Carrier Strike Group 11

Carrier Strike Group 11
Carrier Strike Group 11 crest
Active1 October 2004 to date.[1]
Country United States of America
Branch United States Navy
TypeCarrier Strike Group
RoleNaval air/surface warfare
Part ofU.S. Third Fleet
Garrison/HQNaval Station Everett, Washington[2]
Nickname(s)Nimitz Carrier Strike Group
Motto(s)Combat Proven
EngagementsOperation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA)
DecorationsNavy Unit Commendation (2005)[3] Meritorious Unit Commendation (2009)[4]
WebsiteOfficial Website
Commanders
CommanderRDML Maxmilian Clark[5]
Command Master ChiefCMDCM Jeremiah J. Walker
Aircraft flown
Electronic
warfare		EA-18G Growler
FighterF/A-18E/F Super Hornet[6]
F/A-18C Hornet[6]
HelicopterMH-60R Seahawk[6]
MH-60S Knighthawk[6]
ReconnaissanceE-2C Hawkeye[6]
TransportC-2A Greyhound[6]

Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11 or CARSTRKGRU 11) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is the strike group's current flagship. Other units currently assigned to the group include the cruisers USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and USS Princeton (CG-59), and Destroyer Squadron 9.[7]

Between 2006 and 2013, the group made four deployments to the U.S. Fifth Fleet operating in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea, as well as a surge deployment with the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the western Pacific Ocean. The group participated in bilateral exercises Malabar 2005 and Malabar 2005, Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2008, as well as joint exercise Valiant Shield 2007.

  1. ^ Curtis A. Utz and Mark L. Evans (July–August 2005). "The Year in Review 2004". Naval Aviation News. Washington, DC: U.S. Navy. Retrieved 9 November 2010. Aviation Command Changes, 2004
  2. ^ "Deactivation of Carrier Strike Group Seven and Change in Permanent Duty Station for Carrier Strike Group Eleven" (PDF). OPNAV Notice 5400 Ser DNS-33/11U107438 of 1 Mar 2011. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations – U.S. Department of the Navy. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Brandy Lewis (March 2005). "Awards". Naval Aviation News. U.S. Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  4. ^ Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW/AW) Amara R. Timberlake, USN (8 January 2010). "Nimitz Receives Meritorious Unit Commendation". NNS100108-01. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 26 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Chandler, Nelson (10 May 2024). "Carrier Strike Group 11 Changes Command". DVIDS. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Morison, Samuel Loring (May 2012). "U.S. Naval Battle Force Changes 1 January 2011—31 December 2011: Aircraft Carrier Air Wing Assignments and Composition as of 2 April 2012". Naval Institute Proceedings. 138 (5): 112–113. ISSN 0041-798X. Retrieved 11 May 2012. Registration required.
  7. ^ "Carrier Strike Group Eleven". U.S. Navy. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2016.