{"id":44901,"date":"2022-09-08T22:34:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T22:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/08\/uss-harry-s-truman-and-its-strike-group-are-coming-home\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:43:47","slug":"uss-harry-s-truman-and-its-strike-group-are-coming-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/09\/08\/uss-harry-s-truman-and-its-strike-group-are-coming-home\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group are coming home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a nine-month deployment that saw the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group loitering in the European waters of U.S. 6th Fleet as a bulwark against Russia after the onset of the war in Ukraine, the aircraft carrier and its support ships are making their way home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most recently, the guided-missile cruiser San Jacinto arrived back in Norfolk, Virginia, Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany people focus on the carrier, but the cruiser and destroyers in our strike group are every bit as vital,\u201d Carrier Strike Group 8\u2032s commander, Rear Adm. Paul Spedero Jr., said in a statement. \u201cSan Jacinto has been our work horse, sailing with the Truman day and night and remaining ready for any task.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nine squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 1 landed back at Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia, and Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The capital ship Truman is expected back in the coming days as well, and the guided-missile destroyers Jason Dunham and Gravely arrived back to the East Coast in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\t