- Source: Carrier Strike Group 5
5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 5, also known as CSG 5 or CARSTRKGRU 5, is the U.S. Navy 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet and permanently forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet. The 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group Flagship is the Nimitz-class aircraft 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) which also embarks 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike Warfare Commander, 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5) and its nine squadrons. As of June 2015, CSG 5 includes two Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Destroyer Squadron Fifteen (CDS 15), which serves as the Sea Combat Commander and is responsible for nine assigned Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
CSG 5 is responsible for unit-level training, integrated training, and material readiness for the 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group's ships and aviation squadrons. As the only continuously forward deployed 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group, the CSG-5 staff does not stand down when the 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group is in Yokosuka, but instead continues to maintain support ROR deploying 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike Groups, that operate in the Seventh Fleet operating area. The commander and staff are also responsible for the higher level Task Force 70 duties throughout the year in addition to the CSG-5 duties. The composition of the 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group in immediate proximity of the George Washington varies throughout the year.
The CSG 5 Commander also serves as commander, Task Force (CTF 70) for 7th Fleet. In these responsibilities, CSG 5 serves as the Theater 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike Warfare Commander (TSTWC), commander of the George Washington 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group, and provides advice and support to other 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike Groups operating in the Seventh Fleet Operating area. As the Theater 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike Warfare Commander, CSG-5 is responsible for coordinating fires against land targets throughout the Seventh Fleet Operating Area. Since 2023 CTF-70 also oversees CTF-71 the Theater Surface Warfare Commander, duties assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 (DESRON 15).
As CTF-71, DESRON 15 oversees all independently deploying U.S cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and Coast Guard Cutters operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility.
CTF-70 oversees two forward deployed Cruiser (USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and USS Antietam (CG-54)) who alternate serving as Theater Integrated Air Missile Defense Commander (TIAMDC) for Seventh Fleet.
George Washington and the ten surface combatant ships operate out of Yokosuka, Japan, while CVW 5 operates out of Iwakuni, Japan, when not embarked on George Washington. Together, these units form the U.S. Navy's only continuously forward deployed (and largest) 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group.
Subordinate units
Flagship
Other ships
CVW 5 consists of 9 Squadrons
Other Squadrons
History
= World War II
=On 25 April 1944, Rear Admiral Frank D. Wagner formed 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Division Five when he assumed command aboard USS Wasp and USS Hornet in Pearl Harbor. Rear Admiral Joseph J. Clark succeeded Wagner and commanded the division through 12 months of sustained combat operations in the Western Pacific and waters surrounding Japan, working for both Third Fleet (ADM William Halsey) and Fifth Fleet (ADM Raymond Spruance). This included participation in the First and Second Philippine Sea Battles and the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns. Clark was succeeded by Rear Admiral Arthur C. Davis in July 1945.
= Korean War
=During the Korean War, Rear Admiral G.R. Henderson commanded 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Division 5 and served as commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 and 77 aboard USS Princeton (CV 37). 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Division 5 moved back and forth between Yokosuka, Japan and the Korean Theater, serving as CTF 70 or 77 on multiple occasions.
On 1 August 1955, 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Division 5 comprised Essex (Bremerton), Kearsarge, and Shangri-La (both homeported in San Diego).
= Vietnam War
=Prior to the Vietnam War, the location of 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Division 5 moved between several Pacific ports and utilized rotating carriers from the West coast of the U.S. as its flagship. During the Vietnam War, 12 different commanders led 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Division 5 and Task Force 77 in numerous combat deployments to the Vietnam War zone. Beginning in 1964 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group Five was permanently deployed to the Western Pacific and dual-hatted CTF 70/77, homeported at Naval Air Station Cubi Point in the Philippines.
In December 1971, Commander 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Division 5, Rear Admiral Damon W. Cooper, led Task Force 74 aboard Enterprise to the Indian Ocean following the outbreak of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Division 5 became 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 5 on 30 June 1973, and in October, 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 5 arrived in Yokosuka, Japan aboard USS Midway marking the first forward deployment of a complete 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Battle 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group in a Japanese port (the associated Air Wing, CVW-5, moved into Atsugi, Japan this same year). On 1 January 1974, still homeported at Cubi Point, the 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group was responsible for three carriers: USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 and USS Constellation CVA-64 both homeported at San Diego and USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) homeported at Alameda. 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group Five shifted its forward deployed location from Cubi Point, Republic of Philippines to Yokosuka, Japan in July 1989.{cn|date=September 2024}} Midway remained in Yokosuka for 18 years and was relieved by Independence (CV 62) on 11 September 1991.
