Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group

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Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group or IWO ARG for short is an Amphibious Ready Group . It currently consists of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) , the USS New York (LPD 21) and the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) . The ARG is affiliated with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit . In this composition, she took part in the Eager Lion 12 maneuver, among other things . The home port of the ARG has been Naval Station Mayport since 2014 , before that it was Naval Station Norfolk .

An earlier composition consisted of the USS Iwo Joma, the USS Nashville (LPD 13) and the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) . You were involved in Operation Enduring Freedom from spring 2003, among other things .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Scott Youngblood: Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Deploy. March 27, 2012, accessed April 22, 2014 .
  2. ↑ 2nd Lt. Joshua Larson: 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit wraps up Eager Lion 12. In: dvidshub.net. June 9, 2012, accessed August 26, 2012 .
  3. ^ Robert Jank: Navy News 50/2013. In: Navy Ship Mail. Robert Jank, December 9, 2013, accessed April 22, 2014 .
  4. ^ Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group MED 03 Deployment. In: global security. Retrieved April 22, 2014 .