{"id":37245,"date":"2018-07-18T22:02:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T22:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/18\/why-will-the-navy-bring-home-the-truman-after-only-three-months-at-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:25:53","slug":"why-will-the-navy-bring-home-the-truman-after-only-three-months-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/07\/18\/why-will-the-navy-bring-home-the-truman-after-only-three-months-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Why will the Navy bring home the Truman after only three months at sea?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The anticipated return of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group to Norfolk on July 21 signals Pentagon success in revamping flattop deployment schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Truman and her guided-missile escorts \u2015 the cruiser Normandy and destroyers Arleigh Burke and Forrest Sherman \u2015 are expected to come home after only three months at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven-month carrier tours had become routine, but in written statements to the House Armed Services Committee in February and April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/05\/07\/mattis-eyes-major-overhaul-of-navy-deployments\/\" target=_blank>Defense Secretary James Mattis<\/a> and Marine Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers they wanted to implement what\u2019s become known as their \u201cDynamic Force Employment\u201d concept.<\/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\/2018\/07\/16\/jim-mattis-dynamic-force-employment-just-got-real-for-the-us-navy\/\" 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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20180702_FLP_17.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\">Jim Mattis\u2019 \u2018dynamic force employment\u2019 concept just got real for the US Navy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Truman\u2019s abbreviated deployment to Europe is a radical step toward the ultimate goal of restoring readiness so forces can be ready for a major conflict on short notice.<\/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 calls on Navy warships and other military units to become more agile and less predictable in their global deployments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/05\/04\/the-us-navys-new-command-puts-russia-in-the-crosshairs\/\" target=_blank>leaving potential foes uncertain about troop movements<\/a> while reassuring allies that America\u2019s armed forces will continue to patrol potential hotspots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe National Defense Strategy directs us to be operationally unpredictable while remaining strategically predictable. As such, select units from the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group will return to Norfolk, Virginia, this week,\u201d said Adm. Christopher Grady, commander of Norfolk-based U.S. Fleet Forces, in a Monday press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy is treating the Truman\u2019s redeployment as a routine return to port, without expecting the fanfare and large crowds of family and friends along the pier that usually await warships after six months or more away from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s partly because the Truman might redeploy in a few months or launch other operations from Norfolk throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Let me be clear \u2015 all returning units are 100 percent mission capable and will remain in the sustainment phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan, which means they will sustain warfighting readiness and be ready to surge forward or redeploy when called upon,\u201d Grady added.<\/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\/04\/12\/truman-strike-group-departs-norfolk-destined-for-5th-and-6th-fleets\/\" 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\/HJG0726.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\">Truman Strike Group departs Norfolk, destined for 5th and 6th Fleets<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The carrier Harry S. Truman and her strike group left Norfolk April 11, just a year and nine months after returning form a record-setting deployment fighting ISIS.<\/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\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unveiled in 2014, the Optimized Fleet Response Plan calls for carriers to undergo maintenance, deploy overseas and then return for a \u201csustainment\u201d phase that typically lasted for about a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was tweaked last year to better align strike groups to 36-month cycles \u2015 16 months for training and maintenance, plus another 20 months of being ready to deploy or on patrol overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Truman\u2019s latest cruise, that usually meant seven months overseas and another 13 months as part of a \u201cready force\u201d to redeploy if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Truman broke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/04\/12\/truman-strike-group-departs-norfolk-destined-for-5th-and-6th-fleets\/\" target=_blank>with that model<\/a>, which means Norfolk will soon have two ready carriers in port. The George H.W. Bush returned last August and remains in her sustainment phase with a spell in the shipyard for maintenance looming in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This fall, the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln also is expected to join them after a nearly yearlong mid-life refueling and modernization overhaul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lincoln could be certified to deploy in late 2018, but commanders rarely discuss deployment schedules due to security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"665\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180628-N-EA818-0085-Edit.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180628-N-EA818-0085-Edit.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180628-N-EA818-0085-Edit.jpg.jpg?resize=300,166 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180628-N-EA818-0085-Edit.jpg.jpg?resize=768,426 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180628-N-EA818-0085-Edit.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,567 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman transits the Straits of Gibralter, leaving the Mediterranean on June 28, heading into the Atlantic Ocean. The Truman and three escorts are now heading home from Norfolk after only three months deployed.  (photo by MC2 Thomas Gooley\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grady termed the Truman\u2019s three-month tour \u201cincredibly successful.\u201d Unlike most carrier tours over the past 15 years, the carrier spent most of her time in the 6th Fleet\u2019s area of operation straddling Europe and North Africa, never transiting the Suez Canal to join the 5th Fleet in the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The ship accomplished every objective established for its crew, from striking ISIS in Syria to expanding partnerships and exercising with our friends and allies,&#8221; Grady said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once back in Norfolk, the crews can conduct routine maintenance on ships, aircraft and equipment, pursue advanced training and warfighting certificates and spend time with their families, Grady added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy&#8217;s shaking up deployments, bringing Truman home after just three months away.  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