The frigate USS Jarrett participated in a combined naval exercise between the United States and a friendly gulf nation's forces in January 1995.

Jarrett, home ported in San Diego, was deployed in the Persian Gulf under the operational control of Commander, Destroyer Squadron 50.

In mid-April the ship participated in the multinational exercise "Neon Spark 98" with British and Bahraini units, serving as flagship for Commander, Destroyer Squadron 50.

The naval control of shipping Exercise Lucky Mariner 13 (LM13) began on November 30, 2012, and included eight time zones, multiple countries, agencies and U.S. Army participation.

Winston S. Churchill joined Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth, Military Sealift Command ammunition ship USNS Flint and merchant vessels MV Arcturus Voyager and Maron Castor for a convoy training exercise, acting as an active test of NCAGS principles.

On 3 July 2013, U.S. Navy officials told the United States Naval Institute that in an era of tightening budgets and with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down, the need for as many large ships, like Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, in the Fifth Fleet is less.

[3] Destroyer Squadron 50 and Combined Task Force 55 (DESRON 50/CTF-55) commander Captain Joseph Naman said that "..[O]ur numbers of DDGs we have out here have declined over the past year."