Deployment included missions all over the globe, from maritime exercises in the Arabian Sea to Expeditionary Strike Force operations in the South China Sea, and ended with exercises in the Gulf of Alaska.
“I am so excited to be able to welcome home the Makin Island Amphibious Readiness Group and 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit to San Diego,” said Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3. “These ships were deployed during an unprecedented pandemic and demonstrated the ability of the Navy and Marine Corps team to fight through to do the mission.”
Due to the pandemic, Marines and Sailors were deployed longer than normally planned.
3 Navy ships return to San Diego after seven-month deployment
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Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) returns to Naval Base San Diego. Makin Island, lead ship of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, returned to Naval Base San Diego May 23 after a deployment to U.S. 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th Fleets where they served as a crisis-response force for combatant commanders in the Africa, Central and Indo-Pacific Commands.
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The amphibious assault ship Makin Island and amphibious transport dock ships San Diego and Somerset returned to home port at Naval Base San Diego Sunday, ending a seven-month deployment.
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Navy, Marines, Air Forces start Exercise North Edge 21 in Alaska
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The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group began Exercise Northern Edge 2021 in Alaska this week, according to the U.S. Navy. Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy
May 4 (UPI) The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group began Exercise North Edge 2021 in the Gulf of Alaska this week, according to the Navy. Carrier Strike Group Nine s collaboration with joint forces demonstrates to our partners that we are sharpening our capabilities to be ready for any mission that should present itself in this increasingly important Arctic region, Rear Adm. Doug Verissimo, Carrier Strike Group Nine s commander, said in a Navy press release.
US Navy: 6 ships, 240 aircraft take part in Northern Edge 2021 May 4, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) began Exercise Northern Edge 2021 (NE21) in the Gulf of Alaska on May 3.
In this file photo, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Gulf of Alaska following exercise Northern Edge 2019. (U.S. Navy/MC3 Erick A. Parsons)
Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members, six U.S. Navy ships and 240 aircraft will participate in the joint field training exercise May 3-14 from various locations in and around Alaska.
The exercise includes assets from TRCSG, Makin Island Amphibious Readiness Group (MKIARG) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and other U.S. military units in the continental United States and from U.S. installations in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.