In ? c?ntin??? si?n ?? t??ns?tl?ntic ?nit?, th? USS G???l? R. F??? (CVN 78) c?m? ?n??? NATO c?mm?n? t???? whil? ??????in? t? c?n??ct ?ctiviti?s in th? N??w??i?n S?? with ?th?? m??itim? ???c?s ???m Alli?? N?ti?ns. Th? F??? is ?n ? sch???l?? ???l??m?nt t? th? E??????n Th??t??. This t??ns??? ?? ??th??it? t? N?v?l St?ikin? ?n? S?????t F??c?s NATO (SFN) ??m?nst??t?s th? Alli?nc?’s ??ilit? t? int????t? th? hi?h-?n? c????iliti?s ?? ? ?i?st-in-cl?ss c???i?? U.S., its st?ik? ????? ?sc??ts, ?n? ?m???k?? ?i? win? ???in? ? s??i?s ?? ?l?nn?? m??itim? s?c??it? ?ctiviti?s ?n? t??inin?. N??w?? is th? h?st n?ti?n ??? th?s? ?v?nts, which will t?k? ?l?c? ?v?? th? ??ll?win? w??k.
Th? G???l? R. F??? C???i?? St?ik? G???? is c?m??is?? ?? its ?l??shi? ?n? n?m?s?k?, th? F???-cl?ss ?i?c???t c???i?? USS G???l? R. F??? (CVN 78), C???i?? Ai? Win? Ei?ht (CVW 8), D?st????? S??????n Tw? (DESRON 2), th? Tic?n??????-cl?ss ??i???-missil? c??is?? USS N??m?n?? (CG 60), ?n? th? A?l?i?h B??k?-cl?ss ??i???-missil? ??st????? USS R?m??? (DDG 61). C?nc??t??, c?ll?????tiv? ?????ts s?ch ?s G???l? R. F???’s s??ml?ss t??nsiti?n t? NATO c?mm?n? ??in???c? th? int??ch?n????ilit? ?? Alli?? F??c?s ?n? th? ??ilit? ?? NATO c?mm?n? ?n? c?nt??l st??ct???s. This t??ns??? ?? ??th??it? c?nstit?t?s ? t?n?i?l?, t??ns????nt ?is?l?? ?? ??v?nc?? c????iliti?s in ?ll-??m?in ?????ti?ns ?n? th? ????nsiv? c?mmitm?nt ?? th? NATO Alli?nc? ?c??ss S????m? Alli?? C?mm?n??? E?????’s (SACEUR) A??? ?? R?s??nsi?ilit?.
C???i?? St?ik? G???? Tw?lv? (CSG-12 ?? CARSTRKGRU 12) is ?n? ?? ???? U.S. N?v? c???i?? st?ik? ?????s c????ntl? ?ssi?n?? t? th? Unit?? St?t?s Fl??t F??c?s C?mm?n?. USS G???l? R. F??? is th? ?i?c???t c???i?? ?ssi?n?? ?s th? st?ik? ?????’s ?l??shi?.Units c????ntl? ?ssi?n?? t? C???i?? St?ik? G???? Tw?lv? incl???? C???i?? Ai? Win? Ei?ht; th? Tic?n??????-cl?ss c??is??s Vicks???? ?n? N??m?n??; ?n? D?st????? S??????n 2. C???i?? St?ik? G???? Tw?lv? w?s th? ?i?st U.S. N?v? c???i?? st?ik? ????? t? ???l?? with ? N?v?l Int????t?? Fi?? C?nt??l-C??nt?? Ai? (NIFC-CA) c????ilit? th?t int????t?s ?ll ?nits vi? ? ??t? link t? ??in ? m??? c?m???h?nsiv? ?v??vi?w ?? its ?????ti?n?l ??ttl?s??c?.