Navy strike group with last Marine F-18 squadron heads out on global security mission
By Erika I. Ritchie | eritchie@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: June 9, 2020 at 6:09 p.m. | UPDATED: June 9, 2020 at 10:15 p.m.
Two other ships, the USS Sterett, a guided-missile destroyer, and the USS Princeton, a guided-missile cruiser, left the port in the last few days. The three ships will join the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, but before they headed out for the deployment they visited the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach in the last weeks.
VMFA-323 F-18C departing MCAS Miramar on 08 May, headed to the USS Nimitz for the final 3rd MAW F/A-18C deployment. (Photo by WO Justin Pack)
Exactly where the strike group is headed was not released by Navy officials.
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