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Batman47 Board Founder/CNC User is Offline Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 347 Karma: 5 applaud / smite 376 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:16 pm    Post subject: Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) - PHIBRON 5 · Quote Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) - PHIBRON 5 Focus on Commander, Amphibious Force, U.S. 7th Fleet http://www.news.navy.mil/local/ctf76 Commander, Amphibious Force, U.S. 7th Fleet Story Archive http://www.news.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=151 Commander, Amphibious Squadron Five Amphibious Task Force - (CTF) 76 COMPHIBRON FIVE (COMPHIBRON) 5 COMPHIBRON 5 PHIBRON FIVE Amphibious Squadron FIVE (CPR 5) Amphibious Squadron 5 (CPR 5) http://www.cpr5.navy.mil/default.aspx http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/phibron5.htm Located in San Diego, California at the 32nd Street Naval Station, Amphibious Squadron Five (CPR 5) is the Command and Control Leg of USS Boxer (LHD 4) ESG (Expeditionary Strike Group), former ARG (Amphibious Readiness Group). Amphibious Squadrons are built much like an athletic team whose coaching and training staff remain permanently intact and receive athletes only for the season. The Core Staff serves as the "coaching staff" for the different units under its command. These units are referred to as Naval Support Elements or NSEs. They serve on this "team" for one year. A PHIBRON's NSE's consists of an Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD or LHA), an Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD), a Dock Landing Ship (LSD), a Fleet Surgical Team (FST-6), a Fleet Information Warfare Center detachment (FIWC), a Naval Beach Group detachment (NBG-2), a Search and Rescue detachment (HC SAR), an Explosive Ordinance Disposal detachment (EOD), a Tactical Air Control Squadron (TACRON), and a Naval Special Warfare Task Unit (NSWTU). All elements come together for six months of training then deploy for six months as a forward-deployed, self-sustaining Amphibious Task Force. Amphibious Squadron Five is subordinate to Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 or COMEXSTRKGRU THREE. http://www.esg3.navy.mil Focus on Expeditionary Strike Group 3 http://www.navy.mil/local/ESG%203 Amphibious Squadron FIVE was established in September 1954, and has been based in San Diego, California since its inception. Amphibious ships are assigned to a squadron, more precisely an amphibious squadron which originally began as a Amphibious Ready Group (ARG). Each amphibious squadron is designated by number and is comprised of an at-sea staff. As the Commander of the BOXER Expeditionary Strike Group, CPR5 prepares for and directs expeditionary warfare missions in support of national objectives by employing the combat power of amphibious ships, cruiser-destroyer attack ships, and the Marine Corps in the maritime, littoral, and inland environments. Amphibious Squadron FIVE provides command and control structure in all aspects of expeditionary warfare for assigned amphibious ships. While inport, CPR5 is responsible for overseeing the proper manning, training, and equipping of each amphibious ship in order to allow them to execute expeditionary missions and meet the fleet-wide ship readiness objectives. At sea, assuming tactical control of the amphibious ships, CPR5 plans and executes expeditionary missions. During the intermediate/advanced training phase and deployment, CPR5 serves as the the composite warfare commander and officer in tactical command for BOXER Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG).  BOXER ESG consists of CPR5 amphibious ships, a mixture of cruiser-destroyer attack ships, and a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). Working for fleet commanders or regional task force commanders, CPR5 directs BOXER ESG in executing a variety of expeditionary missions, including: amphibious assault, maritime interdiction, maritime security, noncombatant evacuation, contingency management, and humanitarian/disaster relief. When not tasked in a specific expeditionary role, the ESG is capable of securing regional air and sea superiority as required by theater maritime goals. In its early years, the squadron participated in operations involving high altitude nuclear tests and operational tests of tactical nuclear anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapons, typhoon relief in Hong Kong and the Philippines in 1962; joint Army-Navy landing exercises at Camp Pendleton in 1963 and in combined naval exercises in Formosa in 1964 involving 50,000 U.S. and Republic of China troops and over 125 ships from both nations. Amphibious Squadron FIVE was also part of the U.S. contingency force formed in response to the Tonkin Gulf incident of 1964. In 1965, Amphibious Squadron FIVE assisted in the lift of the Republic of Korea Capital Division from Pusan, Korea to Qui Nhon, South Vietam - the first time Korean troops had ever been sent to a