180411-N-SX983-172 NORFOLK, Va. (April 11, 2018) Friends and family wave goodbye as guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) departs for deployment. Bulkeley departs Naval Station Norfolk as part of Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group’s (HSTCSG) deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. With CVN 75 as the flagship, deploying strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group EIGHT (CSG 8), Destroyer Squadron TWO EIGHT (DESRON 28) and Carrier Air Wing ON


180411-N-SX983-172 NORFOLK, Va. (April 11, 2018) Friends and family wave goodbye as guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) departs for deployment. Bulkeley departs Naval Station Norfolk as part of Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group’s (HSTCSG) deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. With CVN 75 as the flagship, deploying strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group EIGHT (CSG 8), Destroyer Squadron TWO EIGHT (DESRON 28) and Carrier Air Wing ONE (CVW-1); as well as Sachsen-class German frigate FGS Hessen (F 221). ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lindsey E. Skelton/Released)


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