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On 30 June 1973, Carrier Division 3 was redesignated Carrier Group 3. U.S. Navy carrier battle groups have, since the mid-Cold War period, maintained a pattern of deployments to trouble spots, beginning with an overhaul, individual ship training, battle group training, group preparation exercise, and then the deployment.
A carrier strike group (CSG) is a type of carrier battle group of the United States Navy. [1] It is an operational formation composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, usually an aircraft carrier , at least one cruiser , a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers or frigates , [ 2 ] and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft.
In September 2004, Carrier Group Three (CarGru 3) departed for its 22-day Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of Southern California. COMPUTEX was an intermediate-level, two-phase strike group training exercise that was a critical step toward the final certification to deploy overseas for a carrier strike group.
He previously served as the commander of Carrier Strike Group 3 from 2020 to 2021, [3] with command tours as commodore of Destroyer Squadron 60 from 2013 to 2015, and commanding officer of the USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) from 2007 to 2008. [4] [5] He was promoted to his present rank on April 1, 2021. [6]
On 1 July 1938 the Saratoga Air Group was formally established as a unit. With the rapid fleet buildup of World War II, the Navy ceased naming its carrier air groups with the carrier's name and initially numbered them with the carrier's hull number, and on 25 September 1943 Saratoga Air Group was redesignated Carrier Air Group 3 (CVG-3).
Carrier Strike Group 1; Carrier Strike Group 2; Carrier Strike Group 3; Carrier Strike Group 4; Carrier Strike Group 5; Carrier Strike Group 6; Carrier Strike Group 7; Carrier Strike Group 8; Carrier Strike Group 9; Carrier Strike Group 10; Carrier Strike Group 11; Carrier Strike Group 12; Carrier Strike Group 14; Carrier Strike Group 15
Command of the UK carrier strike group is the responsibility of Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group. A June 2020 National Audit Office report however provided a critical review of the forthcoming Carrier Strike Group, especially noting the delay to the Crowsnest system. [26]
Helicopter Maritime Strike Seven Four (HSM-74), the "Swamp Foxes", is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida. HSM-74 is attached to Carrier Air Wing Three and deploys aboard cruisers , destroyers , frigates , and aircraft carriers in support of a carrier strike group.