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USS Greeneville Returns from Western Pacific Deployment

Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS110312-04
3/12/2011

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- USS Greeneville (SSN 772) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, March 11, after a scheduled six-month deployment to the Western Pacific region.

"This deployment provided an outstanding opportunity for our young Sailors to learn and experience life on a submarine in a real-world environment," said Cmdr. Anthony Carullo, USS Greeneville commanding officer. "They saw firsthand the importance of their many hours of hard work and training leading up to this deployment."

Greeneville departed for the deployment Sept. 10, 2010, from Pearl Harbor. This was its first Western Pacific deployment in more than three years. The crew experienced the operational environment of the Western Pacific and returned with a wealth of submarine experience and advanced qualifications. Twenty-five Greeneville Sailors became submarine qualified and are now authorized to wear the Submarine Warfare insignia, or "Dolphins."

"I could not be more proud of my crew," said Carullo. "They used this opportunity to further their training and become professional submariners. Over the course of the deployment Greeneville completed multiple missions in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

USS Greeneville is the 61st Los Angeles-class submarine and the 22nd Improved Los Angeles-class attack submarine. Commissioned in 1996, Greeneville is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after its namesake town in Tennessee.

Los Angeles-class submarines are ideally suited for covert surveillance, intelligence gathering and special forces missions. This stealth, when combined with its Tomahawk cruise missiles, mines and torpedoes, provides the operational commander with an unseen force multiplier.

For more news from Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/local/subpac/.