[MilCom] Fwd: [MilRadioComms] USS GHW Bush deploys Saturday.

[AllanStern at aol.com]

More than 5,000 sailors of Carrier Strike Group 2 (CSG 2) will depart for  
deployment on Saturday from their homeports in Norfolk and Mayport.
 
The aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush (CVN 77) will depart from NS  
Norfolk along with guided missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103).
 
The guided missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) and guided missile  
cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) will depart from NS Mayport.
 
Aircraft squadrons include:
VFA-213 "Fighting Black  Lions,"
VFA-31  "Tomcatters,"
VFA-15 "Valions"
VFA-87 "Golden  Warriors;"
VAQ-134 "Garudas;"
VAW-124 "Bear Aces;"
VRC-40  "Rawhides;"
HSM-70 "Spartans"
HSC-9 "Tridents."
 
The strike group will serve in the 5th and 6th areas of responsibility  
while deployed. They will conduct maritime security operations, theater 
security  cooperation efforts and missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
 
The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) will depart NS  
Norfolk Saturday, Feb. 15, for an independent eight-month Ballistic Missile  
Defense deployment in support of maritim e security operations and theater  
security cooperation efforts in the US 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

AL STERN  Satellite Beach  FL
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