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Carrier Strike Group Seven, abbreviated CSG-7 or CARSTRKGRU 7, was a U.S. Navy carrier strike group active between 2004 and 2011. U.S. Navy carrier strike groups gain and maintain sea control and project power ashore.[2] The group was based at Naval Air Station North Island, California. The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) initially served as the group's flagship until relieved by the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) in 2005.
Carrier Strike Group Seven | |
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Active | 1 October 2004 to 30 December 2011.[1] |
Country | United States of America |
Branch | United States Navy |
Type | Carrier Strike Group |
Role | Naval air/surface warfare |
Part of | U.S. Third Fleet |
Garrison/HQ | Naval Air Station North Island, California |
Engagements | Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Operation Anaconda Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) War in Afghanistan (2001–present) |
Website | Official Website |
The group made five deployments to the Middle East and Western Pacific, and its embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen flew a combined total of 6500 air sorties in support of ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Units of the group participated in the joint exercise Valiant Shield 2006; the bi-lateral exercises RSOI/Foal Eagle 2007, Malabar 2008, and Malabar 2011; and the multi-lateral exercises SEACAT 2008 and RIMPAC 2010. The group also provided humanitarian assistance after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Typhoon Fengshen of 2008, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
On 30 December 2011, Carrier Strike Group Seven was formally disestablished.[1] Carrier Strike Group Seven's lineage included two previous aircraft carrier formations, Carrier Division Seven and Carrier Group Seven. Its heritage thus includes World War Two, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War, as well as the first and the second Persian Gulf wars, encompassing a total of 34 deployments to the Western Pacific Ocean and Persian Gulf.