth Suez Canal transit from the Mediterranean Sea, her 14th voyage in the Med, entering the Red Sea on her sixth Red Sea voyage (1st one on a deployment) and upon return will transit the northern passage of the Suez Canal on her tenth Suez Canal transit and entering the Mediterranean Sea, her 15th voyage in the Med, in which 9 were deployments.  She will under go her 15th deployment since her commission 18 October 1977, Captain William E. Ramsey in command” (Ref. 44, 47, 72, 76, 84A & 383). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1356.html "USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) departed San Diego, California, Calif. 7 January 2000, embarking CVW-9 operating out of her home port at Naval Air Station Lemoore, she will under go her first "Westpac? deployment operating with the Pacific Fleet and 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific, her first Indian Ocean deployment (2nd voyage), on her second Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of Operation Southern Watch operating under operational control of the US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet., enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq, the US 5th Fleet, reactivated with operational control of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain in July 1995, while U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operational control extends to the Indian Ocean following the war with Iraq (Operation Desert Storm), with the Commander, 7th Fleet, serving as naval component commander for Central Command, at the beginning of Operation Southern Watch (commencing 26 August 1992, when President George H. W. Bush announced that the United States and its allies had informed Iraq that in 24 hours Allied aircraft would fly surveillance missions in southern Iraq and were prepared to shoot down any Iraqi aircraft flying south of the 32nd parallel, while President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated at 9 p.m. EST 27 February 1992, flight operations ending at midnight), with Operation Desert Storm commencing in the early morning hours of 17 January 1991 until 27 February 1992, when President George Bush declared Kuwait had been liberated and Operation Desert Storm would end at midnight) and Operation Desert Shield commencing 2 August 1990 (Iraqi occupation of Kuwait). She will under go her third deployment since her commission 9 December 1995" (Ref. 72, 76, 84A & 365). http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1355.html _________________ U. S. Navy Veteran  August 1977 to July 1983 Yoeman Second Class, with student pilot's license
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