{"id":38402,"date":"2022-01-18T23:02:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T23:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/18\/vinson-strike-group-essex-arg-conduct-operations-in-south-china-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:48:05","slug":"vinson-strike-group-essex-arg-conduct-operations-in-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/01\/18\/vinson-strike-group-essex-arg-conduct-operations-in-south-china-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinson strike group, Essex ARG conduct operations in South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Carl Vinson<\/a> Carrier Strike Group and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group, which includes the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, completed joint expeditionary strike force training operations in the South China Sea Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vinson\u2019s deployment is the first to embark the F-35C Lightning II fighter jet and the CMV-22 Osprey, assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2. The operations in the South China Sea mark the first time an amphibious group had operated with an \u201cadvanced Air Wing of the Future,\u201d according to the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vinson, which departed San Diego in August, conducted integrated maritime strike missions, maritime interdiction operations, anti-submarine warfare, replenishment-at-sea and formation maneuvering\/navigation operations with the helicopter landing dock Essex and its ARG, the Navy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur ability to quickly and effectively integrate with an amphibious ready group, such as ESX ARG, demonstrates a diverse level of naval lethality that is unlike any other naval force,\u201d Rear Adm. Dan Martin, commander of Carrier Strike Group 1, said in a Navy news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t