NORFOLK – Thousands of Norfolk-based sailors are gearing up to go overseas next month.

USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group will support maritime security operations and operate in international waters across the globe.

The carrier will leave Naval Station Norfolk on September 8.  The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey in Norfolk  and the fast combat support ship USNS Supply in Earle, NJ leave two days later.

Then, on September 12, the guided missile destroyers USS The Sullivans from Mayport, FL, USS Mason and USS Nitze from Norfolk and the attack submarine USS Springfield based in Groton, CT will deploy.

Carrier Air Wing Eight consists of strike fighter squadrons VFA-15, VFA-31, VFA-87 and VFA-213; tactical electronics warfare squadron VAQ-141; carrier airborne early warning squadron VAW-124; and helicopter anti-submarine squadron HS-3.