MESOPOTAMIA NEWS EXCLUSIV : USS HARRY TRUMAN READY TO ACT CONTRA ASSAD / PREPARING ATTACK NEXT TIME / ALONGSIDE WITH GERMAN WAR-SHIP “HESSEN”

Truman strike group departs for Middle East, Europe deployment this week

By TYLER HLAVAC | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 9, 2018

The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group  has departed Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Wednesday for a deployment to the Middle East and Europe. The aircraft carrier will be accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy and the guided-missile destroyers USS Arleigh Burke, USS Bulkeley, USS Forrest Sherman and USS Farragut. The destroyers USS Jason Dunham and USS The Sullivans will join the strike group later, a Navy statement said.

The strike group, carrying 6,500 sailors and Carrier Air Wing One, will cruise alongside the German frigate FGS Hessen during the first half of the deployment. The German ship conducted a brief mission with the Harry S. Truman in 2010, the Navy said. www.mesop.de