Carrier Strike Group 11 | |
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![]() Carrier Strike Group 11 crest | |
Active | 1 October 2004 to date.[1] |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | ![]() |
Type | Carrier Strike Group |
Role | Naval air/surface warfare |
Part of | U.S. Third Fleet |
Garrison/HQ | Naval Station Everett, Washington[2] |
Nickname(s) | Nimitz Carrier Strike Group |
Motto(s) | Combat Proven |
Engagements | Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA) |
Decorations | Navy Unit Commendation (2005)[3] Meritorious Unit Commendation (2009)[4] |
Website | Official Website |
Commanders | |
Commander | RDML Maxmilian Clark[5] |
Command Master Chief | CMDCM Jeremiah J. Walker |
Aircraft flown | |
Electronic warfare | EA-18G Growler |
Fighter | F/A-18E/F Super Hornet[6] F/A-18C Hornet[6] |
Helicopter | MH-60R Seahawk[6] MH-60S Knighthawk[6] |
Reconnaissance | E-2C Hawkeye[6] |
Transport | C-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.
Aviation Command Changes, 2004
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