Command Structure
Commander Carrier Strike Group Nine (COMCARSTRKGRU 9) serves as Immediate Superior-in-Command (ISIC) for the group's ships and units. The group commander 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 group. Carrier Strike Group Nine reports to Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, which also supervises its pre-deployment training and certification that includes Composite Unit Training Exercises. When deployed overseas, the strike group comes under the command authority of the numbered fleet in whose area it is operating (Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, or Seventh Fleets). When deployed in this fashion, the group utilizes a task force or task group designator, for example, Task Group 50.1 in the Fifth Fleet area.
Group commanders since 2004 have been:
| • Rear Admiral William Douglas Crowder | (20 July 2004 – 7 September 2005) | ||
| • Rear Admiral John W. (Bill) Goodwin | (7 September 2005 – 26 March 2007) | ||
| • Rear Admiral Scott R. Van Buskirk | (26 March 2007 – 9 October 2008) | ||
| • Rear Admiral Scott H. Swift | (9 October 2008 – 29 January 2009) | ||
| • Rear Admiral Mark D. Guadagnini | (29 January 2009 – 13 May 2011) | ||
| • Rear Admiral Troy M. (Mike) Shoemaker | (13 May 2011 – Present) |
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