Carrier Strike Group Eight
| Carrier Strike Group 8 | |
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Carrier Strike Group 8 emblem
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| Founded | October 1, 2004 |
| Country |
 United States of America |
| Branch |
 United States Navy
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| Type | Carrier Strike Group |
| Role | Naval air/surface warfare |
| Part of | United States Fleet Forces Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia |
| Website | Official Website |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Rear Admiral Dale Horan, USN |
| Chief of Staff | Captain Keith Kimberly, USN |
| Senior Enlisted Leader | CTTCS(SW/AW) Michael Swaney, USN |
Commander, Carrier Strike Group 8, abbreviated as CCSG-8 or COMCARSTRKGRU 8, is one of five U.S. Navy carrier strike groups currently assigned to the United States Fleet Forces Command. Carrier strike groups gain and maintain sea control as well as project naval airpower ashore.
The current group flagship is the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). The other units of the group are the guided-missile cruiser USS Hué City (CG-66), Carrier Air Wing Seven, and the ships of Destroyer Squadron 28.
During 1994, USS Hue City (CG-66) was a unit of Carrier Group 8. During 1999, the previous Carrier Group 8's flagship was Eisenhower.
In May and June 1998, Vella Gulf completed a two-month BALTOPS Cruise, taking part in the 26th annual maritime exercise BALTOPS '98 in the Western Baltic Sea from 8–19 June 1998. During the exercise, Commander, Carrier Group 8, commanded the exercise from the ship.
From November 2001, at the commencement of Multinational Interception Force (MIF) operations in the Persian Gulf, Royal Australian Navy ships came under the control ('chopped to the OPCON') of Commander Carrier Group 8, Rear Admiral Mark P. Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was also serving as Commander Task Force 50 (CTF 50) embarked in the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).
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