Carrier Strike Group Eleven - Command Structure

Command Structure

Commander Carrier Strike Group Eleven exercises oversight of unit-level training, integrated training, and readiness for assigned ships and units, as well as maintains administrative functions and material readiness tracking for ships and squadrons assigned to the strike group. The group's pre-deployment Composite Training Unit Exercise comes under the operational control of the U.S. Third Fleet. When deployed, the group comes under command of the numbered fleet in whose area it is operating (Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, or Seventh). When deployed in this fashion, the group utilizes a task group designator, for example, Task Group 50.1 in the Fifth Fleet area. Guided-missile cruisers such as Princeton provide air defence during deployments.

Group commanders since February 2004 have included:

• Rear Admiral Samuel Locklear (February 2004 – February 2005)
• Rear Admiral Peter H. Daly (February 2005 – August 2006)
• Rear Admiral John T. Blake (August 2006 – March 2008)
• Rear Admiral John W. Miller (March 2008 – March 2010)
• Rear Admiral Robert P. Girrier (March 2010 – November 2011)
• Rear Admiral Peter A. Gumataotao (November 2011 – Feburuary 2013)
• Rear Admiral Michael S. White (Feburuary 2013 – Present)

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