Carrier Strike Group 11

Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11 or CARSTRKGRU 11) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is the strike group's current flagship. Other units currently assigned to the group include the cruisers USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and USS Princeton (CG-59), and Destroyer Squadron 9.

Carrier Strike Group 11
Carrier Strike Group 11 crest
Active1 October 2004 to date.
Country United States of America
Branch United States Navy
TypeCarrier Strike Group
RoleNaval air/surface warfare
Part ofU.S. Third Fleet
Garrison/HQNaval Station Everett, Washington
Nickname(s)Nimitz Carrier Strike Group
Motto(s)Combat Proven
EngagementsOperation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA)
DecorationsNavy Unit Commendation (2005) Meritorious Unit Commendation (2009)
WebsiteOfficial Website
Commanders
CommanderRDML Jennifer Couture
Chief of StaffCAPT Jason Wells, USN
Command Master ChiefCMDCM John H Walker
Aircraft flown
Electronic
warfare
EA-18G Growler
FighterF/A-18E/F Super Hornet
F/A-18C Hornet
HelicopterMH-60R Seahawk
MH-60S Knighthawk
ReconnaissanceE-2C Hawkeye
TransportC-2A Greyhound

Between 2006 and 2013, the group made four deployments to the U.S. Fifth Fleet operating in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea, as well as a surge deployment with the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the western Pacific Ocean. The group participated in bilateral exercises Malabar 2005 and Malabar 2005, Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2008, as well as joint exercise Valiant Shield 2007.

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