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12 The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group has been providing operational and close air support to Joint Task Force – Quartz and Operation Octave Quartz. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group arrived to support operations in Somalia Dec. 21. Supporting assets include the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), embarked Carrier Air Wing 17, guided-missile cruisers USS Princeton (CG 59) and USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), and guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). The Carrier Air Wing hosts more than 60 combat aircraft. JTF-Quartz is responsible for the repositioning of U.S. forces with...

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 28, 2020 December 28, 2020 10:45 AM USNI News Image These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 28, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Total U.S. Navy Battle Force: 297 In Japan CMDCM(SW/AW) Randy Bell, USS America (LHA-6) command master chief, right, presents a wreath to Master Chief Petty Officer Tatayuki Ono, CMC of JS Ise (DD...

Diminished presence is likely to embolden violent Islamist insurgency 23 December 2020 • 4:17pm Marines load into a V-22 Osprey on the flight deck of the USS Makin Island (LHD8) as they conduct maritime operations off the coast of Somalia The US has sent a group of navy ships to Somalia to safeguard the withdrawal of around 700 troops from the war-torn country, in a move that could strain the fight against regional terrorist group al-Shabaab. Nearly 5,000 sailors and marines arrived off the coast of Somalia earlier this week to escort US military personnel to “other East Africa operating...

US forces pack up in Somalia for elsewhere in east Africa December 21, 2020 Oregon national Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Guardian discuss patrol operations in Somalia on Dec. 3, 2019. (Tech. Sgt. Nick Kibbey/Air Force) U.S. troops who are pulling out of Somalia aren’t leaving the continent, or even the region, the general who leads U.S. Africa Command said in a statement this weekend. Some number of troops are moving to other bases in east Africa, which could include Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti or Manda Bay in Kenya, though AFRICOM boss Army Gen. Stephen Townsend did not elabo...

U.S. forces have been in the country for more than a decade to help quell local al Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab and more recently the local ISIS organization. The American troops train and assist local security forces to fight the militant groups and also carry out airstrikes. Townsend said even with the move, U.S. forces “remain capable of striking Al-Shabaab at the time and place of our choosing—they should not test us.”  He noted that he had ordered the formation of Joint Task Force-Quartz to oversee the repositioning of forces from Somalia, a mission known as Operation Octave...