1. A product of...
Navy Office of Information
www.navy.mil
August 5, 2011
Executing the Maritime Strategy
"The backbone of the Maritime Strategy is our people - the Sailors, reserve and active, and civilians who support the Navy's
operational efforts across the globe."
- Chief of Naval Personnel, Vice Adm. Mark Ferguson
Around the world, the Navy is executing the core capabilities of the Maritime Strategy; examples from July include:
Forward Presence
• Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) flew 292 sorties, totaling 1,792 hours, in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom (OEF), while George H.W. Bush CSG flew 2,035 sorties, for 5,529 hours in support of
Operation New Dawn, (OEF) and maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
• USS George Washington (CVN 73) along with 7 ships and submarines from U.S. 7th Fleet, 135 aircraft, and
approximately 14,000 service members took part in exercise Talisman Sabre 2011, a bilateral exercise designed to
improve Australian/U.S. combat readiness and interoperability.
• Seven maritime civil affairs teams and six maritime security force assistance teams were deployed to Bahrain,
Indonesia, Tanzania, Kenya, Djibouti, and Timor-Leste.
• Nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) made a port call in the Republic of Korea’s
southeastern port city of Busan.
• Fire Scout, while aboard USS Halyburton (FFG 40), successfully completed mission testing and demonstrated its
utility in acquiring sea-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data products. Since January, the
system flew more than 435 hours in support of NATO and joint coalition force tasking, achieving an 81 percent
sortie completion rate.
• More than 5,500 Sailors and Marines serving with Enterprise CSG returned to Norfolk after completing a six-
month deployment, as John C. Stennis CSG departed Bremerton, Wash., for deployment.
Maritime Security
• USS Comstock (LSD 45) completed more than 140 hours of ISR collection using Scan Eagle UAVs in the U.S.
5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations.
• Guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) disrupted pirate activity after receiving report of an attack on a
merchant vessel. Anzio’s visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team discovered a grappling hook and an AK-47
assault rifle ammunition magazine aboard the vessel.
• Construction Battalion Mobile Unit 202 Seabees constructed tents and shelters for Trident Warrior (TW) 11 at a
tactical operations center at Fort Monroe, Va. TW is an annual fleet-wide experimentation that provides an
environment for Navy units and scientists to evaluate new technology in a simulated combat environment.
Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Response
• Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74’s Detail Macedonia Seabees constructed a garage to park the village
firetruck and to rehabilitate a five-classroom school in Demir Kapija, Macedonia.
• Pacific Partnership 2011 (PP11) completed the fifth and final phase of its mission as it departed the Federated
States of Micronesia (FSM). PP11 completed missions in Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and
FSM; treated 38,696 medical and dental patients; distributed 21,232 pairs of eye glasses; and treated 933 animals.
Status of the Navy (August 1)
Navy Personnel Ships, Submarines & Aircraft Sailors at Sea by AOR
Total Active Component 329,221 Total deployable ships/subs 283 NAVCENT/C5F 15,681
Total Reserve Component 65,117 Ships underway 150 (53%) PACFLT 23,150
DoN Civilians 204,783 Attack subs underway 28 (52%) NAVSO/C4F 3115
Ships deployed 122 (43%) C2F 10,356
Subs deployed 14 (26%) NAVEUR/NAVAF/C6F 4,872
Navy Forces on the Ground Expeditionary forces on mission 93 (53%) For more information on the current status
in NAVCENT AOR 12,139 Total operational aircraft 3,700+ of the Navy, visit: www.navy.mil.