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NORFOLK, Va. – The crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) arrived in Norfolk June 17, 2025 after completing exercise Formidable Shield and shifted their mission focus to participate in the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX).
USS Bulkeley was underway for approximately 25 days in the Atlantic Ocean with the Iwo Jima ARG and 22nd MEU integrating capabilities with the ARG-MEU team.
“We train how we fight aboard USS Bulkeley and this crew must maintain high levels of lethality and interoperability with joint maritime forces in all domains,” said Bulkeley’s Commanding Officer Cmdr. Arturo Trejo.
Led by Carrier Strike Group Four, COMPTUEX is the Department of the Navy’s commitment to deliver highly capable, integrated naval forces to promote our nation’s prosperity and security, deter aggression, and provide tailorable options to our nation’s leaders. COMPTUEX also allows the Navy to assess all aspects of prior readiness generation activities, which provides leaders information needed for process and resource allocation decisions for future warfighting development.
“Our ability to work alongside with the Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Sailors of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group is a symbol to our Nation and our allies and partners that our Navy’s warfighters form a formidable, flexible, and powerful naval force ready to answer the call any time—24 hours a day, seven days a week—around the globe,” Trejo said.
For Bulkeley’s crew, COMPTUEX highlighted the importance of integration with the fleet while sharing and maintaining a common picture of the battlespace across all domains and warfare areas. Bulkeley’s crew participated in evolutions during COMPTUEX including (name the exercises ex. strait transits).
Integrating naval forces provides command-and-control flexibility and bolsters the Navy’s ability to deliver flexibility, as required, to our Nation’s leaders, the Fleet, and the combatant commanders across multiple areas of operation. For 250 years, the Navy has defended the Nation by preserving freedom of the seas, deterring aggression, and winning wars.
USS Bulkeley is underway in the Atlantic Ocean with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) participating in Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is the Department of the Navy’s commitment to deliver highly capable, integrated naval forces to promote our nation’s prosperity and security, deter aggression, and provide tailorable options to our nation’s leaders. COMPTUEX also allows the Navy to assess all aspects of prior readiness generation activities, which provides leaders information needed for process and resource allocation decisions for future warfighting development.
| Date Taken: | 07.13.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 07.14.2025 14:55 |
| Story ID: | 542700 |
| Location: | ATLANTIC OCEAN |
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