JTFEX 08-4 Order of Battle

JTFEX 08-4 "Operation Brimstone" Order of Battle

Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
USS Monterey (CG 61)
USS Mason (DDG 87)
USS Nitze (DDG 94)
USS The Sullivans (DDG 68)
USS Springfield (SSN 761)

Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group

USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)
San Antonio (LPD 17)
USS Carter Hall (LSD 50)
USS Vella Gulf (CG 72)
USS Roosevelt (DDG 80)
USS Ramage (DDG 61)
USS Hartford (SSN 768)
BNS Greenhalgh (F-46)

Other Participating Forces

HMS Ark Royal (RO 7)
USS San Jacinto (CG 56)
USS Anzio (CG 68)
USS Normandy (CG 60)
USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81)
USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79)
USS Carney (DDG 64)
USS Carr (FFG 52)
FS Amethyste (S 605)
ITS Salvatore Todaro (S-526)


Several notes.

We believe this list is incomplete, and will update as information is available. USS Underwood (FFG 36) is one example.

There are French Rafale's and Hawkeye's on the Theodore Roosevelt.

This exercise includes the first tactical use of the Inter-American Naval Telecommunications Network's (IANTN) Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System (CENTRIXS) which is being utilized with BNS Greenhalgh (F-46) within the Iwo Jima ESG. CENTRIXS-IANTN is a high speed network that works for the IANTN's 16 member countries include Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, United States and Uruguay.