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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 1:19 am    Post subject: COMDESRON SIX ZERO - US 6th Fleet · Quote DESRON SIX ZERO - US 6th Fleet - PAST/PRESENT - Up dated 15 July 2008 U.S. Sixth Fleet Headquarters United States European Command http://www.eucom.mil/english/index.asp Focus on Commander, Navy Region Europe http://www.navy.mil/local/cnre/ Commander, Navy Region Europe Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=236 European Command news 2007 Releases http://www.eucom.mil/english/News/main.asp?Yr=2007 Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet - CNE-C6F COMUSNAVEUR/COMSIXTHFLT U.S. Sixth Fleet (COMSIXTHFLT) - CNE-C6F http://www.c6f.navy.mil Focus on COMUSNAVEUR/COMSIXTHFLT http://www.navy.mil/local/naveur   COMNAVEUR/COMSIXTHFLT Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=61 COMUSNAVEUR/COMSIXTHFLT News http://www.c6f.navy.mil/Default.asp?P=NewsArchives   Focus on COMUSNAVEUR/COMSIXTHFLT 2007 http://www.news.navy.mil/local/naveur   COMUSNAVEUR/COMSIXTHFLT Story Archive http://www.news.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=61 Commander, U. S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, Sixth Fleet (CNE-C6F) is the maritime arm of the U.S. European Command (EUCOM). Our ships and personnel work closely with regional allies to strengthen enduring and emerging partnerships and to combat terrorism on - and from - the sea. CNE-C6F provides overall command, operational control, and coordination of U.S. Naval Forces in the EUCOM theater. Depending on regional necessity, Sixth Fleet’s force structure could consist of an aircraft carrier strike group, an expeditionary strike group with an embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit, and various support ships, land-based patrol aircraft and nuclear-powered attack submarines. Providing presence with a purpose, Sixth Fleet follows a peacetime engagement plan centering on exercises and operations that promote interoperability among Northern European, Mediterranean, African and Black Sea littoral nations. Sixth Fleet forces stand ready to protect these waters from anyone who would use the sea for any activity associated with terrorism. Our positive engagement policies help deter aggression in the theater, while improving security cooperation with America’s allies and partners. We are currently transforming the way we operate, organize and fight overseas. Within CNE-C6F are two directorates: Navy Europe Plans and Operations (NEPO) and Navy Europe Programs, Resources and Support (NEPRS). NEPO was based on a Standing Joint Force Headquarters concept with its core output being to develop plans and direct execution for operations and exercises in theater. It encompasses the majority of the staff and focuses in four areas: Plans, Operations, Information Superiority and Knowledge Management. NEPRS is the support counterpart organization to NEPO and incorporates functional areas such as Legal, Public Affairs, Budget Analysis, Manpower and more. http://www.c6f.navy.mil   6th Fleet Flagship Transformation Offers New Possibilities http://www.eucom.mil/english/FullStory.asp?art=683 CNE/C6F Warfighting Staff Underway for JFMCC Exercise http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/08/mil-050830-nns04.htm Commander Allied Joint Force Command Headquarters Naples http://www.afsouth.nato.int COMDESRON SIX ZERO Commander, Destroyer Squadron Six Zero DESRON SIX ZERO DESRON 60 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/desron6.htm   Commodore Commander, Destroyer Squadron Six Zero (COMDESRON SIX ZERO) is the Navy's newest Destroyer Squadron established on the 19th of February, 2003 and also homeported in Gaeta, Italy. As a forward deployed unit the primary mission of COMDESRON SIX ZERO is to conduct prompt, precise, sustained combat or non-combat operations as Commander Task Force SIX ZERO, Sea Combat Commander, and when directed Maritime Interception Operations Commander. To accomplish these various missions, COMDESRON SIX ZERO employs surface combatants, submarines, aircraft, SEALs, Marines, Joint, and NATO forces assigned to the SIXTH FLEET area of operations to ensure sea lines of communications within the EUCOM AOR remain open. The establishment of COMDESROM SIX ZERO provides CNE/COMSIXTHFLT with a permanently assigned DESRON Commander, increasing the Warfare Commanders options when undertaking national and theater level tasking. The primary mission of Naval Support Activity Naples Detachment (NSAND) Gaeta Italy is to provide and maintain facilities and services to support the CNE/COMSIXTHFLT, COMDESRON SIX ZERO, and USS MOUNT WHITNEY personnel, along with their families stationed in the Gaeta area. In addition, Naval Support Activity Gaeta also supports a NATO telecommunications school (NCISS) located approximately 50 miles north of Gaeta in the province of Latina. The Naval Support Activity is located in