USS Theodore Roosevelt to Return Home

Navy Newsstand ^ | 5/9/2003 12:09:00 PM | U.S. Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs staff

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Story Number: NNS030509-02

Release Date: 5/9/2003 12:09:00 PM

From U.S. Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is expected to return to homeport May 29, completing nearly a five-month deployment.

Although some Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group surface combatants will return with the aircraft carrier, others will remain in theater, but are expected to return to homeport in July, completing about a six-month deployment.

Additional information on the return date of these ships will be provided when their schedules are determined and approved.

The Norfolk-based Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group deployed Jan. 6 and conducted a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Puerto Rican Operating Area until Feb. 4, before heading overseas. In addition to Theodore Roosevelt, the Strike Group is comprised of the following ships: USS Cape St. George (CG 71), USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), USS Porter (DDG 78), USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81), USS Carr (FFG 52) and USS Arctic (T-AOE 8).

The Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Strike Group will return to homeport May 23. Harry S. Truman Strike Group deployed Dec. 5 and also conducted combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Sorry if this is already posted, I did a search and didn't find anything posted.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

Bush may as well get more use out of his flight suit.

[HanneyBean]

LOL - I was thinking along the same lines!
Wouldn't that FRY the liberals Big Time!
Besides, Bush looks might, ahem, "presidential" in that gear!!

[Severa]

I don't even want to THINK about what traffic is going to be like at nearby NAS Norfolk in the next few weeks. The majority of the Truman battle group comes home a week before the Roosevelt battle group. Throw in the Nassau amphib battle group that's due in around the same time and hoo boy is it gonna be fun there *L* Almost makes me glad that my husband's boat isn't due back till late June.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I've had to deal with Norfolk base traffic. Yuck! I lived 4 miles from the base and it would take me an hour to get to work because it was stop and go (mostly stop) traffic. That's something I don't miss.