{"id":38129,"date":"2024-04-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/08\/navy-tests-concept-to-shake-up-traditional-carrier-strike-group-model\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:22:05","slug":"navy-tests-concept-to-shake-up-traditional-carrier-strike-group-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/navy-league\/2024\/04\/08\/navy-tests-concept-to-shake-up-traditional-carrier-strike-group-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy looks to shake up traditional carrier strike group model"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the destroyers The Sullivans and Delbert D. Black deployed in the fall to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, they joined the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group that was already well into its cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The warships\u2019 arrivals were part of an experiment the Navy is currently undertaking, where it swaps destroyers out mid-deployment, part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/01\/10\/navy-tests-how-to-relieve-carrier-strike-group-warships-on-station\/\" target=\"_blank\">broader concept that U.S. Fleet Forces Command<\/a> head Adm. Daryl Caudle is spearheading to supplement a carrier strike group with additional destroyers that the strike group did not initially deploy with \u2014 a departure from the traditional model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford originally got underway from Naval Station Norfolk in May and encountered multiple extensions, adding up to an extra 76 days at sea in the eastern Mediterranean at the frontlines of the Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Ford\u2019s initial strike group included the destroyers Ramage, McFaul, and Thomas Hudner, The Sullivans and Delbert D. Black inserted themselves into the strike group so that the original destroyers could return home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn large conflict, I\u2019m going to deploy ready-up strike groups,\u201d Caudle told reporters in January. \u201cBut eventually, as everybody knows, when you\u2019re on station for a long time on a ship, you got to take a knee. And so as you roll out to take a knee and somebody rolls in, I have to have high confidence that they come in at the right level of training, certification, mastery and the ability to plug and play into that strike group.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caudle said in a statement to Navy Times that Fleet Forces is now incorporating lessons from The Sullivans and the Delbert D. Black following their deployments, and noted that the steps taken ahead of time yielded positive signs for the concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before they headed out, the command evaluated the destroyers\u2019 tactical and material status, and then ensured the ships received additional training based on real-world events as part of a task force deployment certification exercise, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal is to have more ships ready to respond in the event of crisis, while improving force flexibility worldwide and allowing aircraft carriers to remain deployed for longer periods of time if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/01\/10\/navy-tests-how-to-relieve-carrier-strike-group-warships-on-station\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8175247.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy tests how to relieve carrier strike group warships on station<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A new concept would allow a deployed carrier strike group&#039;s cruisers and destroyers to be swapped out with fresh ships during deployment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the Navy\u2019s Optimized Fleet Response Plan, an entire carrier strike group undergoes a three-year maintenance, training and deployment cycle in tandem. This requires carriers, destroyers and cruisers to complete work-ups and certifications together over the course of 36 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To detach from this model and allow for a more flexible interchange of destroyers, Caudle said his concept aims to improve \u201ctraining density\u201d for those replacement ships and get them certified at the contingency response force level, meaning they can flow into combat within 30 days if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s the difference between training to integrate, and integrate to train,\u201d Caudle said. \u201cAnd so mine is the former \u2014 I like to train so that I can integrate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How feasible is this plan?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts agree the plan offers significant benefits and enhanced flexibility, especially as real world events require the service to navigate increased demands and lengthy deployments around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, they said there are some difficulties that the Navy must hash out to advance this concept \u2014 and they argue the concept could be hindered by a lack of surface ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe challenge with it is that the strike groups work up together, and they go through a whole process of becoming familiar with an operating environment and the battle rhythm, and all the expectations,\u201d said Bradley Martin, a senior policy researcher with RAND and retired Navy surface warfare officer. \u201cAnd so all that has to be replicated. And the ship hasn\u2019t been part of that when it comes in and joins a strike group \u2013 it\u2019s going to have to spend some time becoming acclimated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make this plan work and apply it more broadly, experts say the Navy must implement more standardized procedures for aligning combat system settings across the fleet, rather than allowing individual strike groups to craft their own plans, as it has historically done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These plans must become regulated to ensure that command and control systems are compatible, allowing new players to contribute to the strike group immediately and seamlessly, according to<b> <\/b>Bryan Clark, a retired submarine officer and director of the Hudson Institute think tank\u2019s Center for Defense Concepts and Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy should conduct an assessment and experimentation of combat system compatibility to ensure that proper understanding of each ship is in place, Clark said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s another area where the Navy could just work in advance, is to basically understand exactly what the baseline is, and begin to go set up what configuration changes are needed in order for you to plug and play into the strike group, which is going to be like how do you align your systems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This standardization would mean that carrier strike groups wouldn\u2019t have such customized combat systems settings, Clark said, and individual strike group commanders would have less control over how their strike group is configured and operated.