US EditionUSS Nimitz, Now in Service Until 2027, Heads to SOUTHCOM Exercise
USS Nimitz leads Carrier Strike Group 11 in multinational exercises with 10 regional navies to enhance partnerships and maintain U.S. naval presence in Southern Hemisphere waters.
- The USS Nimitz will sail around the southern tip of South America as part of the U.S. 4th Fleet's Southern Seas 2026 deployment, U.S. Southern Command announced Monday.
- Under a congressional mandate requiring 11 operational aircraft carriers, the Navy announced this month that Nimitz will stay in service until at least 2027, when USS John F. Kennedy is commissioned.
- The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group 11 comprises the flagship, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Gridley, Carrier Air Wing 17, and six squadrons including Strike Fighter Squadron 137.
- Joint exercises are planned with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Uruguay, with port visits scheduled in Brazil, Chile, Panama, and Jamaica.
- Rear Adm. Carlos Sardiello, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, noted that such deployments demonstrate the Navy's commitment to ensuring a secure and stable Western Hemisphere.
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Will You Pass Through Mexico? Uss Nimitz Carriers Will Do Exercises with 10 Latin American Countries
This year the USS Nimitz nuclear propulsion carrier will carry out military exercises with the armed forces of ten different countries as part of its deployment this year in the seas of North America, Central America and South America.The USS Nimitz and its attack group will conduct exercises with the Naval Forces of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Uruguay, as reported by the U.S. Southern Co…
USS Nimitz, now in service until 2027, heads to SOUTHCOM exercise
The USS Nimitz is deploying to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility for a maritime exercise with South American partner nations, the Navy announced on Monday.The carrier, along with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley, will join countries to conduct passing exercises, undergo operations at sea and swap subject matter expertise.“The Southern Seas 2026 deployment provides a unique opportunity to enhance interop…
USS Nimitz to operate in Uruguayan waters on final deployment before decommissioning
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68), flagship of the United States Navy for more than five decades, will arrive in Uruguayan waters in the coming weeks as part of the “Southern Seas 2026” deployment, the US Fourth Fleet announced.
Washington, 24 Mar (EFE).- The USS Nimitz nuclear propulsion carrier will carry out military exercises this year with the armed forces of ten different countries as part of its deployment this year in the seas of North America, Central America and South America. The USS Nimitz and its attack group will conduct exercises with the Naval Forces of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Uruguay, as repo…
By German Padinger, CNN en Español. The oldest U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, will visit at least four countries during an extensive tour of Latin America that comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Havana, and nearly three months after the U.S. military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Accompanied by the destroyer USS Gridley, the Nimitz, a massive nuclear-powered vessel that entered s…
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