Composite Training Unit Exercise

COMPTUEX, or Composite Training Unit Exercise, is a rehearsal each US Navy Carrier Strike Group performs before departing for deployment.

COMPTUEX is a critical part in the pre-deployment training cycle, and a prerequisite for the battle group's Joint Task Force Exercise.

Successful completion of COMPTUEX certifies the carrier and its air wing as qualified for open ocean operations.

COMPTUEX consists of an 18-day schedule of event driven exercise which then follows with a three-day Final Battle Problem.

It is conducted and directed by the training carrier group commander and the focus is to bring together the carrier and its air wing as a working team that can operate in a combat environment, as well as integrating with other assets of the battle group.