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Welcome to Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12!

Operationally, CSG-12 is the immediate superior in command for the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, Destroyer Squadron TWO (DESRON-2) and assigned destroyers, and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).

Our Carrier Strike Group reports to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 80 and Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, as one of the carrier strike group commanders in the CTF 80 area of responsibility.

CCSG-12 exercises oversight of unit level and integrated phase training and overall operational readiness for the entire strike group.

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03 May 2024

Carrier Strike Group 12 Holds Change of Command Ceremony

Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 held a change of command ceremony at the Pennsylvania House on Naval Station Norfolk, May 3, 2024...

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...

24 May 2023

Carrier Strike Group 12 Holds Change of Command

In a time-honored naval tradition, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 held a change of command ceremony aboard the strike group’s flagship, the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) as it anchored outside of Oslo, Norway while deployed, May 24th.Rear Adm. Erik J. Eslich relieved...

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