20 January 2024 USS Normandy Returns Home from 8-Month Deployment The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) – part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) – returned to homeport in Norfolk after an 8-month deployment to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, Jan. 20, 2024...
08 January 2024 USS McFaul Returns Home from 8-month deployment The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) returned to Norfolk, Va., Jan. 4, 2024 after an 8-month deployment to the Atlantic Ocean and U.S. 5th Fleet areas of operations...
03 April 2023 Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Completes COMPTUEX The Sailors, ships, squadrons and staffs of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) successfully completed composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), April 2, 2023...
03 March 2023 Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Commences Multi-Week Exercise to Fully Certify as Combat-Deployable U.S. Warship The Sailors, ships, squadrons and staffs of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) commenced their final deployment certification exercise, Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), March 2...
26 November 2022 Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Returns to Homeport Concluding Inaugural Deployment The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), flagship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), returned to Naval Station Norfolk, after successfully completing its inaugural deployment throughout the Atlantic while conducting exercises and port visits with Allies and...
14 November 2022 USS Normandy (CG 60) Visits Namesake Region Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) arrived in Cherbourg, France to commemorate their namesake region during a scheduled port visit, Nov. 14, 2022...
14 November 2022 U.S. Navy’s Newest Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) arrives in Portsmouth Sailors assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile cruiser USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) arrived in Portsmouth, U.K. for a scheduled port visit, Nov. 14, 2022...
14 November 2022 USS McFaul (DDG 74) arrives in Rotterdam, Netherlands The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) arrived in Rotterdam, Netherlands for a scheduled port visit, Nov. 12, 2022...