Carrier Strike Group 8

During 1994, {{USS|Hue City|CG-66}} was a unit of Carrier Group 8.USS Hue City Command History 1994

During 1999, the previous Carrier Group 8's flagship was Eisenhower.

In May and June 1998, Vella Gulf completed a two-month BALTOPS Cruise, taking part in the 26th annual maritime exercise BALTOPS '98 in the Western Baltic Sea from 8–19 June 1998. During the exercise, Commander, Carrier Group 8, commanded the exercise from the ship.

From November 2001, at the commencement of Multinational Interception Force (MIF) operations in the Persian Gulf, Royal Australian Navy ships came under the control ('chopped to the OPCON') of Commander Carrier Group 8, Rear Admiral Mark P. Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was also serving as Commander Task Force 50 (CTF 50) embarked in the carrier {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71}}.

The group was established by redesignation of the former Carrier Group 8 on 1 October 2004.

The Strike Group deployed on 2 January 2010 to the Middle East to help with operations by the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleets.

Effective 1 October 2012, when not deployed, Carrier Strike Group 8 is part of the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and its commander reports to Commander Task Force 80, the director of Fleet Forces' Maritime Headquarters. Carrier Strike Group 8 is designated Task Group 80.3.{{cite web | title= USFF Commanders Guidance Brief to Senior Staff 17 Sep_FINAL | url= https://www.scribd.com/doc/108522114/USFF-Commanders-Guidance-Brief-to-Senior-Staff-17-Sep-FINAL | publisher= Scribd.com | date= 17 September 2012 | access-date=15 April 2012|quote=Slides 22, 43–49}}

On 6 October 2014, U.S. Fleet Forces Command announced that the Carrier Strike Group 8 command staff would deploy with Truman, instead of Eisenhower, in accordance with the U.S. Navy's Optimized Fleet Response Plan (O-FRP).{{cite web | title= Fleet Forces Announces Carrier Schedule Changes | url= http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=83704 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141008081442/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=83704 | url-status= dead | archive-date= 8 October 2014 | work= NNS141006-05 | publisher= U.S. Fleet Forces Public Affairs | date= 6 October 2014 | access-date=6 October 2014}} This change does not affect the other ships or units that are otherwise assigned to either strike groups.

On 24 January 2022 it was announced that the strike group had been placed under NATO command for planned exercises in the Mediterranean Sea. This was the first time a full US carrier strike group had been placed under NATO command since the Cold War.{{Cite news|last=Coleman|first=Julie|date=24 January 2022|title=NATO takes command of US carrier strike group as allies send more jets and warships to deter Russia's threat against Ukraine|pages=1|work=Business Insider|url=https://news.yahoo.com/nato-takes-command-us-carrier-190427482.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACfpVboGPD_2Q9F1QaW03MLJuAF7wTqsf5ZEWHRJn_z_2oTqposcAXUxRZE87qwA_g7CsplyjID2RLZ2dQ_DKc2tpSETXOuR24aJbSfh4xfRQzfMAf8DebTLRteh0R_vpfHmxjJ2qdoxMYbKsIw6RL7z1xVrroYxSDfS6A5ooUGt|access-date=26 February 2022}}

On 14 December 2024 the strike group entered the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, for the first time since March 2020,{{Cite web |title=Harry S. Truman Strike Group Enters U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility |date=16 December 2024 |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/4002725/harry-s-truman-strike-group-enters-us-central-command-area-of-responsibility/ |publisher=U.S. Navy }} and took part in Operation Prosperity Guardian in the Red Sea.{{Cite web |last=Mongilo |first=Heather |title=Houthis Renew Threats on Israeli Ships Sailing in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden |work=United States Naval Institute |date=13 March 2025 |url=https://news.usni.org/2025/03/12/houthis-renew-threats-on-israeli-ships-sailing-in-the-red-sea-gulf-of-aden }}