foreign shore. Later, the squadron participated in numerous amphibious landings of U.S. and Republic of Vietam troops in areas known to be inhabited by Viet Cong. The squadron was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation in 1966 for its participation in several amphibious search and destroy missions. In 1969, an operation to open the South Cua Dau River to commercial traffic garnered an award of the Navy Unit Commendation. Amphibious Squadron FIVE's Vietnam service ended with its participation in Operation FREQUENT WIND in 1975, the final withdrawal of U.S., Allied, and South Vietnamese personnel from Saigon prior to its fall to North Vietnam. Between 1975 and 1989, the squadron participated in several TEAM SPIRIT exercises in the Republic of Korea, KANGAROO and VALAINT USHER exercises in Australia, and a multi-national exercise with Pacific Rim navies, RIMPAC-1988. During Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM, Amphibious Squadron FIVE and the THIRTEENTH MEU (SOC) recovered the first Kuwaiti territory of the war by reclaiming Maradim Island in the Arabian Gulf, staged a helicopter deception off the Kuwaiti coast, and transported over 1400 enemy prisoners of war from Iraq-held Faylaka Island to Al Mishab, Saudi Arabia. Post-Gulf War deployments to the Arabian Gulf have included multi-national exercises involving numerous allies in the region that developed friendship, increased military training levels, and demonstrated our continued presence in the region. In 1993, Amphibious Squadron FIVE was summoned to the troubled nation of Somalia. Operations SHOW CARE and MORE CARE, as well as continuing support for the joint forces ashore, earned the squadron another Meritorious Unit Award. Essex (LHD 2) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with Amphibious Squadron FIVE embarked returned home in April 1995 after completing its first overseas deployment and overseeing the final withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from Somalia. Essex's western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf deployment began Oct. 25, 1994, and the ship served as the flagship for the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) under the command of Commodore Gary W. Stubbs, commander, Amphibious Squadron 5. The other ships in the Essex ARG were the amphibious transport dock USS Ogden (LPD 5) and the landing ship dock USS Fort Fisher (LSD 40). Marines embarked in the ARG were from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)(MEU(SOC)), consisting of Battalion Landing Team 3/1, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 161 (reinforced) and MEU Service Support Group 13. In late 1996 the USS Kitty Hawk Battle Group and the USS Essex ARG with Amphibious Squadron FIVE embarked returned were forward deployed to a variety of regions for six months, including the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and the Arabian Gulf. While deployed, they conducted multi-national operations, demonstrated operational primacy over the full spectrum of maritime warfighting operations, tested new technologies at sea and extended U.S. goodwill and ambassadorship with various nations. Rim-of-the-Pacific 1996 (RIMPAC 96) is a biennial exercise designed to enhance interoperability and proficiency of multinational and bilateral forces operating in response to short-notice littoral missions. The USS Essex ARG spent several months operating and training in the Arabian Gulf and conducting port visits in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Australia. USS Essex, USS Cleveland and USS Harpers Ferry participated in the Seventh Fleet exercise Tandem Thrust 97, a combined and joint exercise between the U.S. and Australian armed forces at the Shoal Water Bay training area in Queensland, Australia. More than 28 ships and 1200 Marines — including the Independence (CV 62) and Kitty Hawk (CV 63) carrier battle groups, the Essex (LHD 2) amphibious ready group with the 11th MEU(SOC) embarked, and U.S. Coast Guard vessels — participated in RIMPAC 96. The Amphibious ships USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Cleveland (LPD 7) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) arrived in San Diego 10 April 1997. http://www.cpr5.navy.mil/Site%20Pages/Mission%20Statement.aspx The future battlegrounds of the world will require U.S. forces to be prepared for a variety of missions including humanitarian operations, disaster relief and urban security. Amphibious Squadron FIVE is focused on the training needed for these missions, ensuring success is always the outcome. In a quest to test their ability to operate in the littoral and project combat power ashore, Commander Amphibious Squadron Five (COM PHIBRON FIVE), led by Commodore W.C. Marsh embarked aboard USS CORONADO (AGF 11) participated in Kernel Blitz, the largest amphibious exercise held on the West Coast. Kernel Blitz was a three phase exercise in 1999. The first Phase included two major experiments, "Fleet Battle Experiment ECHO" held concurrently