Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Camp Allen, Carrier Strike Group Eight, Carrier Strike Group Ten, Carrier Strike Group Twelve, Carrier Strike Group Two, Naval Station Norfolk, United States Armed Forces School of Music, United States Fleet Forces Command. Excerpt: Carrier Strike Group Twelve, abbreviated CSG-12 or CARSTRKGRU 12, is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group currently assigned to the United States Fleet Forces Command. U.S. Navy carrier strike groups are employed in a variety of roles, all of which involve gaining and maintaining sea control as well as projecting power ashore. The current group flagship is the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), which completed its 25 and final operational deployment prior to its scheduled decommissioning on 1 December 2012. Other units assigned to the strike group as of 2012 include Carrier Air Wing One, Destroyer Squadron 2, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG-69) which is also scheduled to be decommissioned following the strike group's 2012 deployment. Effective 30 June 1973, Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Eight was re-designated as Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group Eight (CCDG-8). Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group 8 subsequently served as the Immediate Superior-in-Command (ISIC) for the Saratoga, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Theodore Roosevelt carrier battle groups which participated in such post-Cold War missions as Operation Southern Watch and Operation Deny Flight. In the Summer of 1992, the U.S. Navy instituted a concept which mandated greater task group integration of naval air and surface warfare assets into a more permanent carrier battle group structure. Instead of routinely changing the cruisers, destroyers, and frigates assigned to each carrier battle group, there was an attempt made to affiliate certain escorts more permanently with the carriers they...