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Carrier Strike Group Ten, abbreviated as CSG-10 or CARSTRKGRU 10, is one of five U.S. Navy carrier strike groups currently assigned to the United States Fleet Forces Command. Carrier strike groups gain and maintain sea control as well as project naval airpower ashore. The aircraft carrier is the strike group's current flagship, and as of 2015, other units assigned to Carrier Strike Group Ten include Carrier Air Wing Three embarked on board ''Eisenhower'', the , and Destroyer Squadron 26.〔As of 2014, Destroyer Squadron 26 consisted of the he s , , , , , and , as well as the .〕 Between 2004 and 2014, Carrier Strike Group Ten made four deployments to the U.S. Fifth Fleet operating in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea. Strike group aircraft flew over 10,800 air combat missions in support of coalition ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The group's surface warships were also involved in several high-profile anti-piracy and maritime security operations. The group participated in two major multi-lateral exercises, Operation Brewing Storm 2005 and Operation Bold Step 2007. ==Historical background== Carrier Strike Group Ten's lineage can be traced to Destroyer Flotilla Two, which was established during World War I at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. The Flotilla was deactivated in 1922 as part of the fleet draw down after the war. Destroyer Flotilla Two was reactivated in 1931 and served throughout the 1930s as a caretaker of reserve destroyers until again deactivated in the early days of World War II.〔For 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbour, see http://www.orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/013_usa/_41_usn/pac-bat_destroyers_2.html〕 As part of a Navy reorganization, the Flotilla was reactivated yet again in 1946. In 1973, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Two was renamed Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two, and it relocated to Charleston Navy Yard in South Carolina in 1974.〔Actual text says DesFlot Two was redesignated CruDesGru Two in 1973, but all DesFlots had been CruDesFlots since 1962. 〕 Among its ships was , a destroyer tender. Rear Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, Jr., the first African-American flag officer in the U.S. Navy, commanded Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two. Vice Admiral Henry C. Mustin, also commanded Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two. During his tenure as Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two, Admiral Mustin was a pioneer in the tactical use of the Tomahawk cruise missile, and he was one of the first non-aviators to command a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. In late June 1990, Rear Admiral Thomas D. Paulson, Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two, led the guided-missile cruiser and the guided-missile frigate to visit Poland during BALTOPS '90, a U.S. Naval Forces Europe-hosted exercise in the Baltic Sea. Their port call at Gdynia was the first visit by United States Navy vessels to Poland since 1927. In the middle of 1992, the U.S. Navy instituted a concept which mandated greater task group integration of naval air and surface warfare assets into a more permanent carrier battle group structure. Instead of routinely changing the cruisers, destroyers, and frigates assigned to each carrier battle group, there was an attempt made to affiliate certain escorts more permanently with the carriers they escorted. Each of the Navy's 12 existing carrier battle groups was planned to consist of an aircraft carrier; an embarked carrier air wing; cruiser, destroyer, and frigate units; and two nuclear-powered attack submarines. For details regarding this re-alignments as it pertained to Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two, see the chart below. In 1993, following a fleet reorganization, the Cruiser Destroyer Group Two staff went aboard a new flagship, the new Nimitz class aircraft carrier . The group participated in the 2000 NATO Exercise Destined Glory, Operation Joint Endeavor, Operation Deny Flight, Operation Southern Watch, and Operation Vigilant Resolve. After 2001 the group took part in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 1997 Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two, Rear Admiral Michael Mullen, led the group on deployment from ''George Washington''. On 1 October 2004, Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two was redesignated as Carrier Strike Group Ten.〔 Subsequently, ''George Washington'' was relieved as the flagship by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier . ;Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two, late 1992〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carrier Strike Group Ten」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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