with the Marine Corps’ Advanced Warfighting Experiment "Urban Warrior" during March in the San Francisco bay area. Naval Amphibious ships participating included USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6), USS PEARL HARBOR (LSD 52), USS PORT ROYAL (CG 73) and USS JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG 53). Both exercises tested the ship’s and crew’s ability to support major amphibious operations. Operating together for the first time, the staff from COMPHIBRON FIVE, along with USS BONHOMME RICHARD and USS PEARL HARBOR, executed each facet of amphibious operations successfully. An advanced concept technology demonstration took place during the second phase of Kernel Blitz. Focusing on extending the littoral battlespace, the exercise was appropriately named "Littoral Lightning." The demonstration examined the enhanced integrated command and control, fire support and targeting capabilities of the Navy/Marine Corp team. Despite no actual amphibious landing, the coordination and movement of Naval amphibious assets were crucial in support of the exercise. The technologies being tested throughout Kernel Blitz will provide the Navy/Marine Corp team the opportunity to examine revolutionary Naval warfare concepts. The ultimate goal of these tests is to equip U.S. forces with timely, precision information in order to make them better decision-makers, resulting in improved courses of action and ultimately success. The amphibious operations in support of Kernel Blitz Phase I went extremely well. It was very impressive considering the units had not operated with each other prior to the exercise. A trio of San Diego-based warships comprising the Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with Amphibious Squadron FIVE and THIRTEENTH MEU embarked deployed from the Naval Station 14 August 2000 beginning a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, where they participated in exercise IRON MAGIC and supported Operation DETERMINED RESPONSE in light of the USS COLE bombing. The ARG was also scheduled for a tour of duty in the Arabian Gulf. Led by Capt. A.D. Wall, commander, Amphibious Squadron Five, The three-ship ARG has nearly 2,000 Sailors aboard USS Tarawa (LHA 1), USS Anchorage (LSD 36) and USS Duluth (LPD 6). The ships carry approximately 2,200 Marines from the Camp Pendleton-based 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable). Tarawa ARG also has multiple aircraft: Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier attack jets, Marine CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopters, Navy and Marine CH-46 Sea Knight medium lift helicopters, Marine AH-1W Cobra attack helicopters and Marine UH-1N Huey multi-purpose helicopters. LCU 1632 and 1666 began a six-month deployment 14 August 2000 with the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) Amphibious Ready Group, Amphibious Squadron FIVE, and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. LCU 1632 and 1666 returned from a six-month deployment on 13 February 2001. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/phibron5.htm Since then, Amphibious Squadron FIVE and various Marine Expeditionary units have completed multiple deployments to the Arabian Gulf in support of the Global War on Terrorism. http://www.cpr5.navy.mil/Site%20Pages/Mission%20Statement.aspx Amphibious Squadron 5 Holds Change Of Command - 2/20/2007 http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=27906 Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 5 [BOXESG] USS Boxer (LHD 4) "Golden Gator" http://www.boxer.navy.mil/default.aspx Focus on USS Boxer (LHD 4) http://www.navy.mil/local/lhd4 USS Boxer (LHD 4) Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=192 USS Boxer (LHD 4) History http://www.navysite.de/ships/lhd4.htm USS Boxer (LHD 4) Photos http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/08/0804.htm Boxer Amphibious Ready Group [BOXARG] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lhd-4.htm   Naval Station San Diego, CA. USS Boxer (LHD 4), San Diego, CA – ow-commandpost http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about2027.html USS Boxer (LHD 4) Deployment History http://www.uscarriers.net/lhd4.htm History of the USS Boxer http://www.boxer.navy.mil/site%20pages/history.aspx Boxer is the flagship for the Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group, operating out of San Diego, with Amphibious Squadron Three embarked subordinate to Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 or COMEXSTRKGRU THREE and reports operationally when deployed to the 7th Fleet AOR, to Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy’s only forward–deployed amphibious task force. Embarked units and organizations aboard Boxer for CP include Amphibious Squadron 5, FST 5, U.S. Public Health Service, Navy Seabee CBMU 303, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764, Tactical Air Control Squadron 11, Special Marine Air Ground Task Force 24, Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 23, Assault Craft Unit 1, Fleet Survey Team, Maritime Civil Affairs Team 205 and Beach Master Unit 1. USS New Orleans (LPD 18) “Victory from the Sea” http://www.new-orleans.navy.mil/default.aspx USS New Orleans (LPD 18) History http://navysite.de/ships/lpd18.htm USS New Orleans (LPD 18) Photos http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/09/0918.htm USS NEW ORLEANS is the second SAN ANTONIO - class amphibious transport dock and the fifth ship in the Navy to be named after the largest city in the state of Louisiana. Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton named LPD 18, New Orleans. The LPD 18 honors the largest city of Louisiana and one of the world's major ports. Three previous ships have borne the name New Orleans in honor of the "Crescent City.” Of these three ships, CL-22 was a protected cruiser that served during the Spanish American War and WW I, CA-32 was a WW II cruiser, and LPH 11 was an amphibious assault ship in the Cold War. Navy Takes Delivery of New Orleans LPD 18 Source: Navsea Newswire By Program Executive Office for Ships Communications Friday, January 05, 2007 The Navy accepted delivery of the second in the LPD 17 class of amphibious transport dock ship on Dec. 22. The acceptance of the future USS New Orleans, marks the culmination of millions of hours in conceptual planning, design, construction, and testing of this advanced amphibious warship. New Orleans recently completed Builder's and Acceptance Trials during which the shipbuilder, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, successfully demonstrated this new warship's tremendous range of capability. Main propulsion, engineering and ship control systems, mission and combat systems, damage control, food service and crew support systems were exercised. The ship earned satisfactory scores for the major demonstrations characterizing the ship's performance which led to the Board of Inspection and Survey’s recommendation to accept the ship. Accepting delivery of New Orleans for the Navy, Capt. Dexter, Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast, noted, “There is still work to be done before New Orleans joins the fleet, however today starts the Navy’s ownership of this exceptionally versatile amphibious warship. I know that the Sailors and Marines who sail her will appreciate the state-of-the-art features designed into her.” New Orleans will support the Navy-Marine Corps “mobility triad” of air-cushioned landing craft (LCAC), Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles, and MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft in future Expeditionary Strike Groups. Integrating dozens of unique systems with state-of-the art technology, the ship will be technically adaptable for deployments in the next few years or for future requirements 40 years from now. USS New Orleans will be the first West Coast homeported ship of the San Antonio class. With her unusual profile, characterized by the distinctive Advanced Enclosed Mast/Sensor System masts, USS New Orleans will look like no other warship when she arrives in San Diego this spring. Internally, the ship’s Shipboard Wide Area Network, variety of firefighting systems, sit-up berths and advanced command and control capabilities will also make her a distinctive amphibious ship. Most significant will be New Orleans ability to embark, transport, and land 800 troops and nearly 25,000 cubic feet of combat vehicles and weapons. The next milestones for the ship will be transfer of custody to the Prospective Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Brad Skillman, and his crew’s who will move aboard in January 2007. The Navy will then commission New Orleans in March 2007 in her namesake city. In 2007 the Navy is also scheduled to commission sister ship Mesa Verde (LPD 19), and Northrop Grumman will launch New York (LPD 21) and lay the keel for the future San Diego (LPD 22). Currently, five ships of the class are in construction or in pre-fabrication at the Gulf Coast shipyards. http://www.marinelink.com/Story/Navy+Takes+Delivery+of+New+Orleans+LPD+18-205542.html The SAN ANTONIO class is being designed and built to fight. Its warfighting capabilities include a state-of-the-art command and control suite, substantially increased vehicle lift capacity, a large flight deck, and advanced ship survivability features that enhance its ability to operate in the unforgiving littoral environment. The deployment of LPD-18 will provide each naval expeditionary force with greatly enhanced operational flexibility. The LPD-18 can operate as part of an Amphibious Task Force - the "workhorse" of a three-ship ARG - organized to accomplish a broad range of military objectives; or as an element of a "Split-ARG" that has the LPD-18 detached and operating as a single ship, supporting lower-risk operations. The LPD-18 should also feature prominently in future Expeditionary Strike Groups as part of CNO's Seapower 21 vision. This mission flexibility fully expands the ARGs area of influence by providing an improved capability to cover multiple