{"id":27322,"date":"2019-07-03T20:48:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/03\/why-the-navy-will-deploy-the-truman-carrier-strike-group-again\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:17:23","slug":"why-the-navy-will-deploy-the-truman-carrier-strike-group-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/07\/03\/why-the-navy-will-deploy-the-truman-carrier-strike-group-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Navy will deploy the Truman Carrier Strike Group (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norfolk \u2014 The aircraft carrier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/airfor\/cvn75\/Pages\/HOME.aspx\" target=_blank>Harry S. Truman<\/a> and her strike group will deploy soon, a move officials say has been in the works for two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they\u2019re pushing back on other media accounts that speculated Truman\u2019s upcoming deployment \u2014 the flattop\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2016\/07\/13\/after-smashing-isis-carrier-truman-returns-home-to-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\"> third overseas cruise <\/a>in four years \u2014 was designed to take the place of sister Nimitz-class carrier Eisenhower, which encountered delays during a long maintenance session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTruman\u2019s upcoming deployment has been planned for more than two years and has remained unchanged,\u201d said Capt. Scott Miller, spokesman for Fleet Forces Command. \u201cThere was never a plan for Truman and Eisenhower to \u2018swap\u2019 deployment positioning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fleet Forces Command officials told Navy Times that Truman\u2019s upcoming deployment really involves stretching the limits of the Navy\u2019s Optimized Fleet Response Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They see Truman continuing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/11\/22\/on-this-thanksgiving-cno-thankful-for-carrier-dynamic-force-employment-success\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dynamic Force Employment<\/a> concept pioneered by the carrier last year. It\u2019s designed to keep potential adversaries clueless about troop and warship deployments overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller said that although Truman\u2019s tour wasn\u2019t announced until now, the plan to redeploy \u201caround this time\u201d had been on planning tables since the carrier\u2019s crew began training for last year\u2019s deployment.<\/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\/2018\/11\/22\/on-this-thanksgiving-cno-thankful-for-carrier-dynamic-force-employment-success\/\" 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=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tru11.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\">CNO thankful for carrier dynamic force employment success<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Top Navy officials told Navy Times that the Truman Carrier Strike Group\u2019s ongoing Dynamic Force Employment experiment has been a great success, assuring allies that they\u2019ll show up to defend them and teaching potential foes that the Navy can show up suddenly with dominant firepower.<\/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\">Truman is in what the Navy calls its \u201csustainment phase\u201d of the training and deployment cycle and is prepared to sail if ordered to do so as a \u201csurge\u201d carrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Truman\u2019s last deployment began on April 11, 2018. But it turned out to be a nontraditional 8-month cruise, featuring two separate journeys overseas and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/07\/18\/why-will-the-navy-bring-home-the-truman-after-only-three-months-at-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">surprise return to Norfolk<\/a> last July for what officials called a \u201cworking port visit.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first portion of the deployment included three months in the Mediterranean Sea. The second portion took Truman across the North Atlantic and into the Arctic Circle, the first carrier strike group journey there in nearly two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The carrier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/12\/16\/its-historic-deployment-over-what-does-the-truman-carrier-strike-group-do-now\/\" target=_blank>returned to Norfolk<\/a> on Dec. 16 and headed back to sea exactly three months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was for a sustainment exercise with the rest of the strike group, making sure that the crews could operate efficiently and collectively in case they were ordered overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Training for the strike group\u2019s next Composite Unit Training Exercise is slated to start soon. That\u2019s a milestone training event all carrier strike groups must complete before being marked ready for overseas deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resurrected Norfolk-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/05\/30\/navys-2nd-fleet-is-now-operational-focused-on-the-arctic\/\" target=_blank>2nd Fleet <\/a>will oversee the integrated training alongside Carrier Strike Group 4 and recommend to Fleet Forces commander Adm. Christopher Grady whether Truman is ready to deploy again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a May 29 press conference, 2nd Fleet commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/08\/25\/back-to-the-future-with-2nd-fleet\/\">Vice Adm. Andrew \u201cWoody\u201d Lewis<\/a> telegraphed that he expected to start \u201cdoing some exercises\u201d with Truman after he returned from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/06\/19\/relearning-the-lessons-of-baltops\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baltic Operations 2019<\/a> exercise in Northern Europe.<\/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\/2019\/05\/30\/navys-2nd-fleet-is-now-operational-focused-on-the-arctic\/\" 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=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Woody2.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\">Second Fleet continues to grow<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Navy says its newly revived 2nd Fleet has enough staff to command ships in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.<\/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\">The Navy hasn\u2019t said what Truman\u2019s next mission will be or where the carrier will go, citing a long-standing policy of never discussing future operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller said that Eisenhower is prepping for a deployment on the carrier\u2019s own timetable after recently exiting a 19-month maintenance availability at the Portsmouth, Virginia, shipyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That session was slated to end in early 2018, but delays extended the time in the yard. Ike returned to Naval Base Norfolk on Nov. 15, making room for sister carrier George H.W. Bush to enter the yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second oldest flattop in the U.S. Fleet, Eisenhower was commissioned in 1977 and is expected to reach the end of its service life within the next decade but it was declared ready to start sea trials on March 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That put Ike in what officials call the \u201cbasic phase\u201d of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan. During this initial period, the ship concentrates on unit level training until it\u2019s ready to begin integrated training with the rest of its strike group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can\u2019t discuss when we will shift into the integrated phase (of training),\u201d said Lt. Cmdr. 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