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Batman47 Board Founder/CNC User is Offline Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 394 Karma: 5 applaud / smite 425 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:32 am    Post subject: DESRON TWENTY FOUR (CDS 24) - ATLANTIC · Quote DESRON TWENTY FOUR (CDS 24) - ATLANTIC - Up dated 15 July 2008 U. S. Atlantic Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (COMLANTFLT) Commander, Fleet Forces Command (CFFC) http://www.cffc.navy.mil http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lantflt.htm COMSEACONWINGLANT Commander, Sea Control Wing U.S. Atlantic Fleet http://www.cscwl.navy.mil COMNAVAIRLAT COMSTRKFORTRALANT Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic and COMNAVAIRPAC COMSTRKFORTRAPAC Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet http://www.cnaf.navy.mil COMNAVSUBFORALANT Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet Allied Submarine Command   http://www.sublant.navy.mil COMDESRON TWENTY FOUR (CDS 24) Commander Destroyer Squadron Twenty Four DESRON TWENTY FOUR DESRON 24 “Keystone” http://www.cds24.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx   Commodore Captain Kersh Chief Staff Officer Command Master Chief COMDESRON TWO FOUR HISTORY Destroyer Squadron TWO FOUR, formerly Escort Destroyer Squadron SIX was established 1 July 1956 and homeported in Newport, Rhode Island.  The “KEYSTONE” squadron name carried over from the original formation of Escort Destroyer Squadron SIX when the Commodore and all Commanding Officers hailed from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 1978, DESRON 24 was designated a Tactical Destroyer Squadron.  Through the decade of the eighties, Destroyer Squadron TWO FOUR conducted Battle Group operations in the North Atlantic Ocean and participated in naval contingency operations in Beirut, Lebanon; rescue operations in Grenada; anti-terrorist strikes into Libya and freedom of navigation operations in the Black Sea and Gulf of Sidra. Commander Destroyer Squadron TWO FOUR embarked in USS SARATOGA in August 1990, conducting operations in support of Operation Desert Storm.  After completing three additional deployments embarked in USS SARATOGA, COMDESRON TWO FOUR was re-designated from a Tactical Destroyer Squadron to a permanent Immediate Superior In Command (ISIC) Destroyer Squadron on 1 September 1995.   COMDESRON TWO FOUR was initially assigned permanent ISIC duties for USS SPRUANCE, USS JOHN HANCOCK, and USS TAYLOR.  In 1997, COMDESRON TWO FOUR began a nearly ten year affiliation with the John F. Kennedy Battle Group.  COMDESRON TWO FOUR deployed four times with the John F. Kennedy Battle Group, including the final deployment of the JFK in 2004.   Following the decommissioning of the USS JOHN F KENNEDY in 2007, COMDESRON TWO FOUR was selected to serve as the Command Element onboard the USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20) Humanitarian Assistance Deployment to Central and South America and the Caribbean in conjunction with United States Southern Command’s Partnership of the Americas 2007 and President Bush’s Americas Initiative.  USNS COMFORT visited twelve countries before returning to Norfolk in October 2007.  Planned and executed by COMDESRON TWO FOUR, USNS COMFORT performed over 380,000 procedures on over 98,000 patients of the western hemisphere’s poorest and most disadvantaged peoples. Currently, COMDESRON TWO FOUR plans and executes training exercises such as the quarterly Southeast Anti-Submarine Warfare Integrated Training Initiative (SEASWITI), Joint Warrior exercises in the North Atlantic in partnership with the Royal Navy, and Submarine Commander’s Courses for operational training of prospective Commanding Officers of submarines. The squadron is administratively and operationally assigned to COMMANDER, STRIKE FORCE TRAINING, ATLANTIC (CSFTL) and is the Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC) for USS CARNEY, USS FARRAGUT, USS ROOSEVELT, and USS THE SULLIVANS. DESRON TWENTY FOUR SHIPS USS Sullivans (DDG 68) “Courage, Honor Commitment http://www.sullivans.navy.mil/default.aspx USS Sullivans (DDG 68) History http://navysite.de/dd/ddg68.htm USS Sullivans (DDG 68) Photos http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01068.htm USS THE SULLIVANS is the second ship in the Navy named after the five Sullivan brothers. Homeported in Mayport, Fla., she is part of the Atlantic Fleet. According to the German news magazine "Der Spiegel", in January 2000, 10 months before the attack on USS COLE (DDG 67) in Aden, USS THE SULLIVANS was the target of a failed terrorist attack in the harbor of Aden, Yemen. USS Carney (DDG 64) “Resolute - Committed - Successful” “505 Feet of American Fighting Steel” http://www.carney.navy.mil/default.aspx USS Carney (DDG 64) History http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01064.htm USS Carney (DDG 64) Photos http://www.navysite.de/dd/ddg64.htm The USS CARNEY is the Navy’s 14th ARLEIGH BURKE Class Destroyer. Built at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME, the ship was named after Admiral Robert B. Carney, an influential leader during World War II and the years following. The CARNEY was commissioned in Mayport, Fla, where she is now homeported. USS Roosvelt (DDG 80) “Leadership – Truth – Loyalty” http://www.ddg-roosevelt.navy.mil/default.aspx   USS Roosvelt (DDG 80) History http://navysite.de/dd/ddg80.htm USS Roosvelt (DDG 80) Photos http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01080.htm USS ROOSEVELT is the second OSCAR AUSTIN class guided missile destroyer and is the second ship in the Navy named in honor of president Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife. USS Farragut (DDG 99) "PREPARED FOR BATTLE". http://www.farragut.navy.mil/default.aspx Focus on USS Farragut (DDG 99) http://www.navy.mil/local/ddg99 USS Farragut (DDG 99) Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=429 USS Farragut (DDG 99) History http://navysite.de/dd/ddg99.htm USS Farragut (DDG 99) Photos http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01099.htm USS FARRAGUT is the 21st Flight IIA ARLEIGH BURKE - class guided missile destroyer and the fifth ship in the Navy named after Admiral David Glasgow Farragut. _________________ U. S. Navy Veteran  August 1977 to July 1983 Yoeman Second Class, with student pilot's license
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