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Strike Group Ships Complete ULTRA-S

Ships assigned to the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (ESG) and John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCSSG) successfully completed Unit Level Training and Readiness Assessment-Sustainment (ULTRA-S) April 9-14 during their deployments to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. ULTRA-S is an assessment of the ship’s training proficiency level in warfare areas such as engineering, damage control, combat systems, medical, aviation, and maintenance and material management. The ships participating in ULTRA-S were USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Antietam (CG 54),USS Ramage (DDG 61), USS Preble (DDG 88) and USS O’Kane (DDG 77). Instituted as part of the Fleet Response Plan…