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Carrier Strike Group 3

Carrier Strike Group 3
Carrier Strike Group Three crest
Active1 October 2004 to date.[1]
CountryUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Navy Seal United States Navy
TypeCarrier Strike Group
RoleNaval air/surface warfare
Part ofU.S. Third Fleet
Garrison/HQNaval Station San Diego, California
Nickname(s)Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group
Motto(s)In Mundo Optimum (The Best in the World)
EngagementsOperation Enduring Freedom
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
WebsiteOfficial Website
Commanders
CommanderRear Admiral Kevin P. Lenox
Chief of StaffCaptain Przemyslaw Kaczynski[2][3]
Command Master ChiefCMDCM Brian Happli[2][4]
Notable
commanders		Bruce W. Clingan[5]
Aircraft flown
Electronic
warfare		EA-18G Growler[6]
FighterF/A-18E/F Super Hornet[6]
F-35C Lightning[6]
HelicopterMH-60R Seahawk[6]
MH-60S Knighthawk[6]
ReconnaissanceE-2D Hawkeye[6]
TransportGrumman C-2 Greyhound[6]

Carrier Strike Group 3 (CSG-3 or CARSTRKGRU 3) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. Carrier strike groups gain and maintain sea control as well as project naval airpower ashore.[7][8] The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the group's current flagship. Other units assigned include Carrier Air Wing Nine; the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53); and the ships of Destroyer Squadron 21.[Note 1][9]

Between 2005 and 2013, the group made five deployments to the U.S. Fifth Fleet supporting U.S. ground forces in Iraq, and Afghanistan. On 18 December 2011, strike group aircraft flew the final carrier-based air mission over Iraq, effectively ending U.S. naval support for Operation New Dawn.[10]

  1. ^ Curtis A. Utz and Mark L. Evans (July–August 2005). "The Year in Review 2004". Naval Aviation News. Washington, DC: U.S. Navy. Retrieved 9 November 2010. Aviation Command Changes, 2004
  2. ^ a b "Leadership". US Navy. ComCarStrkGru Three. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Captain Todd W. Malloy". Carrier Strike Group Three. USS John Stennis (CVN-74). 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  4. ^ "FCCM (SW/AW) Johnathan D. Fessenden". Carrier Strike Group Three. USS John Stennis (CVN-74). 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference NNS040701-03 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Morison, Samuel Loring (September 2014). "U.S. Battle Force Aviation Changes 2013–14, Part A: CARRIER AIR WINGS & ASSIGNMENTS CVW/DOI: 20 May 2014". Naval Institute Proceedings. 140 (9): 49–50. ISSN 0041-798X. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  7. ^ "The Carrier Strike Group". Navy Data. U.S. Navy. 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  8. ^ Addison, Jr., Victor G. (July 2010). "The answer was the Carrier Strike Group ... Now What was the Question?". Naval Institute Proceedings. 136 (7): 47. ISSN 0041-798X. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Carrier Strike Group 3". U.S. Navy. 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  10. ^ "USS John C. Stennis Launches Navy's Final Air Mission over Iraq". NNS111220-02. USS John C. Stennis Public Affairs. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.


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