• Rear Admiral Jay L. Johnson
• Rear Admiral Charles S. Abbot, May 1994 - July 1995
• Rear Admiral William J. Fallon, July 1995 - February 1996
• Rear Admiral Gregory G. Johnson, February 1996 - August 1997
• Rear Admiral Mark P. Fitzgerald
• Rear Admiral George E. Mayer
• Rear Admiral H. Denby Starling II, July 2003 - July 2004{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=14078 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307011500/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=14078 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2016 |title=GW Sailors Celebrate Three Changes of Command |author=Journalist 2nd Class (SW/AW) John Osborne |date=6 July 2004 |publisher=USS George Washington Public Affairs |access-date=2 June 2020}}
• Rear Admiral William J. McCarthy, July 2004 - July 2005{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=19251 |title=Carrier Strike Group 8 Holds Change of Command |author=Journalist 3rd Class (SW) Kary Favell |date=19 July 2005 |publisher=USS George Washington Public Affairs |access-date=2 June 2020}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Rear Admiral Allen G. Myers, July 2005 - June 2007{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=29934 |title=Carrier Strike Group 8 Holds Change of Command |author=Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Holly Whitfill |date=17 June 2007 |publisher=USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Public Affairs |access-date=2 June 2020}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Rear Admiral Philip H. Cullom
• Rear Admiral Kurt W. Tidd
• Rear Admiral Philip S. Davidson
• Rear Admiral Michael C. Manazir, September 2011 - June 2013{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=74822 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510024253/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=74822 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 May 2017 |title=CCSG 8 Changes Command |author=Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shannon M. Smith |date=14 June 2013 |publisher=Eisenhower Strike Group Public Affairs |access-date=2 June 2020}}
• Rear Admiral Michael M. Gilday, June 2013 - June 2014
• Rear Admiral Victorino G. Mercado, June 2014 - April 2015{{cite web|title=Rear Admiral Victorino Mercado |url=http://www.public.navy.mil/surflant/ccsg8/Pages/N00%20Bio.aspx |work=Command Info: Commander Carrier Strike Group Eight |publisher=Carrier Strike Group Eight |year=2014 |access-date=10 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015183909/http://www.public.navy.mil/surflant/ccsg8/Pages/N00%20Bio.aspx |archive-date=15 October 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=86655 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422111242/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=86655 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 April 2015 |title=Carrier Strike Group 8 Changes Command, Continues Deployment Preparation |author=Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor DiMartino |date=20 April 2015 |publisher=USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Public Affairs |access-date=2 June 2020}}
• Rear Admiral Bret C. Batchelder, April 2015 - July 2016{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=95821 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723172232/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=95821 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 July 2016 |title=Carrier Strike Group 8 Changes Command |author=Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lindsay A. Preston |date=22 July 2016 |publisher=USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Public Affairs |access-date=2 June 2020}}
• Rear Admiral Dale E. Horan, July 2016 - September 2017{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=102277 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906200420/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=102277 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2017 |title=Carrier Strike Group 8 Changes Command |author=Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anthony Flynn |date=6 September 2017 |publisher=Carrier Strike Group 8 Public Affairs |access-date=2 June 2020}}
• Rear Admiral Eugene H. Black III, September 2017 - April 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/319711/carrier-strike-group-eight-changes-command |title=Carrier Strike Group Eight changes command |author=Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Victoria Granado |date=26 April 2019 |publisher=USS Harry S Truman |access-date=2 June 2020}}
• Rear Admiral Andrew J. Loiselle, April 2019 - June 2020{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/371222/carrier-strike-group-eight-changes-command-sea-aboard-uss-harry-s-truman |title=Carrier Strike Group Eight Changes Command at Sea Aboard USS Harry S. Truman |date=1 June 2020 |publisher=U.S. 2nd Fleet |access-date=2 June 2020}}
• Rear Admiral Ryan B. Scholl, June 2020 - August 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.airlant.usff.navy.mil/Press-Room/Press-Release/Article/2748451/carrier-strike-group-eight-changes-command-aboard-uss-harry-s-truman/ |title=Carrier Strike Group Eight Changes Command Aboard USS Harry S. Truman |date=26 August 2021 |publisher=Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Public Affairs |access-date=28 August 2020}}
• Rear Admiral Curt A. Renshaw, August 2021 - May 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.airlant.usff.navy.mil/Press-Room/Press-Release/Article/2748451/carrier-strike-group-eight-changes-command-aboard-uss-harry-s-truman/|title=CARRIER STRIKE GROUP EIGHT CHANGES COMMAND ABOARD USS HARRY S. TRUMAN|date=2021-08-26}}
• Rear Admiral Paul C. Spedero Jr., May 2022 - June 2023{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Jamaica|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/421889/commander-carrier-strike-group-8-holds-change-command|title=Commander Carrier Strike Group 8 holds Change of Command|date=2022-05-31|access-date=2022-06-02|publisher=Carrier Strike Group 8|website=DVIDS}}
• Rear Admiral Sean R. Bailey, June 2023 - present

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Carrier Air Wing One comprises:

• Strike Fighter Squadron 11, (VFA-11)
• Strike Fighter Squadron 81, (VFA-81)
• Strike Fighter Squadron 34, (VFA-34)
• Strike Fighter Squadron 211, (VFA-211)
• Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126, (VAW-126)
• Electronic attack Squadron 140, (VAQ-137)
• Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 Det. 2, (VRC-40)
• Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 11, (HSC-11)
• Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 72, (HSM-72)

• F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
• EA-18 Growler
• E-2C Hawkeye
• C-2A Greyhound
• MH-60S Seahawk
• MH-60R Seahawk

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