areas of responsibility, while responding to several crises simultaneously. Improved LIFT - strategic and tactical - is critical to the sustainment of power projection operations. The SAN ANTONIO class is the functional replacement for four classes of less capable amphibious ships equipped with 1970's and early 1980's technology, including its predecessor, the USS AUSTIN (LPD-4) class. Each LPD-17 class ship has 25,000 square feet of vehicle storage space, similar to the larger WASP (LHD-1) class multi-purpose assault ship and double that of the LPD-4. The LPD-17 ships are the first amphibious ships designed to accommodate the Marine Corps' "mobility triad" - Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAAV), Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), and the Marine Corps' new tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey - for high-speed, long-range tactical-lift operations. Just as "littoral" has come to mean operations that begin well "over-the-horizon" (OTH), as far as 600 miles from an adversary's coastline, the "mobility triad" will ensure our ability to "reach out and touch someone" hundreds of miles inland, at revolutionary speeds. America's warships are designed and built to operate in harm's way. Even in peacetime, the threat of attack always lurks in the shadows. The multi-mission San Antonio class is designed and engineered to operate either as a critical element of an amphibious ready group, or alone, operating forward, in hostile waters. The LPD-18 has a reduced vulnerability in the littoral environment by minimizing radar cross section using a streamlined topside design. Combining this significant improvement with state-of-the-art command and control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities and upgraded self-defense systems significantly improves the ship's ability to defeat airborne threats. The LPD-18 design reflects a revolutionary emphasis on shipboard survivability through an organization that will support both traditional manning and core/flex approaches, a focus on vulnerability reduction, and 21st-century survivability features. Never before has a design meshed these attributes into such a comprehensive approach to optimizing ship survivability. Although LPD-18 is not flagship-configured, it does contain better command and control features and a robust communications suite than the LPD 4 Class so as to greatly improve its ability to support embarked landing forces, Marine Air Ground Task Forces, or other joint forces. The ship's Combat Information Center, Marine Tactical Logistics Center, Mini-Intelligence Center, and Troop Operations command and control spaces are equipped with large screen displays and dedicated computer consoles. Removable "smart bulkheads" integrate these spaces to create synergy and the shared knowledge needed to improve operational agility. The heart of the ship's defensive capability is a quick reaction Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) that correlates sensor information, provides threat identification and evaluation, assesses own-ship defense readiness, and recommends optimal tactical defense responses against anti-ship missile and aircraft attacks in a cluttered conflict environment. The LPD-17 class is the first class of U.S. Navy ships to be equipped with a fiber-optic Shipboard Wide Area Network (SWAN). The SWAN connects all ship systems, combat systems, sensors, and command and control nodes with the ship's warfighting consoles to provide the essential real-time decision-making information required for fighting the ship effectively. Employment of the "mobility triad" affords LPD-18 and future ARGs with an OTH maneuver capability that extends the operating range and improves threat reaction time. Highly capable air- and surface-search radar systems, the revolutionary Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), the Rolling Airframe Missile system, and the Mk 53 Nulka Decoy Launching System present an impressive array of self-defense capabilities. An upgrade path has been defined to accommodate future advanced radar systems or other advanced technology for long-term horizon-search and fire-control requirements on LPD-18 in the 21st century. The ship will carry two high rate-of-fire Mk 46 Mod 1 automated 30mm Close-in Gun System mounts. The Mk 46 provides long-range lethality while engaging small, high-speed, surface targets. The LPD-18 design also reserves space and weight for adding improvements such as a Vertical Launcher for the Evolved Sea-Sparrow Missile System to boost future capability. LPD 17 Class: San Antonio (LPD 17), New Orleans (LPD 18), Mesa Verde (LPD 19), Green Bay (LPD 20), New York (LPD 21), San Diego (LPD 22), Anchorage (LPD-23), Arlington (LPD-24), Somerset (LPD-25) USS Comstock (LSD-45) http://www.comstock.navy.mil/default.aspx USS Comstock (LSD-45) History http://www.navysite.de/ships/lsd45.htm USS Comstock (LSD-45) Photos http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/1245.htm USS COMSTOCK is the fifth ship in the