Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Service Strike Teams started twin service operations within the South China Sea, Jan. 23, 2022. The U.S. Navy Service Strike Teams, led by their flagships USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) of Service Strike Group (CSG) 1 and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) of Service Strike Group (CSG) 3, will interact in joint operations to incorporate enhanced maritime communication operations, anti-submarine warfare operations, air warfare operations, replenishments-at-sea, cross-deck flight operations and maritime interdiction operations to strengthen maritime integrated-at-sea operations and fight readiness. The coaching might be performed in accordance with worldwide regulation in worldwide waters. The ships and plane of the 2 service strike teams, with over 14,000 Sailors and Marines, will conduct coordinated floor and air operations in a posh maritime atmosphere to show the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Joint Pressure’s capability to ship a robust maritime pressure.
“Our capability to quickly combination and work collectively alongside CSG 3, highlights the U.S. Navy’s capability to ship overwhelming maritime pressure, when known as upon, to help a free and open Indo-Pacific area,” stated Rear Adm. Dan Martin, commander, CSG 1. “We’re dedicated to making sure the lawful use of the ocean and free movement of commerce whereas deterring those that problem the shared imaginative and prescient of a free and open Indo-Pacific now and into the long-term future.”
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“Coaching with Service Strike Group 1 within the South China Sea is a tremendously invaluable alternative,” stated Rear Adm. J.T. Anderson, commander, Service Strike Group (CSG) 3. “Operations like these enable us to enhance our fight credible functionality, reassure our allies and companions, and show our resolve as a Navy to make sure regional stability and counter malign affect.”
Coordinated maritime engagements and operations within the South China Sea are a part of the U.S. Navy’s routine presence within the Indo-Pacific. Since arriving within the U.S. seventh Fleet area in early September, CSG 1 items have participated in a number of operations and workout routines notably: MALABAR 2021; MPX 2021; and several other multi-carrier, multi-nation operations, together with a number of allied service strike group operations within the Philippine Sea led by flagships USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) joined by Japan Maritime Self-Protection Pressure’s (JMSDF) Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) and the UK’s service strike group (CSG 21) led by HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) in October 2021. Extra not too long ago, CSG 1 participated in ANNUALEX 2021, an train within the Philippine Sea that featured 5 collaborating worldwide navies: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), German Navy (GMN), Japan Maritime Self-Protection Pressure (JMSDF), and the U.S. Navy, strengthening collective readiness and maritime superiority.
The VINCSG consists of CSG 1 together with plane service USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70); Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57); Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS Chafee (DDG 90) of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 1; Henry J. Kaiser-class Fleet replenishment ship USNS Yukon (T-AO 202); Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) and 9 squadrons of embarked Service Air Wing (CVW) 2. CVW-2 consists of an F-35C squadron, the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147; three F/A-18E/F Tremendous Hornet squadrons, the “Bounty Hunters” of VFA-2, the “Stingers” of VFA-113, and the “Golden Dragons” of VFA-192; the “Gauntlets” of Digital Assault Squadron (VAQ) 136, working the EA-18G Growler; the “Black Eagles” of Airborne Command and Management Squadron (VAW) 113, working the E-2D Superior Hawkeye; the “Titans” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30, working the CMV-22B Osprey; the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Fight Squadron (HSC) 4, working the MH-60S Sea Hawk; and the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, working the MH-60R Sea Hawk.
The ABECSG consists of CSG 3 together with plane service USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72); Service Air Wing (CVW) 9; Destroyer Squadron 21; the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cell Bay (CG 53); and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), USS Gridley (DDG 101), USS Sampson (DDG 102) and USS Spruance (DDG 111). CVW 9 consists of an F-35C squadron, the “Black Knights” of Marine Fighter Assault Squadron (VMFA) 314; three F/A-18E/F Tremendous Hornet squadrons, the “Tophatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14; “Black Aces” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, the “Vigilantes” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151; “Wizards” of Digital Assault Squadron (VAQ) 133, working the EA-18G Growler; “Wallbangers” of Service Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 117, working the E-2D Superior Hawkeye; “Titans” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30, working the CMV-22B Osprey; “Chargers” of Helicopter Sea Fight Squadron (HSC) 14 working the MH-60S Sea Hawk; and “Raptors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71, working the MH-60R Sea Hawk.
Because the U.S. Navy’s largest ahead deployed fleet, U.S. seventh Fleet routinely operates between 50-70 ships and submarines and 140 plane with roughly 20,000 Sailors. U.S. seventh Fleet’s space of operation spans greater than 124 million sq. kilometers, stretching from the Worldwide Date Line to the India/Pakistan border; and from the Kuril Islands within the North to the Antarctic within the South Pacific, offering safety and stability to the area. U.S. seventh Fleet interacts with 35 different maritime nations to construct partnerships that foster maritime safety whereas conducting a wide-range of missions to help humanitarian efforts and uphold worldwide legal guidelines and freedoms of the ocean.
