The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) returned to Naval Station Norfolk following a nine month deployment as the flagship of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG), July 14, 2024.
Sailors aboard the Nimitz class Aircraft Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducted a pinning ceremony for the strike group’s newest chief petty officers Sept. 29, in the ship’s hangar bay.
Twenty-nine chiefs were pinned during the ceremony, representing IKE’s crew, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 22 and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2.
“Today we celebrate the dawn of your new naval life and the accomplishment and recognition for which...