page_title: Carrier Strike Group 2
section_title: 2014 deployment
hierarchical_section_title: Carrier Strike Group 2 / Operational history / 2014 deployment
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) transit during a turnover of responsibility in the Arabian Sea. George H.W. Bush was taking over support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
context_page_description: Carrier Strike Group 2 is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group, tracing its history originally to 1931. The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is the strike group's current flagship. In June 2015, other units assigned to Carrier Strike Group 2 included the nine squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Eight; the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Philippine Sea; and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Truxtun, USS Roosevelt, and USS Arleigh Burke from Destroyer Squadron 22.
  The group traces its history to the creation of Carrier Division 2 on 1 April 1931. The group took its current form on 1 October 2004. On 29 July 2010, Rear Admiral Nora W. Tyson assumed command of the group, becoming the first woman to command a U.S. Navy carrier task group. The group's 2011 Mediterranean deployment marked the maiden deployment for the carrier USS George H.W. Bush and the guided-missile destroyer Truxtun. The group's units were the first U.S. naval forces to participate in Operation Inherent Resolve, the 2014 U.S.-led multi-lateral air campaign against the Islamic State group.
context_section_description: On 15 February 2014, Carrier Strike Group Two began its 2014 Mediterranean and Indian Ocean deployment.  The carrier George H.W. Bush and the destroyer Truxtun departed Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, to rendezvous with the cruiser Philippine Sea and destroyer Roosevelt that departed Naval Station Mayport, Florida, on 15 February 2014.  Also on that date, the destroyer Arleigh Burke departed Norfolk for an independent eight-month Ballistic Missile Defense deployment with the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
  On 17 February 2014, Rear Admiral DeWolfe H. Miller, III relieved Rear Admiral John C. Aquilino as Commander, Carrier Strike Group Two.  A naval aviator, Miller had previously commanded the carrier George H.W. Bush while Aquilino's next assignment was operations director of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
caption: Gulf of Aden (6 March 2014)
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