the town of Gaeta, which is situated between Rome and Naples. Formerly a detachment of Naval Support Activity Naples, Naval Support Activity Detachment Gaeta began operations on January 13, 1967. On January 28, 1994, the establishment of Naval Support Activity Gaeta (NSA GAETA) as an independent command on site in Gaeta became official. On 10 February 2006 NSA GAETA has reverted to a Detachment of NSA Naples. Although officially the command doesn't exist anymore, its main mission as homeport of the 6th Fleet flagship USS Mount Whitney continues unchanged. Currently, U. S. Naval Support Activity Naples Detachment (NSAND) Gaeta - Italy is undergoing transformation on a daily basis. http://benefits.military.com   COMDESRON SIX ZERO SHIP'S Mount Whitney Expeditionary Strike Group Mount Whitney Amphibious Ready Group USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) http://www.mtwhitney.navy.mil/default.aspx USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) History http://navysite.de/ships/lcc20.htm   History of USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) http://www.mtwhitney.navy.mil/site%20pages/history.aspx Homeported in Gaeta, Italy, USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC/JCC 20) was constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company and is named for the 14,505-foot peak in the Sierra-Nevada range in California, the highest point in the lower continental United States. It is the first ship in the U.S. Navy to bear this name. MOUNT WHITNEY (MTW) serves as the Command Ship for Commander, SIXTH Fleet/ Commander, Joint Command Lisbon/Commander, Striking Force NATO and has a complement of 150 enlisted personnel, 12 officers and 150 Civilian Mariners from Military Sealift Command. MTW was the first U.S. Navy combatant to permanently accommodate women on board. MTW carries enough food to feed the crew for 90 days and can transport supplies to support an emergency evacuation of 3,000 people. The ship makes 100,000 gallons of fresh water daily and carries over one million gallons of fuel, enough for a round trip, 16 knot, 35 day voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Mozambique in the Indian Ocean. The ship's two anchors weigh 11 tons each and are attached to 180 fathoms (or 1,080 feet) of anchor chain. Each chain weighs almost 25 tons. Total electrical capacity is 7,500 kilowatts, a sufficient amount to power a small city. The ship's afloat communications capability is second to none. MTW can receive, process and transmit large amounts of secure data from any point on earth through HF, UHF, VHF, SHF, and EHF communications paths. This technology enables the Joint Intelligence Center and Joint Operations Center to gather and fuse critical information while on the move. As the most sophisticated Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) ship ever commissioned, MTW incorporates various elements of the most advanced C4I equipment and gives the embarked Joint Task Force Commander the capability to effectively command widely dispersed air, ground and maritime units in an integrated fashion. Since it’s commissioning in 1971, the ship has participated in fleet operations in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Caribbean and the Indian Ocean and Horn of Africa regions. MTW was a key participant in Exercise Strong Resolve 2002 in support of Operation enduring Freedom and JTFEX 04-2, Operation "BLINDING STORM" consisted of more than 40,000 participants from 26 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Partnership for Peace nations. In 2004, MTW was chosen to chart a new course with the integration of Civilian Mariners into her crew and relocate to Gaeta, Italy where she assumed the role as the Sixth Fleet Flagship. Since arrival in the European AOR in February 2005, MTW has steamed more than 32,000 nautical miles. MTW completed four major NATO exercises in 2005, including Loyal Diligence ’05, Moving Star ’05, Allied Action ’05 and Loyal Midas ’05. In January of 2006, MTW was honored to support the Liberian Presidential inauguration. Additionally, at various times since operating in the C6F AOR, MTW has served as the training platform for Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander Europe, Joint Forces Command Brunssum, Joint Command Lisbon and Special Operations Command Europe. Finally, MTW hosted several showcase events in 2006 including the Secretary of Defense Joint Civilian Orientation Course and EUCOM hosted Senior Commanders Warfighters Seminar. In 2007, MTW conducted unique dry dock maintenance availability in Palermo, Italy and various Theatre Security Cooperation missions throughout Europe and Africa and the Component Commander’s Conference in August 2007. http://www.mtwhitney.navy.mil/site%20pages/history.aspx _________________ U. S. Navy Veteran  August 1977 to July 1983 Yoeman Second Class, with student pilot's license
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