Return of the Surface Action Group (SAG)

How I suspected and reflected in these two historical scenarios, the US destroyers were operating for years alone and vulnerable, as confirmed in this USNI new report, but the procedure will be changed, and in near term we should count with three destroyers surface action groups:

http://news.usni.org/2016/01/13/a-year-into-distributed-lethality-navy-nears-fielding-improved-weapons-deploying-surface-action-group

http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2016-01/we-are-headed-right-direction

Historical scenario featuring USS Ross (DDG 71) operating alone:

http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/files/file/904-new-battle-of-sinop-23-december-2015-alternate-history-scenario/

Historical scenario featuring USS Farragut (DDG 99) operating alone:

http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/files/file/873-the-maersk-tigris-incident-28-april-2015-alternate-history-scenario/