San Diego Military Advisory Council

CNO's 2024 Year In Review:

A few notable highlights across the spectrum of Warfighting, Warfighters, and Foundation:

• Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and Truman Strike Groups successfully defending merchant ships and regional partners from nearly 200 attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. All while also carrying out offensive strikes, to include TLAMs from USS Florida and USS Georgia.
• Thanks to the hard work of CNRC and leaders across the fleet, we exceeded our recruitment goal by bringing 40,978 new Warfighters to our Navy while retaining 105% of those currently serving.
• We’re putting ready players on the field with 85 ships on contract, in addition to the 23 battle force ships we added and 15 battle force ships we extended.
• We’ve invested in more than 40 SIOP projects totaling more than $6B.
• Quality of Service initiatives including increasing access to quality food, MWR facilities, free WiFi, unaccompanied housing, and childcare continue to grow.

Additionally, we released America’s Warfighting Navy, Culture of Excellence 2.0, Charge of Command, and Navigation Plan 2024, providing our fighting force with valuable guidance and resources designed to help us accomplish our warfighting mission.

Delivering Warfigting Advantage

SDMAC February Breakfast Coffee Sponsor:

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), the flagship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), recently returned to San Diego, after completing a five-month deployment that included combat operations in the Middle East.

The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) deployed from San Diego in July 2024. The ABECSG initially deployed to the Indo-Pacific region to support regional security and stability and to reassure our allies and partners of the U.S. Navy’s unwavering commitment, highlighted by the first U.S.-Italy Indo-Pacific multi-large deck event (MLDE) with the Italian Navy’s ITS Cavour Carrier Strike Group.

ABECSG was later ordered to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to bolster U.S. military force posture in the Middle East, deter regional escalation, degrade Houthi capabilities, defend U.S. forces, and again sailed alongside our Italian allies and other partners to promote security, stability, and prosperity.

We are excited to welcome CAPT Pete “Repete” Riebe, Commanding Officer, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as our guest speaker for SDMACs February Breakfast.

SDMAC 2024 Military Economic Impact Report (MEIR)