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USS Theodore Roosevelt to Return Home

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Story Number: NNS030509-02

Release Date: 5/9/2003 12:09:00 PM

From U.S. Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is expected to return to homeport May 29, completing nearly a five-month deployment.

Although some Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group surface combatants will return with the aircraft carrier, others will remain in theater, but are expected to return to homeport in July, completing about a six-month deployment.

Additional information on the return date of these ships will be provided when their schedules are determined and approved.

The Norfolk-based Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group deployed Jan. 6 and conducted a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Puerto Rican Operating Area until Feb. 4, before heading overseas. In addition to Theodore Roosevelt, the Strike Group is comprised of the following ships: USS Cape St. George (CG 71), USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), USS Porter (DDG 78), USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81), USS Carr (FFG 52) and USS Arctic (T-AOE 8).

The Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Strike Group will return to homeport May 23. Harry S. Truman Strike Group deployed Dec. 5 and also conducted combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.