Carrier Strike Group 9 (CSG-9)

Rear Adm. Wilson Marks was relieved by Rear Adm. Marcos Jasso as commander, Carrier Strike Group 9 in a change of command ceremony aboard the strike group flagship, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, June 24.

CORONADO, Calif. – Information Warfare Squadron (IWRON) Nine, the second squadron of its kind and the first on the West Coast, was established, Feb. 27.

SAN DIEGO – Capt. Ryan Leary turned over as Commander, Destroyer Squadron Two Three (COMDESRON 23) with Capt. Scott Wilbur during a change of command ceremony held on the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63), February 20.

SEATTLE – Rear Adm. Wilson Marks, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, and members of CSG 9 staff participated in the 76th Seattle Fleet Week, July 29-Aug. 3, 2025.

SAN DIEGO (June 13, 2025) – Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 held a change of command ceremony aboard the strike group flagship, the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) onboard Naval Air Station North Island, June 13.

NAVAL AIR STATION LEMOORE – Capt. Ross Drenning turned over command of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 to Capt. Chad Heirigs in a change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Lemoore on Thursday, Dec. 12.

The U.S. and Italy navies, alongside the Royal Australia Air Force, convened to conduct a multilateral exercise in the South China Sea in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, Sept. 8-11.

TAMPA, Fla. – Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group rescued two civilian Iranian mariners in international waters, Aug 23.

BUSAN, Republic Of Korea – Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9), its flagship USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11, and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Halsey (DDG 97) and USS Daniel Inouye (DG 118) from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 23, departed the Republic of Korea (ROK) following a scheduled port visit, June 26.

LUZON STRAIT (March 1, 2024) U.S. Navy Ensign Samuel Van Dessel stands junior officer of the deck watch aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), March 1, 2024.

240202-N-RH447-1061 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 2, 2024) U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Caesar Serrano, from Corpus Christi, Texas, shoots a messenger line from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) to the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) during a replenishment-at-sea, Feb. 2, 2024.

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 31, 2024) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), left, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182), center, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) sail in formation during a Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE), Jan. 31, 2024.