Navy News Service 45/99 (Sept. 30, 1999)


NNS4506. USS Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group returns to 
Norfolk; USS Kennedy Battle Group deploys

by COMSECONDFLT Public Affairs

NORFOLK, VA (NNS) - Last week saw a flurry of activity at 
Naval Station Norfolk and other homeports along the East 
Coast as the Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group returned from a 
six-month operational cruise to the Mediterranean Sea and 
Persian Gulf, while the John F. Kennedy Battle Group 
departed for its routine deployment.
     Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 21 and continuing through the 
week, aircraft and ships from the two battle groups returned 
to or departed from their homeports.
     The Roosevelt units began their deployment in March and 
were originally scheduled to return Friday, Sept. 24. 
Hurricane Gert's expected track forced the cancellation of a 
planned Tiger Cruise from Bermuda to Norfolk. As a result, 
they were able to pull in two days earlier than expected. 
Squadrons assigned to NAS Oceana and NAS Norfolk arrived on 
Sept. 21 with the ships returning home on Sept. 22.
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