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CSG-8 consists of the flagship USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75); Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1; staffs from CSG-8; the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64); and two Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Cole (DDG 67). Carrier Strike Group 8’s mission is to conduct prompt and sustained combat, incident to operations at sea, by building and employing a trained, ready Carrier Strike Group prepared when called upon to achieve the warfighting objectives of any assigned Joint Force or Fleet Commander worldwide.