CLASS: SECRET (NOFORN)
FROM: CNO, Washington, DC
TO: ALNAV
SUBJ: EXERCISE AND DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE
1. Exercises. The following scheduled exercise commitments
are implemented for 2009.
A) March: UNITAS 2 CG (Vella Gulf, Cape St. George), 2 DDG (Winston S. Churchill, Bulkeley), 2 DD (Deyo, Thorn), 1 AOR (Savannah) STARTEX Rio de Janeiro 10 MAR, FINEX Maracaibo, 10 MAY
B) May: DISPLAY DETERMINATION 1 CVBG (George Washington,CVW17, Normandy CG40, Oscar Austin DDG79, Cole DDG 67, Mason DDG87, Samuel Roberts FFG 59, Kauffman FFG59), 1 PHIBGRU (Wasp LHD 1, Saipan LHA2, San Antonio LPD17, Carter Hall LSD 50, Whidbey Island LSD 41, Austin LPD4, McFaul DDG74, Halyburton FFG 40, De Wert FFG 45), 1 MEU (6 & 2nd Marine Reg'ts, MAG26, det1 MAG 31, det 1 MAG 14), 1 DET P3 (VP8, det 1, 4 a/c), 4 SSN (Texas SSN775, Philadelphia SSN 690, Norfolk SSN714, Toledo SSN 769), 2 MIUWU (102, 208), 1 CARGO HDLG (1011), 4 MSO/C ( MCM14 Chief, MCM8 Scout, MHC 51 Osprey, MHC 52 Heron) STARTEX 20 MAY Barcelona, FINEX 1 JULY Istanbul
C) July: NATIONAL WEEK 1 CVBG (George Washington,CVW17, Normandy CG40, Oscar Austin DDG79, Cole DDG 67, Mason DDG87, Samuel Roberts FFG 59, Kauffman FFG59), 2 SSN ( Norfolk SSN714, Toledo SSN 769) STARTEX 10 JULY Naples, FINEX 1 AUG Cagliari; RIMPAC 1 CVBG (Carl Vinson CVN 70, CVW 11, Antietam CG 54, Princeton CG59, Lassen DDG82. Arleigh Burke DDG51, Mitscher DDG57, Carr FFG52), 4 SSN (Virginia SSN 774, Los Angeles SSN 688, Olympia SSN 717, Cheyenne SSN 773), 1 PHIBGRU (Boxer LHD4, Tarawa LHA1, Green Bay LPD20, Harpers Ferry LSD49, Rushmore LSD 47, Ogden LPD5, Duluth LPD6, Mount Vernon LSD39, John Paul Jones DDG53, Kinkaid DD965, Jarrett FFG33, McKlusky FFG41), 1 MEU (1 & 5 Reg't USMC, 1&2 BN 11th regt, MAG 11, MAG16), 1 SERVRON (AOE7 Rainier, AOE1 Sacramento, TAKE1 Lewis and Clarke, TAE26 Kilauea, TAO 194 John Ericsson, TAO 197 Pecos), 8 USNS, 4 MIUWU (100, 110, 220, 201), 2 EODMU (54, 96), 1 SEAL TM (TM3), 2 CARGO HDLG (1501. 1213), 4 USCG WHEC (Hamilton WHEC 715, Mellon WHEC 717, Alex Haely WHEC 39, Alert WMEC 630), 3 PATRON (VP47, VP65, VP46, VP4, det1 VU2, det1 VQ1), 1 VC (VC1), 1 CB(CB 1967). STARTEX 6 JULY Pearl Harbor FINEX 1 SEPT Brisbane. NORTHERN LIGHTS 6 MSO/MSC (Defender MCM2, Champion MCM4, Gladiator MCM11, Pioneer MCM9), 1 LSD (Anchorage LSD36), 1 HMM DET (HM8, det1), 1 EODMU (61) STARTEX 14 JULY Seattle FINEX 16 AUG Anchorage
D) August: BELL THUNDER 2 MIUWU (105. 213). 4 EODMU (51, 33, 14), 2 SEAL TM(1 & 5), 2 MSO/MSC (Gladiator MCM11, Pioneer MCM9), 2 SBU (22 & 23), 1 CO USMC (A Co 23 regt USMCR) STARTEX 1 AUG Anacapa Is FINEX Anacapa 16 AUG, JIMMY BUFFET 2 MIUWU (108, 209), 2 EODMU (65, 8), 1 SEAL PLT (1stPLT TM4), 1 SBU DET(SBU 23 det B), 1 VC DET (VC6), 4 USCG WMEC STARTEX 8 AUG Vieques FINEX 24 AUG Roosevelt Road
