Mount Whitney Returns to Norfolk
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Story Number: NNS030512-22 Release Date: 5/12/2003 4:26:00 PM
From Commander, 2nd Fleet Public Affairs
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The Amphibious Command Ship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20), is expected to return to Norfolk June 13, after completing a seven-month deployment. Mount Whitney departed Norfolk Nov. 12 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the ongoing war on terrorism.
Mount Whitney, one of the U.S. Navy's premier command and control platforms, has served as the flagship of Commander Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) since arriving in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility last fall. Mount Whitney embarked elements of the 2nd Marine Division and II Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., under the command of Marine Maj. Gen. John F. Sattler. The task force comprised approximately 1,300 servicemembers - 400 aboard Mount Whitney and another 900 at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, a tiny east African country in the Horn of Africa region.
Mount Whitney is commanded by Capt. David Prothero and has a complement of approximately 560 officers and enlisted personnel. The most sophisticated Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) ship ever commissioned, Mount Whitney incorporates various elements of the most advanced C4I equipment available today to give the embarked commander an enhanced capability to effectively command all units under the CJTF.
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