USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

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Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 16, 2015 at 10:48am

Thanks Gary! He avoided the flight deck on his last tour on the TR...sounds like he's actually liking it now!  We'll see during the hot months......

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on January 16, 2015 at 10:41am

That's awesome Paul glad to hear he's doing well!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 16, 2015 at 8:33am

from the boy today:

Well the TR is about the same as I remember it. Rusty piece of c*** but the chow is worlds better than it used to be. I'm actually impressed with it. Working on the flight deck is crazy, everything's so chaotic. Its pretty cool. I almost want to get a go pro camera and stick it to my cranial to record some of the madness.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 15, 2015 at 7:37pm

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 9, 2015 at 10:43pm

USS Theodore Roosevelt Begins COMPTUEX

By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Alex Millar, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Public Affairs

NORFOLK (NNS) -- The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and embarked Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 staff departed Naval Station Norfolk to begin Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Jan 8.

Theodore Roosevelt will join the rest of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) to conduct COMPTUEX, which tests TRCSG's ability to effectively react to real-world scenarios and perform as an integrated unit.

"Carrier Strike Group 4 is evaluating how the battle group defends itself, how it projects power and how well they execute pre-planned responses to multiple types of scenarios," said Master Chief Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Todd Womack, CSG 4's senior enlisted advisor, from Cottonwood, Ala.

Throughout COMPTUEX, Theodore Roosevelt will face training scenarios that simulate real-world situations the ship could encounter during its upcoming deployment.

"TR and her crew will be conducting numerous flight operations, identifying contacts and displaying the information to the entire strike group," said Operations Specialist 2nd Class Jeffery Lain, tactical data coordinator aboard TR.

"We will be as tactical as possible while performing in a carrier environment during a realistic wartime scenario," said Lt. Jeffery Mayer, an F/A-18F Super Hornet pilot from the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 11.

Following the successful completion of COMPTUEX, CSG 4 will declare TR capable of worldwide operations and ready for its upcoming deployment.

TRCSG is comprised of Carrier Strike Group 12 staff, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2 staff, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, and the DESRON 2 ships; the guided-missile destroyers USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), USS Farragut (DDG 99) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), as well as the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60).

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 9, 2015 at 7:44pm

They just spent 4 years refueling it, you'd think they'd just crank up the thermostat on one of the reactors!!!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 9, 2015 at 6:34pm

had a short email from the boy....says it's starting to warm up on the boat....said he froze everything off the past two days! Don't think his wife will like that!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 9, 2015 at 10:42am

Welcome all to the group! Hope we can help each other out while our sailors are on the TR - and let's all hope for a Tiger Cruise so we can meet up!!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 8, 2015 at 11:25pm

Carrier Strike Group 4 Kicks Off COMPTUEX

By Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Evans, Carrier Strike Group 4 Public Affairs Officer

ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) -- With the temperatures dipping into the 20s and wind chills making it feel even colder, Sailors onboard several Navy vessels pulled lines, set sail and moved one step closer to deployment, Jan. 8.

Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 4 kicked off the Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG).

COMPTUEX, the cornerstone event for CSG-4, is an evaluation that tests the mission-readiness of deployable assets as it relates to their ability to react to training scenarios and perform as an integrated unit.

Training scenarios include simulated surface, air, undersea, strike and electronic attacks.

"Carrier Strike Group 4 is evaluating how the battle group defends itself, how it projects power and how well it executes pre-planned responses to multiple types of scenarios," said Master Chief Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Todd Womack, CSG-4's Senior Enlisted Advisor from Cottonwood, Ala.

TRCSG consists of CSG-12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), USS Normandy (CG 60), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) and USS Farragut (DDG 99). Independent deployers USS McFaul (DDG 74) and USS Laboon (DDG 58) will also participate in the TRCSG COMPTUEX, which will serve as their deployment certification.

Conducting COMPTUEX is a major undertaking. CSG-4 plans for months and employs a number of military and civilian personnel at sea, in the air and on land to prepare units to forward deploy in support and defense of national interests.

"We have 132 people onboard TR alone with, on average, six personnel on each of the escort ships. We have about 60 more Sailors and civilians on the beach supporting this evolution, not only as trainers and assessors, but as pilots for the simulated Opposition Forces (OPFOR) aircraft and Mobile Sea Range (MSR) vessels," said Womack. "As you can see, an evolution of this magnitude takes a lot of people and resources to make happen to ensure that the Battle Group is ready for whatever task they could possibly have assigned to them when on deployment."

COMPTUEX supports the Navy's mission of training to improve capabilities of servicemembers who are warfighters preparing to be ready to operate forward when the nation calls.

Commanded by Rear Adm. Richard Butler, CSG-4 is a team of experienced Sailors, Marines, government civilians and reservists, who mentor, train and assess Atlantic Fleet combat forces to forward deploy. CSG-4's experts shape the readiness of Atlantic Fleet CSGs, Expeditionary Strike Groups (ESG), Amphibious Readiness Groups (ARG) and Independent Deploying ships.

Formerly known as Commander Strike Force Training Atlantic (CSFTL), CSG-4, along with subordinate commands, Tactical Training Group Atlantic (TTGL) and Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic (EWTGL), prepare every Atlantic-based CSG, ARG and Independent Deployer for sustained, forward-deployed, high tempo operations.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on June 14, 2014 at 10:06am

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