E) September: NORTHERN WEDDING 2 CVBG (John F. Kennedy CV67, CVW1, Monterrey CG61, Chafee DDG 90, Carney DDG64, The Sullivans DDG68, Underwood FFG36, Taylor FFG50, Theodore Roosevelt CVN71, CVW8, Leyte Gulf CG55, Vella Gulf CG73, Pinckney DDG91, Ramage DDG61, Ross DDG71,Peterson DD969, Hayler DD997,Halyburton FFG40, De Wert FFG45, Elrod FFG55) 8 SSN (North Carolina SSN777, Connecticut SSN22, Jacksonville SSN699, City fo Corpus Christi SSN705, Scranton SSN 756, Annapolis SSN760, Alabaquerque SSN706, Boise SSN764), 2 PHIBGRU (Kearsarge LHD3, Bataan LHD5, Nassau LHA4, Mesa Verde LPD19, Oak Hill LSD51, Gunston Hall LSD44, Tortuga LSD46, Shreveport LPD12, Nashville LPD13, Portland LSD37, Ashalnd LSD48, Tempest PC2, Typhoon PC5, Deyo DD989, Stump DD978, Carr FFG52, Areligh Burke DDG51, Mitscher DDG57), 2 MEU (26 MEU, 24 MEU), 2 MAW (MAG 31. MAG41, MAG 29, MAG 46), 1 PATRON (VP92), 1 MINERON, 2 AOE (Arctic AOE8, Detroit AOE4), 2 AOR(Savannah AOR4, Kalamazoo AOR6), 2 AE(TAKE3 Geronimo, TAKE5 Sitting Bull), 2 AO(TAO203 Laramie, TAO195 Leroy Grumman), 1 SEAL PLT (2 PLT TM 1), 1 CB(CB503), 8 USNS STARTEX 12 SEPT Norfolk FINEX 14 OCT Portsmouth (UK)
F) October: BROAD LINK All US assigned NCSO to mobilization ports, 6 MIUWU, 6 USCGR PSU, All US assigned COOPU to mobilization ports STARTEX 1 OCT in ports assigned FINEX
G) November: BRIMFROST I 2 MIUWU, 2 USMCR INF CO (arctic assn), - STARTEX 1 NOV Trondheim (Nor) FINEX 16 NOV Trondheim, BRIMFROST II 2 MIUWU, 2 USMCR INF CO (arctic assn), - STARTEX 1 NOV Anchorage FINEX 16 NOV Anchorage, DESERT LIGHTNING 2 BDE USMCR, 1 MAW USMCR STARTEX 1 NOV NTC FINEX 16 NOV NTC
2. Disclosure. All exercises will be promulgated in Notices to Mariners/ Notices to Airmen 2 weeks prior to STARTEX regarding exercise areas, no details of force composition will b published.
3. Deployments (Note to players these may be the same units assigned to exercises in the area and vice versa. Normal time on station is 4 months for deployed units. These are in addition to permanent forward deployed units).
A) 5th Fleet (Persian Gulf and IO) 1 CVBG, 1 AOE, 1 AOR, 1 AO, 1 AE, 1 PATRON , 4 SSN
B) 6th Fleet (Mediterranean) 1 CVBG, 1 AOE, 1 AOR, 1 AO, 1 AE, 2 PATRON, 1 MEU, 1 PHIBRON, 1 SEAL PLT, 1 EODMU, 4 SSN
C) 7th Fleet (Western Pacific and South China Sea) 1 CVBG, 1 MEU, 1 PHIBRON, 1 AOE, 1 AOR, 2 AO, 2 AE, 3 PATRON, 2 SEAL PLT, 2 EODMU, 6 SSN
D) PACFLT Deterrent patrols: 6 SSBN on station at all times
E) LANTFLT Deterrent patrols: 6 SSBN on station at all times
F) STANORLANT 2 DDG, 2 DD, 2 FFG, 2 MSO/MSH, 1 PATRON
G) AVSOUTH 2 DDG, 2 DD, 2 FFG
4. Forward Deployed Units (these are units homeported
overseas and typically rotate every 3 years).
A) 6th Fleet: 1 CG (flag, 6th flt), 2 DDG, 2 DD, 2 FFG, 1 AD,
1 AS, 1 PATRON
B) 5th Fleet: 1 LSD (flag, 5th flt) 1 DDG, 2 FFG
C) 7th Fleet: 1 LCC (flag, 7th flt) 1 CVBG
5. International Participation
LANTFLT
PACFLT
BT