Destroyer Squadron 28 is based in Norfolk and is embarked on the carrier. googletag.defineSlot('/21810829768/news_usni-site-sidebar_1', sidebarSizes, 'div-gpt-ad-1559941116279-0').defineSizeMapping(sidebarSizeMapping).addService(googletag.pubads()); addSize([1200, 0], [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[300,100],[320,50],[320,100],[468,60],[234,60],[120,240]]). The Blue Blasters of VFA-34 F/A-18E from Naval Air Station Oceana. Other deployments, including shifting 200 Marines from Norway to Lithuania as announced on Tuesday, are done on temporary orders, Kirby told reporters. U.S. Navy Photo. In the months ahead of the February Russian invasion, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin retasked the CSG from a planned slate of operations in the Middle East to an extended patrol in the Mediterranean Sea, USNI News reported at the time. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro meets with sailors in the hangar bay of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) on July 22, 2022. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group (ARG) with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed Aug. 12. Meanwhile, the U.S. announced its largest arms package to Ukraine to date on Wednesday,USNI News reported. She has a masters degree in science journalism and has covered local courts, crime, health, military affairs and the Naval Academy. 29, 2022. And I think it was a strong deterrent to Russia, Spedero said. USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departed Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) for sea trials May 12 following completion of its Extended Carrier Incremental Availability (ECIA). USS Harry S The amphibious ships of the America Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) are USS America (LHA-6), USS Green Bay (LPD-20) and USS Ashland (LSD-48). changeMonth: true, addSize([0, 0], [[300,250],[336,280],[300,100],[320,50],[320,100],[234,60],[120,240]]). And he has decided that [USS] Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and her strike group will stay in the Med for a while longer.. US Navy Photo. Meanwhile, the Navy has not had a capital ship operating in U.S. Central Command for more than three months, since the Essex Amphibious Ready Group left in early January. US Navy Photo. var topLeaderboardSizeMapping = googletag.sizeMapping(). In addition to the ships, the principal Navy elements of the ARG are a Naval Beach Group element, a Tactical Air Control Squadron element, a fleet surgical team and a helicopter sea combat squadron element. The air policing mission along the eastern front took the air wing as far north as Latvia, Hourigan said. The six U.S. Navy DDGs and the cruiser San Jacinto carry hundreds of surface-to-air missiles and can control 16 missiles in the air simultaneously to counter multiple targets out to 256 nautical miles. googletag.defineSlot('/21810829768/news_usni-site-sidebar_2', sidebarSizes, 'div-gpt-ad-1559941295217-0').defineSizeMapping(sidebarSizeMapping).addService(googletag.pubads());