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USS Theodore Roosevelt Begins COMPTUEX

Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS150109-05
Release Date: 1/9/2015 9:05:00 AM

By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Alex Millar, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Public Affairs

NORFOLK (NNS) -- The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and embarked Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 staff departed Naval Station Norfolk to begin Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Jan 8.

Theodore Roosevelt will join the rest of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) to conduct COMPTUEX, which tests TRCSG's ability to effectively react to real-world scenarios and perform as an integrated unit.

'Carrier Strike Group 4 is evaluating how the battle group defends itself, how it projects power and how well they execute pre-planned responses to multiple types of scenarios,' said Master Chief Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Todd Womack, CSG 4's senior enlisted advisor, from Cottonwood, Ala.

Throughout COMPTUEX, Theodore Roosevelt will face training scenarios that simulate real-world situations the ship could encounter during its upcoming deployment.

'TR and her crew will be conducting numerous flight operations, identifying contacts and displaying the information to the entire strike group,' said Operations Specialist 2nd Class Jeffery Lain, tactical data coordinator aboard TR.

'We will be as tactical as possible while performing in a carrier environment during a realistic wartime scenario,' said Lt. Jeffery Mayer, an F/A-18F Super Hornet pilot from the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 11.

Following the successful completion of COMPTUEX, CSG 4 will declare TR capable of worldwide operations and ready for its upcoming deployment.

TRCSG is comprised of Carrier Strike Group 12 staff, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2 staff, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, and the DESRON 2 ships; the guided-missile destroyers USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), USS Farragut (DDG 99) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), as well as the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60).