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2023\/01\/18\/fleet-forces-team-tackles-decoupling-destroyers-from-carriers\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7590545.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Fleet Forces team tackles \u2018decoupling\u2019 destroyers from carriers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Destroyers may not be tied to carrier strike groups anymore, allowing them to operate more freely and then seamlessly plug into a CSG when needed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It could also mean that strike groups could lose some of their theater-specific specialization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whereas operations in the Pacific are more focused on freedom of navigation exercises, the mission set is much more broad for Atlantic-based ships that deploy to the European and Middle Eastern theaters, Clark said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The need for this adaptability is especially important for the 5th and 6th Fleet area of operations right now, given the confrontation with the Houthis in the Middle East that\u2019s required destroyers like the Carney to shoot down air drones and missiles on a near-daily basis since October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, swapping out destroyers seamlessly into a new carrier strike group is especially valuable in instances like these so that the ships can reload their weapons, Clark said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause the Middle Eastern and European theaters have such a variety of missions, and real world demands are causing ships to have to get reloaded or brought offline periodically \u2014 that\u2019s creating the need for this opportunity, this capability to mix and match destroyers,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caudle\u2019s plan also focuses on ensuring roughly 100 ships are ready for mobilization at any given time, while roughly 100 are deployed and the remaining 100 undergo maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having more ships available is a key component in successfully executing this new concept, according to Bryan McGrath, a former destroyer captain who runs the defense consulting firm FerryBridge Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe flexibility that Caudle needs to employ this plan will be increased by having more ships available,\u201d McGrath said. \u201cThis is when you hear the surface force talk about North Star 75. They want the 75 ships. More available ships make Caudle\u2019s idea that much more doable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separate from Caudle\u2019s proposal, then-commander of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2023\/01\/10\/navy-aims-for-75-mission-capable-surface-ships-amid-readiness-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\">Naval Surface Forces Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener unveiled a plan in January 2023<\/a> to keep 75 surface ships at either \u201cmission capable\u201d or \u201cfull mission capable\u201d readiness levels. The Navy said at the time it could accomplish that goal within two years in an attempt to have more ships on hand to respond to crisis \u2014 or test out new equipment or concepts in exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s next for advancing this concept?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caudle said in January that introducing new destroyers to the Ford carrier strike group revealed that the framework for executing such a concept didn\u2019t exist, meaning that a training plan and other procedures were developed from scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Caudle told Navy Times the approach that Fleet Forces took ahead of deploying the ships proved effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the Ford\u2019s replacement ships will provide feedback from their deployments that Fleet Forces can use to improve the \u201cfungibility\u201d of these vessels, Caudle said in January. Both The Sullivans and the Delbert D. Black concluded their time at sea in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/02\/20\/uss-delbert-d-black-concludes-brief-surge-deployment-with-carrier-ford\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8230339.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">USS Delbert D Black concludes brief surge deployment with carrier Ford<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Delbert D. Black&#039;s three-month deployment tested a new Navy concept of cycling out a carrier strike group&#039;s destroyers during deployment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leadership from the Ford called the strike group\u2019s transition to fresh destroyers \u201cseamless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t visually or tactically discern the difference between the destroyer that just left and went home to do more maintenance or homeport shift, and the one that replaced them,\u201d the Ford\u2019s commanding officer, Capt. Rick Burgess told Navy Times in an interview aboard the carrier in February. \u201cEveryone was really, really capable and fit right in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin said that he expects the Navy will work to ensure warships are prepared to meet the requirements of this concept, and that it will become \u201clike a new normal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt will be shown that the ability to use the available force structure to optimize presence, but still keep maintenance, readiness intact &#8230; is going to be something everybody is going to have to learn how to do effectively,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such a plan might even help surface combatant readiness, he added, because it can help ensure destroyers return home on schedule to get their scheduled maintenance, even if the strike group with which they originally deployed remains on station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Martin said force structure needs to meet the demand and the plan isn\u2019t sustainable in the long-term unless the Navy\u2019s fleet expands too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2024\/03\/20\/navy-30-year-shipbuilding-plan-relies-on-more-money-industry-capacity\/\" target=\"_blank\">shipbuilding plan released in March<\/a> calls for a goal of 381 ships by the year 2042, an increase from the previous target of 373 ships by that time. But, the plan to reach this capacity strongly relies on the industry to eliminate lengthy backlogs and cost overruns \u2014 as well as steady Congressional funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMost people would say that the Navy, if it\u2019s going to meet the demand, there need to be more ships,\u201d Martin said. \u201cAnd getting to that point is obviously not going to happen in the immediate future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut over the long term, I don\u2019t think that optimized scheduling of any kind is going to overcome just a lack of capacity. 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