 This deployment was depicted in the documentary film "Carrier".In 2007 CVW-11 deployed on board USS "Nimitz" for a WESTPAC cruise and participated in Operation Valiant Shield, a joint-force exercise in the vicinity of Guam.On 18 January 2008, it was announced that CVW-11 would deploy on 24 January to the Pacific for a surge-deployment on board "Nimitz".