ARMED FORCES Navy's Newest Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston Arrives in San Diego

ARMED FORCES Navy's Newest Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston Arrives in San Diego

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San Diego Navy/Marine Corps Dispatch www.armedforcesdispatch.com 619.280.2985 FIFTY EIGHTH YEAR NO. 47 Serving active duty and retired military personnel, veterans and civil service employees THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019 May Stennis, Lincoln Carrier Monthly Strike Groups operate in the Mediterranean Holidays ALS Awareness American Wetlands APS Awareness Arthritis Awareness Aramanth Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Asthma Awareness Awareness of Medical Orphans Better Hearing & Speech Sailors prepare an F/A-18F Super Hornet to launch Bladder Cancer Awareness from the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln. Navy Borderline Personality photo by MC3 Jeff Sherman Disorder Navy photo by MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The John C. Stennis Carrier Brain Tumor Awareness Lt. j.g. Jasmine Spencer Strike Group (CSG) joined the Abraham Lincoln CSG in the Building Safety Mediterranean, providing a unique opportunity for two strike Celiac Awareness Chief Logistics Specialist Lillian Morales, assigned to USS Charleston (LCS 18), is groups to work together alongside key allies and partners in the Chip Your Pet greeted by her family during a homecoming at Naval Base San Diego. U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. Clean Air This is the first time that two carriers have operated in the Creative Beginnings Navy’s newest Littoral Combat Ship Mediterranean at the same time since the summer of 2016, Cystic Fibrosis Awareness when Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman CSGs were Drum deployed to the region simultaneously. EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syn- USS Charleston arrives in San Diego “It’s a rare opportunity to train with two carrier strike groups drome) Awareness by Lt.j.g. Jasmine Spencer The ship falls under Commander, Littoral Com- together,” Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander of 6th Family Reunion SAN DIEGO - The newest littoral combat ship, bat Ship Squadron One (COMLCSRON ONE) Fleet, said. “Dual carrier operations here in the Mediterranean Family Wellness Independence-variant USS Charleston (LCS 18), control until the future LCS Mine Countermea- showcase the inherent flexibility and scalability maritime forces Fibromyalgia Education and arrived at its San Diego homeport April 19 after sures Division is established on the West Coast. provide to the joint force, while demonstrating our ironclad commitment to the stability and security of the region.” Awareness completing its maiden voyage from the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala. “Charleston is a first-class ship with a first-class During their deployments, the CSGs will work with a number Food Allergy Action crew,” Capt. Matthew McGonigle, commander, of our regional allies and partners at sea, creating opportunities Freedom Shrine Prior to arriving in San Diego, Charleston COMLCSRON ONE, said. “With Charleston’s for high-end maritime integration in a challenging environment Gardening for Wildlife Get officially joined the fleet March 2 when it was arrival, we now have 11 littoral combat ships while improving collective proficiency and interoperability. Caught Reading commissioned in Charleston, S.C. During the homeported in San Diego and we couldn’t be more “These combined operations will enhance combat readiness Gifts From The Garden sail-around, the ship made port calls to Mayport, proud of the hard work and positivity our LCS and interoperability with key allies and partners, and ensure our Global Civility Awareness Fla.; Little Creek, Va.; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; crews continue to demonstrate every single day.” forces are better prepared to carry out a full range of missions, Global Health and Fitness and Mazatlan, Mexico. The ship also completed a anytime, anywhere, around the world,” Franchetti said. Go Fetch! Food Drive for successful transit through the Panama Canal. LCSs are high-speed, agile, shallow-draft, John C. Stennis deployed from Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Homeless Animals mission-focused surface combatants designed for Oct. 15, 2018, while Abraham Lincoln deployed from Naval Haitian Heritage “I’m proud to say that the crew did a phenomenal operations in the littoral environment, yet fully Station Norfolk, April 1. The carriers are in the midst of a Heal the Children job during Charleston’s maiden voyage, working capable of open ocean operations. As part of the homeport shift, with Stennis eventually heading to Norfolk and Healthy Vision Month many long hours to execute the voyage safely,” surface fleet, LCSs have the ability to counter and Lincoln heading to San Diego. Cmdr. Christopher K. Brusca, Charleston’s com- Home Schooling Awareness outpace evolving threats independently or within manding officer, said. “To get Charleston ready for a network of surface combatants. 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