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Dwight D. Eisenhower Strike Group MED 07 Deployment IKEBATGRU CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower "IKE" In September 2006 it was reported that the Eisenhower Strike Group was under orders to depart the United States in early October 2006, slated to arrive in the Persian Gulf on or aabout 21 October 2006. Some observers were alarmed that this was part of the Bush Administration's plans to attack Iran's WMD facilities immediately prior to the November 7th Congressional election. This seems improbable. In recent years the Navy has normally stationed one carrier in the Persian Gulf to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. The IKE will replace the Abraham Lincoln in this role. After spending 44 months in Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard for a major mid-life Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) successfully completed Crew Certification Phase II Nov. 16, 2004 and was then certified ready for sea. The crew was inspected by Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (COMNAVAIRLANT) and Afloat Training Group (ATG) staff. The goal of the certitication was simple: to determine and report Ike's fitness, readiness and material conditions that might limit her capability to carry out assigned missions. The findings of these inspections are invaluable to determine the occupational safety and health status of the ship. Crew certification is a three-stage process. The final stage, Phase II, was the process by which the Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC), COMNAVAIRLANT, ensured the ship is combat ready to proceed safely to sea with a trained and qualified crew. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) simulated an underway replenishment (UNREP) on March 18, 2005, with the Military Sealift Command ship USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) while pierside at Naval Station Norfolk. The last time Ike had performed a real-life UNREP had been in 2000, shortly before the ship's mid-life Refueling Complex Overhaul began at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) (CVN 69) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, VA, 09 May 2005 after completing her shakedown underway period - 10 days at sea where the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier took another step toward becoming combat ready. This was the fourth time Ike has been underway since completing her four-year, mid-life overhaul. The primary purpose of this underway was to give Ike's chain of command the opportunity to evaluate the readiness of the ship. The carrier went out with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and exercised the ship and the air wing and all the different departments of the ship, and we see what works and what doesn't. During her shakedown underway period, Ike completed two connected replenishments (CONREP) with USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201). Ike's crew successfully completed various shipwide damage control drills, which encompassed every aspect of the ship, ranging from Ike's medical department to the bridge team, to CVW-7. Weapons department built and delivered inert ordnance to CVW-7 Sailors on the flight deck, and Ike commenced cyclic flight operations for the first time in more than four years. Ike entered her Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) in summer of 2005, where remaining work was completed. Following that, the warship began the process of becoming surge ready. IKE finished a four-month Post Shakedown Availability and Selected Restriced Availability in October 2005. IKE was training for an anticipated deployment in 2006 and received Blue Water Certification on May 6, 2006. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group successfully completed its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) 08 May 2006. COMPTUEX is an intermediate-level strike group training exercise. It typically represents the first time in a training cycle that a carrier strike group operates together as a cohesive team and is a critical step toward the final certification to deploy overseas. With that COMPTUEX is completed, the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group continued to train for future deployment. More than 16,000 service members from five countries participated in Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 06-2 "Operation Bold Step," 21-31 July 2006. Operation Bold Step present US, interagency, and coalition forces with realistic and dynamic exercise threats that closely replicate operational challenges military forces routinely encounter around the world. It was designed to provide quality, realistic, dynamic training environments to prepare US forces for joint, interagency, and combined operations, and sustainment training for units that recently returned from deployment. JTFEX 06-2 serves as the forward-certifying event for the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Carrier Strike Group, and sustainment training for units from the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier Strike Group and USS Bataan (LHD 5) Expeditionary Strike Group. JTFEX 06-2 also served as a significant training milestone toward US 2nd Fleet's staff certification as a Joint Task Force (JTF) headquarters, planned for 2007. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) completed the eight-day Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 06-2 "Operation Bold Step," 28 July 2006, off the East Coast, testing the CSG's ability to operate alongside other U.S. forces and coalition partners in a complex, hostile environment. Chronology 29 Jul 2006 - Returned to Norfolk 21-28 Jul 2006 - JTFEX 06-02 13 Jun 2006 - Atlantic Ocean 08 May 2006 - Completed COMPTUEX 06 May 2006 - Received Blue Water Certification October 2005 - Finished Post Shakedown Availibility and Selected Restricted Availibility Summer 2005 - Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) 2 Jun 2005 - Atlantic Ocean 09 May 2005 - Shakedown Underway complete ~30 Apr 2005 - Shakedown underway period 05 April 2005 - Flight deck certification 25 <http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/03/mil-050329-nns0 4.htm> Mar 2005 - Redelivered to the fleet [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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