Commander Strike Force Training Atlantic

Commander, Carrier Strike Group FOUR
Current logo of Carrier Strike Group Four
Active	c. 1940
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Fleet
Role	Atlantic Fleet Integrated/Advanced Training
Part of	U.S. Fleet Forces Command
Garrison/HQ	Naval Station Norfolk
Commanders
Current commander	Rear Admiral Richard W. Butler

Commander, Carrier Strike Group FOUR (CCSG-4 or COMSTRKGRUFOUR) is the U.S. Fleet Forces Command formation charged with training and certifying Atlantic Fleet Carrier Strike Groups, Amphibious Ready Groups, and independently deploying surface ships. Its mission is to "Conduct safe and effective Strike Force Training of the Atlantic Fleet."

From 2004 to 2014, The command was known as Commander, Strike Force Training Atlantic (CSFTL or COMSTRKFORTRALANT)

Until 2004, The command was known as Carrier Group FOUR/Commander, Carrier Striking Force (CCG-4).

CCSG-4 is a one star command under the three-star Deputy Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and is based at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Tactical Training Group, Atlantic (TTGL) and Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic (EWTGL) are subordinate commands. Additionally, Destroyer Squadron 26 and its four ships USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), USS Nicholas (FFG 47), USS McFaul (DDG 74) and USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) also fall under CSFTL.

Carrier Strike Group FOUR was initially activated as Carrier Division FOUR, an element of the U.S. Pacific FIFTH Fleet, on 13 March 1943. Seeing extensive action throughout the Second World War, Carrier Division FOUR was embarked in many of the most famous aircraft carriers in the Pacific Theater: USS Bunker Hill (CV 17), USS Intrepid (CV 11), USS Independence (CVL 22), USS Franklin (CV 13), USS Cabot (CVL 28), and USS Lake Champlain (CV 39). As a major participant in the Marshall Islands Campaign, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and the Battle of Cape Engano, planes under the direction of Carrier Division Four, aboard the USS Intrepid, sank Japanese aircraft carriers Zuiho, Zuikaku, and Chiyoda. Other notable victories include the sinking of the battleship Yamato and naval support during the Battle of Okinawa.