Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwa2000, "Bunker Hill" yakaiswa pamwe neBattle Group. Iye zvakare akapinda muOperation Southern Watch uye akaitisa boardings uye kuongorora kweanopfuura makumi mana engarava dzekutengesa kutsigira zvirango zveUnited Nations kurwisa Iraq. "Bunker Hill" yakafambisawo Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) apo yaiita mabasa evanhu kubva kuEast Timor uye kudzidzisa kudzidzisa muKuwait. "Bunker Hill" akaita seAir Defense Commander yeARG kwaakagadzira nekuita maitiro matsva ekubatanidza CG muARG. Pashure pokurwiswa
mungarava inoparadza, "Bunker Hill" yakabva kuBahrain kunopa rutsigiro uye kudzivirirwa kuUnited States Navy neUnited States Naval Ships (zvikepe zvinobatsira) zvinogara ikoko uye zvakaramba zviri mugungwa kwemazuva 67 akatevedzana. "Bunker Hill" yakadzoka kubva pakuendeswa muna February 2001.