page_title: Exercise Summer Pulse
section_title: Operation Medshark/Majestic Eagle 2004
hierarchical_section_title: Exercise Summer Pulse / Theaters of operations / U.S. Sixth Fleet: Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea / Operation Medshark/Majestic Eagle 2004
caption_attribution_description: English: Atlantic Ocean (July 12, 2004) - USS Enterprise (CVN 65), left, and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), right, steam through the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in formation with other US Navy ships and multi-national warships as part of Majestic Eagle 2004. Enterprise and Truman are also part of the seven carriers involved in Summer Pulse 2004, the simultaneous deployment of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy's first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Joshua E. Helgeson (RELEASED) For more information go to: &lt;a href="http://www.cffc.navy.mil/summerpulse04.htm" Target="_BLANK"&gt;http://www.cffc.navy.mil/summerpulse04.htm&lt;/a&gt;
context_page_description: Summer Pulse 2004 was the codename for a worldwide surge deployment that served as the first full-scale test of the United States Navy's then-new Fleet Response Plan. During Summer Pulse 2004, a total of seven carrier strike groups were underway at the same time in five different theaters of operations. This number of underway carrier strike groups had not been matched since the six carrier battle groups deployed during Operation Desert Storm. In addition to the carriers, the Navy also deployed 17 submarines and one submarine tender.
  The FRP was designed to allow the Navy to provide up to seven carrier strike groups to support any contingency worldwide in 30 days. The plan allowed for two more CSGs to be ready within three months to reinforce or relieve the forces initially deployed. This allows for a continuous presence and the ability to swiftly respond to different crisis situations. Summer Pulse 2004 also allowed the U.S. Navy to exercise the logistics and shore infrastructure needed to execute a large-scale surge operation, as well as the operational concepts in its Sea Power 21 strategy.
context_section_description: On 11 July 2004, the Enterprise and Harry S. Truman carrier strike groups participated in NATO Operation Medshark/Majestic Eagle 2004 (MS/ME04), held between 11 and 16 July 2004, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.  The exercise included ships and aircraft from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, The Netherlands, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Portugal, and Morocco under the overall command of Vice Admiral Henry G. Ulrich III, USN, Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO.
  Hosted by Morocco, recently designated as a Major non-NATO ally by U.S. President George W. Bush, the objective of Operation Medshark/Majestic Eagle was to develop interoperability and build military relationships between the participating ten allied nations. The exercise was the first to use the Cap Draa training area off southwest Morocco to conduct live fire training exercises.  The first phase involved sea-control war games between the two carrier strike groups, and the second phase simulated choke-point transit through a strait.  Operation Medshark/Majestic Eagle involved more than 20,000 personnel, almost 150 aircraft, and 30 ships from 10 nations led by the carriers Enterprise, Principe De Asturias, Truman, and Giuseppe Garibaldi.  The nuclear-powered submarines Albuquerque (pictured), Miami, and Albany also participated in Operation MEDSHARK/Majestic Eagle.  To provide support for those submarines, the submarine tender  Emory S. Land sailed west from Italy. She berthed at Rota, Spain, spent eight exercise days underway, and then briefly revisited Rota before heading back for Italy.
caption: Medshark/Majestic Eagle 2004
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