MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 22, 2017) Carrier Strike Group 2 Chief of Staff Capt. Erik Nilsson discusses flight operations with Carrier Strike Group Chief of Staff Capt. Ken Houlberg aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Bush (CVN 77). Officers from the UKCSG are embarked in preparation for Exercise Saxon Warrior, a keystone exercise as the prepares for the arrival of the HMS Queen Elizabeth. The GHWB and its carrier strike group are conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe and Africa.

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