Exercise Summer Pulse
Combat operations and exercises

Exercise Summer Pulse

Section Title: Combat operations and exercises
Table Section Text: None

No.	Operation/Exercise	Dates	Carrier Strike Group(s)	Command Authority/Participant(s)	Operating Area	Notes

1st:	Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Vigilant Resolve	George Washington, John F. Kennedy	U.S. Fifth Fleet	Persian Gulf/Arabian Sea

2nd:	Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan	George Washington, John F. Kennedy	U.S. Fifth Fleet	Persian Gulf/Arabian Sea

3rd:	Northern Edge	7-14 Jun.	John C. Stennis	U.S. Alaskan Command	Gulf of Alaska

4th:	Neo Tapon	11-14 Jun.	Enterprise	NATO	Eastern Atlantic

5th:	Combined Joint Task Force Exercise 04-2	12-19 Jun.	John F. Kennedy	U.S. Joint Forces Command	Western Atlantic

6th:	Gringo-Gaucho	17 Jun.	Ronald Reagan	Argentine Navy	South Atlantic

7th:	Joint Maritime Course 04-2 (JMC 04-2)	19–30 Jun.	Enterprise	NATO	Western Approaches

8th:	Group Sail/PASSEX	22–29 June	John C. Stennis	Maritime Forces Pacific	North Pacific

9th:	Force projection	28 Jun. – 1 Jul.	Kitty Hawk	U.S. Seventh Fleet	Sea of Japan

10th:	Exercise UNITAS 45-04 Amphibious Phase	4 Jul.	Ronald Reagan	U.S. Southern Command	Eastern Pacific

11th:	Exercise RIMPAC 2004	6-22 Jul.	John C. Stennis	U.S. Pacific Command	Mid-Pacific

12th:	Silent Force Exercise	9 Jul.	Ronald Reagan	Peruvian Navy	South Pacific

13th:	Medshark/Majestic Eagle	11-16 Jul.	Enterprise, Harry S. Truman	STRIKFORNATO	Eastern Atlantic

14th:	Carrier qualifications	26-29 Jul.	Kitty Hawk	U.S. Seventh Fleet	Western Pacific

15th:	JASEX	8-14 Aug.	Kitty Hawk, John C. Stennis	U.S. Pacific Command	Western Pacific

Sentence(s)