PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii– The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) returned dwelling to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, finishing an eight-month deployment with Provider Strike Group (CSG) 1 to U.S. seventh and third Fleets, Feb. 19.
Chafee departed Pearl Harbor en path to U.S. seventh Fleet June 28, 2021. The destroyer served as an escort for the Nimitz-class plane carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), along with the Essex Amphibious Prepared Group (ESX ARG). Chafee additionally served as a main deployed pressure for Commander Process Pressure (CTF) 71 within the seventh Fleet space of operations (AO). The ship executed a wide range of high-level operations alongside multinational alliances and partnerships to incorporate quad-carrier operations with the British Royal Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Protection Pressure (JMSDF), Carl Vinson and Ronald Reagan, and bilateral workouts with the JMSDF and the Republic of Singapore Navy. Moreover, Chafee participated in a number of large-scale workouts such because the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s joint coaching train and Massive Scale Train 2021.
“I’m in awe of what this group has, and continues, to perform for one another and our Nation,” mentioned Cmdr. Shane Dennis, commanding officer of Chafee. “Each time extra is requested, they reply the decision collectively to finish the mission with precision whatever the hardships confronted.”
Chafee deployed with “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78 Fight Component 2 Air Detachment throughout her seventh Fleet deployment. HSM 78 embarked Could of 2021 and stayed with the ship till Chafee’s return dwelling. Throughout their time aboard, HSM 78.2 performed 610 deck touchdown {qualifications} and flew over 900 hours, upholding their certifications and growing Chafee’s potential to make the most of all out there sensors and methods to soundly navigate and construct and keep a acknowledged maritime image for fleet and nationwide determination makers.
With the intention to stay continuously fight prepared, Chafee performed over 40 underway replenishments. Working weekly with Commander Process Pressure (CTF) 73 to conduct replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with 9 totally different Navy Sealift Command ships, one bilateral fueling-at-sea (FAS) with the Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Sirius (O 266), and three FAS evolutions with Carl Vinson.
Over the previous eight months, Chafee was laborious at work progressing with {qualifications} and the skilled growth of each officers and enlisted sailors. Total, 9 officers earned their Officer of the Deck (OOD) letters and the U.S. Navy gained eight new Floor Warfare Officers, 64 Enlisted Floor Warfare Specialists, and 46 Enlisted Air Warfare Specialists.
Whereas in U.S. seventh Fleet, Chafee performed sustained presence operations in help of U.S. strategic and operational targets, general growing regional maritime safety and guaranteeing the excessive seas stay open to all worldwide events to uphold a free and open Indo-Pacific area.
An integral a part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. third Fleet leads naval forces within the Indo-Pacific and supplies the reasonable, related coaching essential to flawlessly execute our Navy’s position throughout the total spectrum of navy operations—from fight operations to humanitarian help and catastrophe reduction. U.S. third Fleet works along with our allies and companions to advance freedom of navigation, the rule of legislation, and different rules that underpin safety for the Indo-Pacific area.
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