= Afghanistan and Iraq
=In the lead up to the Gulf War, Rear Admiral Daniel March, Commander, 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 5, became commander, Task Force 154 (Battle Force Zulu), part of Naval Forces Central Command. The Task Force directed four carriers (USS Midway (CV-41), USS Ranger (CV-61), USS America (CV-66), and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CV-71)]) in the Arabian Sea/Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm.
On 11 August 1998, USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) relieved Independence as the 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 5 flagship. After the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, DC, on 11 September 2001, the Kitty Hawk Battle 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group was ordered to deploy to the Indian Ocean and was later involved in combat missions against the Taliban and Al Qaida in Afghanistan. The ships got underway again in January 2003 with orders to deploy to the Persian Gulf as part of the build-up of military forces in the area in preparation for the war against the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Kitty Hawk arrived on station late February/early March and from 20 March on, participated in air strikes against targets in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
USS George Washington (CVN-73) relieved Kitty Hawk on 25 September 2008. 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group Five was renamed 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 5 on 1 October 2004.
= Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
=In 2011, 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 5 participated in two humanitarian assistance operations, Operation Tomodachi in Japan and support to Thailand during their worst flooding in 50 years.
On 11 November 2013 George Washington 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group (GWCSG) was ordered to the Republic of the Philippines in response to Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. The 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group, commanded by Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, was assigned as Joint Force Maritime Component Commander for the disaster relief which was named Operation Damayan, and the force was assigned to Joint Task Force 505, commanded by Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler (Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force). For Operation Damayan, the 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group included USS George Washington (CVN-73), six surface combatants, 23 helicopters from three squadrons, three Military Sealift Command ships and two amphibious ships all crewed by 8,000 sailors, The 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">group concentrated its relief efforts on the islands of Leyte and Samar and the cities of Tacloban and Guiuan, delivering nearly 1,000,000 pounds of food, water and medical supplies and transporting more than 2,500 displaced personnel. Yolanda had reached speeds up to 195 miles per hour (mph), gusts up to 235 mph and landfall waves of 50 feet. According to the Philippine government's national disaster risk reduction and management council, the super typhoon impacted more than 4.2 million people across 36 provinces in the Philippines.
= Hull swap
=On 14 January 2014, the U.S. Navy announced that USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) will replace George Washington as the flagship of 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 5. George Washington was scheduled to undergo her mid-life complex refueling and overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier Air Wing Five will continue to be assigned to 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 5.
= 2017 deployment
=In May 2017, Ronald Reagan completed a Selected Restricted Availability maintenance in Yokosuka, Japan, and joined the USS Carl Vinson and 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">Carrier 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike 5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 1 in the Sea of Japan amid increased tensions over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. The rest of CSG 5 including the USS Shiloh, USS Barry, USS McCampbell, USS Fitzgerald, and USS Mustin arrived in early June. The two 5.180.24.3/info/strike" target="_blank">Strike Groups were also joined by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels JDS Hyūga and JDS Ashigara.
On 17 June, the USS Fitzgerald was involved in a collision with the Philippine-flagged cargo vessel MV ACX Crystal in the Sea of Japan. The Fitzgerald suffered heavy damage and seven members of her crew were killed with three more injured, including the ship's CO Cmdr. Bryce Benson. The ship was taken to Yokosuka, Japan, for repairs after the injured crew members were evacuated by helicopter.
Commanders
5.180.24.3/info/group" target="_blank">Group commanders since 2000 have included:
Current force
= Surface combatants
=Nimitz-class aircraft 5.180.24.3/info/carrier" target="_blank">carrier
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
= Fixed-wing aircraft
=F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
EA-18G Growler
E-2D Hawkeye
C-2A Greyhound
= Rotary wing aircraft
=MH-60S Seahawk
MH-60R Seahawk
References
External links
COMCARSTRKGRU FIVE
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