
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed provider strike teams and amphibious prepared teams all through the world as of Nov. 24, 2025, primarily based on Navy and public information. In instances during which a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart displays the placement of the capital ship.
Whole Battle Pressure
Deployed
Underway
289
(USS 231, USNS 58)
100
(USS 68, USNS 32)
64
(48 Deployed, 16 Native)
In Japan

Amphibious warship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) is in port in Sasebo, Japan.
Tripoli will function with Amphibious Squadron 11 ships USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS New Orleans (LPD-18) and USS San Diego (LPD-22) and the embarked thirty first Marine Expeditionary Unit primarily based out of Okinawa, Japan.
Within the Philippine Sea
USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ship leaving Yokosuka, Japan – November 17, 2025 SRC: TW-@MICHIYAM pic.twitter.com/eRrg4Mcie6
— WarshipCam (@WarshipCam) November 17, 2025
Command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-20) departed final Monday from Yokosuka, Japan, in response to ship spotters.
Within the South China Sea

Plane provider USS George Washington (CVN-73) Plane provider USS George Washington (CVN-73) is underway within the South China Sea.
Within the Western Pacific
Plane provider USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is transiting the Western Pacific.
Service Strike Group 11
Service
USS Nimitz (CVN-68), homeported at Naval Station Bremerton, Wash.
Service Air Wing 17
The “Preventing Redcocks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 – F/A-18F – from Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.
The “Mighty Shrikes” of VFA 94 – F/A-18F – from Naval Air Station Lemoore.
The “Kestrels” of VFA 137 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Lemoore.
The “Blue Diamonds” of VFA 146 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Lemoore.
The “Cougars” of Digital Assault Squadron (VAQ) 139 – EA-18G – from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
The “Bluetails” of Airborne Command and Management Squadron (VAW) 121 – E-2D – from Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va.
The “Rawhides” of Fleet Logistics Squadron (VRC) 40 Det. – C-2A – from Naval Air Station Norfolk.
The “BattleCats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 – MH-60R – from Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.
The “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Fight Squadron (HSC) 6 – MH-60S – from Naval Air Station North Island.
Destroyer Squadron 9
Destroyer Squadron 9 relies in Naval Station Everett, Wash., and launched into Nimitz. These are the destroyers that launched into the preliminary deployment.
USS Gridley (DDG-101), homeported at Naval Station Everett, Wash.
USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108), homeported at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123), homeported at Naval Station San Diego, Calif.
Within the Caribbean Sea

Components of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Prepared Group are working within the Caribbean Sea.
The Amphibious Prepared Group contains USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), USS San Antonio (LPD-17) and the twenty second Marine Expeditionary Unit primarily based in Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Base New River.

The twenty second MEU consists of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Bolstered), Fight Logistics Battalion 26 and the Battalion Touchdown Group, third Battalion, sixth Marine Regiment.
There are two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers working within the Caribbean as of final week.
USS Gravely (DDG-107), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
USS Stockdale (DDG-106), homeported at Naval Station San Diego, Calif.
Guided-missile cruisers USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and USS Gettysburg (CG-64) are additionally working within the Caribbean. Lake Erie is homeported at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., and Gettysburg is homeported at Naval Base Norfolk, Va.
Plane provider USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) can also be working within the Caribbean Sea. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Gerald R. Ford and its escorts to U.S. Southern Command to assist the Trump administration’s ongoing counter-drug efforts, a Pentagon spokesman mentioned on social media, as reported by USNI Information.
Service Strike Group 12
Service
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
Service Air Wing 8

The “Tomcatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
The “Ragin Bulls” of VFA 37 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Oceana.
The “Golden Warriors” of VFA 87 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Oceana.
The “Black Lions” of VFA 213 – F/A-18F – from Naval Air Station Oceana.
The “Grey Wolves” of Digital Assault Squadron (VAQ) 142 – EA-18G – from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
The “Bear Aces” of Airborne Command and Management Squadron (VAW) 124 – E-2D – from Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va.
The “Rawhides” of Fleet Logistics Squadron (VRC) 40 Det. – C-2A – from Naval Air Station Norfolk.
The “Spartans” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 70 – MH-60R – from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.
The “Tridents” of Helicopter Sea Fight Squadron (HSC) 9 – MH-60S – from Naval Air Station Norfolk.
Air Protection Commander

USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Fla.
Destroyer Squadron 2
Destroyer Squadron 2 relies in Naval Station Norfolk, Va., and launched into Gerald R. Ford.
USS Bainbridge (DDG-96), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.
USS Mahan (DDG-72), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.
Within the Mediterranean Sea

There may be one U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer working within the Mediterranean as an impartial deployer.
USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117), homeported at Naval Station Rota, Spain.
Within the Gulf of Aden

There are two impartial U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers working within the Gulf of Aden.
USS Mitscher (DDG-57), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
USS Roosevelt (DDG-80), homeported at Naval Station Rota, Spain.
Within the Persian Gulf
Littoral Fight Ships USS Canberra (LCS-30), USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) and USS Tulsa (LCS-16) are working in U.S. fifth Fleet with the Navy’s first operational mine countermeasure mission packages.
Within the Western Atlantic

Amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) returned Friday to Norfolk, in response to ship spotters.
Within the Japanese Pacific

Plane provider USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) returned Friday to San Diego, Calif., in response to ship spotters.
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) Polar-class heavy icebreaker departed Thursday from Seattle, Wash.
Plane provider USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departed on deployment Friday from San Diego, Calif., in response to ship spotters.
Service Strike Group 3
Service
(2 of two) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Nimitz-class plane provider leaving San Diego on a scheduled deployment – November 21, 2025 SRC: TW-@cjr1321 pic.twitter.com/S4VND2SiWw
— WarshipCam (@WarshipCam) November 22, 2025
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), homeported at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.
Service Air Wing 9
The “Tophatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.
The “Black Aces” of VFA 41 – F/A-18F – from Naval Air Station Lemoore.
The “Vigilantes” of VFA 151 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Lemoore.
The “Black Knights” of Marine Fighter Assault Squadron (VMFA) 314 – F-35C– from Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif.
The “Wizards” of Digital Assault Squadron (VAQ) 133 – EA-18G – from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
The “Wallbangers” of Service Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 117 – E-2D – from Naval Air Station Level Mugu, Calif.
The “Titans” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron 30 (VRM-30) – CMV-22B – from Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.
The “Raptors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71 – MH-60R – from Naval Air Station North Island.
The “Chargers” of Helicopter Sea Fight Squadron (HSC) 14 – MH-60S – from Naval Air Station North Island.
Air Protection Commander
USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG-121), homeported at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Destroyer Squadron 21
Destroyer Squadron 21 relies in Naval Station San Diego, Calif., and launched into Abraham Lincoln. As of Monday, it’s unclear which destroyers initially deployed with Abraham Lincoln.
Along with these main formations, not proven are others serving in submarines, particular person floor ships, plane squadrons, SEALs, Particular Goal Marine Air-Floor Activity Forces, Seabees, EOD Cellular Items and extra all through the globe.



