Carrier Strike Group 10

Carrier Strike Group 10
Carrier Strike Group 10 crest
Active	1 October 2004 to date.
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Carrier strike group
Role	Naval air/surface warfare
Part of	United States Fleet Forces Command
Garrison/HQ	Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia
Nickname(s)	Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group
Motto(s)	The Buck Stops Here
Engagements	Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan (OEF-A) Operation Vigilant Resolve
Website	Official Website
Commanders
Commander	Rear Admiral Jesse A. Wilson, Jr., USN
Chief of Staff	Captain Christopher B. Thomas, USN
Command Master Chief	Master Chief Gail D. Smiley, USN
Notable commanders	William E. Gortney Mark I. Fox
Aircraft flown
Electronic warfare	EA-18G Growler
Fighter	F/A-18E/F Super Hornet F/A-18C Hornet
Helicopter	MH-60R Seahawk MH-60S Knighthawk
Reconnaissance	E-2C Hawkeye
Transport	C-2A Greyhound

Carrier Strike Group 10, abbreviated as CSG-10 or CARSTRKGRU 10, is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. Carrier strike groups gain and maintain sea control as well as project naval airpower ashore.

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is the strike group's current flagship, and as of 2015, other units assigned to the group include Carrier Air Wing Three embarked on board Eisenhower, the Ticonderoga-class cruiser San Jacinto, and Destroyer Squadron 26.

Through Cruiser-Destroyer Group 2 and Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 2, the group traces its history to the formation of Destroyer Flotilla 2 during the First World War. From the 1970s, the group has made scores of deployments to the Mediterranean and Middle East, usually led by a large-deck aircraft carrier. Between 2004 and 2014, the group made four deployments to the U.S. Fifth Fleet operating in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea. The group's aircraft flew over 10,800 air combat missions in support of coalition ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The group's surface warships were also involved in several high-profile anti-piracy and maritime security operations. The group participated in two major multi-lateral exercises, Operation Brewing Storm 2005 and Operation Bold Step 2007.

Carrier Strike Group 10's lineage can be traced to Destroyer Flotilla 2, which was established during the First World War at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. The Flotilla was deactivated in 1922 as part of fleet reductions after the war. Destroyer Flotilla 2 was reactivated in 1931 and served throughout the 1930s as a caretaker of reserve destroyers until again deactivated in the early days of World War II. As part of a Navy reorganization, the Flotilla was reactivated yet again in 1946. In 1973, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 2 was renamed Cruiser-Destroyer Group 2, and it relocated to Charleston Navy Yard in South Carolina in 1974. Among its ships was USS Yosemite (AD-19), a destroyer tender.