Carrier Strike Group Twelve

Carrier Strike Group 12
Carrier Strike Group Twelve emblem
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)	(assigned aircraft carrier) Carrier Strike Group
Engagements	Operation Iraqi Freedom War in Afghanistan Operation Medusa Operation Mountain Fury Operation New Dawn Operation Inherent Resolve
Website	Official Website
Commanders
Commander	Rear Admiral Andrew L. "Woody" Lewis, USN
Chief of Staff	Captain Rinehart M. Wilke, USN
Command Master Chief	CTTCS (SW) Jeremy K. Byrd, USN
Aircraft flown
Electronic warfare	EA-18G Growler
Fighter	F/A-18E/F Super Hornet F/A-18C Hornet
Helicopter	SH-60F Seahawk MH-60R Seahawk MH-60S Seahawk
Reconnaissance	E-2D Hawkeye
Transport	C-2A Greyhound

Carrier Strike Group Twelve (CSG-12 or CARSTRKGRU 12) is one of four 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.

As of the completion of its 2015 active deployment with the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), there is no aircraft carrier assigned as the strike group's flagship. Units currently assigned to Carrier Strike Group Twelve included Carrier Air Wing One; the Ticonderoga-class cruisers Vicksburg and Normandy; and Destroyer Squadron 2.

Between 2006 and 2011, with Enterprise as its flagship, the group made four deployments to the U.S. Fifth Fleet in the Middle East. Strike group aircraft flew over 13,000 air combat missions in support of coalition ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, including 2006's Operation Medusa and Operation Mountain Fury in Iraq. The group's surface warships were also involved in several high-profile anti-piracy operations. The group participated in the multi-lateral exercises Anatolian Sun 2006, Reliant Mermaid 2007, BALTOPS 2008, and Malabar 2015; the bilateral exercise Inspired Union 2006; and the joint exercise Exercise Bold Alligator 2012.