WHIDBEY ISLAND class and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. USS COMSTOCK (LSD-45) is the second ship to be named after the Comstock Lode, an early American pioneer mining site near Virginia City, Nevada. The Comstock Lode, founded in 1859, has become indelible in the history of our American West; it produced more than $500,000,000 in gold and silver. Equally important as the riches the mine produced were the peripheral effects that it had on other industries. To mine the ore, huge hoisting machines, giant pumps, heavy stamps, drills, cables and hundreds of other tools were manufactured. To drain water from underground reservoirs, engineers completed a five- mile tunnel under the floor of the Carson River to the Comstock mine. Water required for the 40,000 inhabitants of Virginia City and its surrounding area was transported from an artificial lake, Marlette, 30 miles away in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Using pipes that were cast to fit around mountains, tunnels, flumes and a large inverted siphon, the water transportation and distribution system was a considered an engineering marvel during this epochal period. The original USS COMSTOCK (LSD 19) was commissioned during the end of World War Two in 1945, and later served in both the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. She earned ten battle stars for service in the Korean War, the most awarded to a ship of this type. She received a Meritorious Unit Commendation and six battle stars for Vietnam War service. Now her successor, LSD 45, continues the rich naval tradition associated with the name Comstock. Since her commissioning in February, 1990, COMSTOCK has completed three extended deployments to the Western Pacific and Middle East Forces, and has completed one deployment to the Southern Pacific conducting counter narcotic operations. Since being commissioned, COMSTOCK has been at the "tip of the spear". She participated in evacuation operations after Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines. She was on station during Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm, and participated in Operation Continue Hope off the coast of Somalia. Time and again COMSTOCK's ability to perform under pressure has been demonstrated by the Sailors and Marines that serve their country with pride. In December, 1995 COMSTOCK returned from an extended deployment to the Arabian Gulf in continued support of United Nations and United States policies for that region. Among the highlights of the deployment were integrated amphibious operations with the Jordanian Armed Forces during Operation Infinite Moonlight. COMSTOCK is a "can do" ship with "can do" Sailors and Marines. The ship was the first USN combatant to have a fully integrated crew of male and female Sailors. Sailors on COMSTOCK have seen the world with port visits to the tropical climes and Asian shopping extravaganzas with stops in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Her extensive tours in the Arabian Gulf have been highlighted by visiting such ports as: Aquaba, Jordan; Manama, Bahrain; Kuwait City, Kuwait; and Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. Other popular ports of call for COMSTOCK have included: Mombasa, Kenya; Seychelles; Perth, Australia; and Hawaii. Not all the good liberty ports are overseas, however. Some of the best visits have been to some of America's fine west coast cities, such as San Francisco and Monterey, California. http://www.comstock.navy.mil/site%20pages/history.aspx . U.S. Public Health Service, Navy Seabee CBMU 303 Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764 Tactical Air Control Squadron 11 Special Marine Air Ground Task Force 24 Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 23 Assault Craft Unit 1 Fleet Survey Team, Maritime Civil Affairs Team 205 Beach Master Unit 1. COMAFLOATRAGRU Afloat Training Group, Atlantic and Afloat Training Group, Pacific. http://www.atg.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx   Afloat Training Group provides dynamic, quality afloat training to Navy and Coast Guard Sailors to ensure a combat ready force capable of performing a broad spectrum of maritime missions. Special emphasis is placed on training ships’ training teams, special evolution teams, and watch teams to institutionalize the onboard capability to sustain and improve combat readiness throughout an employment cycle. ATG proudly employs the best Sailors in the Navy and keeps their warfare expertise sharp by maintaining technical in-rate currency of professional knowledge and skills through a robust training program of formal Navy schools, installation and factory training, technical symposiums, informal training and self study. Afloat Training Organization (ATO) http://www.dcfp.navy.mil/train/ato.htm   Afloat Training Group, Western Pacific http://www.atgwp.navy.mil _________________ U. S. Navy Veteran  August 1977 to July 1983 Yoeman Second Class, with student pilot's license
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