View previous topic :: View next topic
Author	Message
Batman47 Board Founder/CNC User is Offline Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 394 Karma: 5 applaud / smite 425 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:10 pm    Post subject: U. S. NAVY STRUCTURE/COMMANDS/FLEETS/UNITS · Quote U. S. Navy Flag, Rank, Insignia & Badges - ROTC http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1292.html THE DECLINE AND RENAISSANCE OF THE NAVY - 1922-1944 http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/USN/77-2s202.html United States Navy This is an Official U.S. Navy Web Site. http://www.navy.mil US NAVY WEB SITE LINKS ALPHABETICAL LISTING http://www.navy.mil/links/alpha.asp The US Navy - Secretary of the Navy http://www.navy.mil/navydata/leadership/ldrDisplay.asp?m=325 Status of the Navy http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=146 HQ Navy Websites http://www.hq.navy.mil/hqwebsites.htm Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) http://www.bupers.navy.mil Navy Personnel Command https://www.npc.navy.mil/Redirect.htm NAVY FOIA - ONLINE RESOURCES http://foia.navy.mil/online.asp Department of the Navy SADBU Office http://www.hq.navy.mil/sadbu Department of the Navy FY07 President's Budget http://www.finance.hq.navy.mil/fmb/07pres/books.htm Navy News Site: http://www.news.navy.mil Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Jacksonville http://www.nctsjax.navy.mil/ Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) http://www.cnic.navy.mil/cnic_hq_site/index.htm All Navy News Stand Groups https://navhome.news.navy.mil/local/view_groups.asp Official U.S. Navy SWCC Information Web Site http://www.sealchallenge.navy.mil/swcc/oth_intro.asp Office of Naval Research - ONR http://www.onr.navy.mil U.S. Naval Research Laboratory http://www.nrl.navy.mil Policies Affecting U.S. Navy Publicly-Accessible Web Sites http://www.cffc.navy.mil/policy.htm List of units of the United States Navy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_units_of_the_United_States_Navy Homeports of Navy Ships - As of August 19, 2005 http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/lists/homeport.html US Navy Units - Introduction Carrier Strike Groups Amphibious Ready Groups Expeditionary Strike Groups http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/index.html List of units of the United States Navy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_units_of_the_United_States_Navy Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035 Becoming a 21st-Century Force - Volume 7: Undersea http://books.nap.edu/html/tech_21st/uwindex.htm US Navy Ships - "NAVY VISIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT OPERATING AND SUPPORT."  http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship Focus on Ashore Commands http://www.navy.mil/local/view_groups.asp?category_id=9 Naval Inspector General http://www.ig.navy.mil/IG%20Offices%20(COMUSNAVEUR).htm OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3500 http://www.nwdc.navy.mil/NLL/files/Opnavinst3500_37c.doc NAVAL MILITARY PERSONNEL MANUAL http://buperscd.technology.navy.mil/bup_updt/upd_CD/BUPERS/MILPERS/MILPERSMAN%20%201301%20-%20OFFICE R%20ASSIGNMENT%20AND%20DISTRIBU.PDF Prelim-United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995 http://www.history.navy.mil/download/history/prelim.pdf Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force http://www.cotf.navy.mil COMFISCS Commander Fleet Industrial Supply Centers (COMFISCS) https://www.navsup.navy.mil/portal/page?_pageid=477,264024,477_264041&_dad=p5star&_schema=P5STAR Archive of Older "What's New in the Online Library of Selected Images?"   Entries posted in November & December 2002 http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/wn-ar025.htm MaritimeDigital Encyclopedia - 1893 http://www.ibiblio.org/maritime/media/index.php?cat=697 APPENDIX A — Navy-Marine Corps Crisis Response and Combat Actions http://www.navy.mil/navydata/policy/vision/vis00/v00-a.html 32 - Executive Order 9096 Reorganizing the Navy Department and the Naval Service - March 12th, 1942 By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (Public Law 354, 77th Congress), and other applicable statutes, and as Commander in Chief of the of the Army and Navy and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=16234 3.1 IDENTITY STATEMENT 3.1.1 Reference code: GB99 KCLMA MF 866-869 3.1.2 Title: US Naval Operations in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, 1940- 1955 3.1.3 Dates of creation of material: 1940-1955 3.1.4 Level of description: collection level 3.1.5 Extent: 4 reels 3.2 CONTEXT 3.2.1 Name of creator: Chief of Naval Operations, US Navy; Commander, [US] Naval Forces in Europe (COMNAVEU); Commander in Chief, US Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (CINCNELM); Adm Harold Raynsford Stark, Commander, [US] Naval Forces in Europe (COMNAVEU). http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/summary/xu67-001.shtml THE DECLINE AND RENAISSANCE OF THE NAVY - 1922 to 1944 http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/USN/77-2s202.html STATEMENT OF RADM MARK P. FITZGERALD DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, AIR WARFARE – ON NAVY CAPABILITIES FOR CONDUCTING CONVENTIONAL LONG RANGE STRIKE - MARCH 3, 2004 BEFORE THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE PROJECTION FORCES SUBCOMMITTEE http://armedservices.house.gov/openingstatementsandpressreleases/108thcongress/04-03-03fitzgerald.ht ml US Navy Ships - "NAVY VISIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT OPERATING AND SUPPORT." http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship US Navy Fleets http://navysite.de/navy/fleet.htm Numbered Fleets http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/navy/unit/fleet_n.htm Task Force http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/task-force.htm Task Force Navy Family Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=392 Fleet/Force Division Summary http://www.onr.navy.mil/nffti A Brief History Of The U.S. Fleet Forces Command http://www.cffc.navy.mil/history.htm Commander, Fleet Forces Command (CFFC) http://www.cffc.navy.mil Shore Commands http://www.nablc.navy.mil/shore%20commands.htm US Aircraft Photo Web Sites http://rleeermey.org/viewtopic.php?t=10682 US Aircraft Carrier Photos http://rleeermey.org/viewtopic.php?t=10633 Blue Angels http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1343.html (CVBG or CARBATGRU) or carrier strike group (CVSG) CV/CVN's, COMCARSTRKGRU's, COMDESRON's, CVW's http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1342.html USS Enterprise launched air strikes against Taliban fighters near Kandahar http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/861696.aspx Valiant Shield 2006 - Three Carrier Strike Groups http://www.pacom.mil/exercises/vs2006/index.shtml Valiant Shield 2007 Public Affairs Portal http://www1.apan-info.net/Default.aspx?alias=www1.apan-info.net/vs Carrier Battle Group Essay [Archive] - World Affairs Board http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/naval-forces/9444-carrier-battle-group-essay.html U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER DESIGN 1941 TO 2008 http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/charts/chart25.pdf COMMISSIONED U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER STATUS AS OF 2008 http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1454.html U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND THE CARRIER INDUSTRIAL BASE AS OF 2007/08 http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/charts/chart11.pdf U. S. Aircraft Carrier Deployments 2000 to 2008 Operation Southern Watch (OSW), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Maritime Security Operations (MSO), Exercise, Operation, etc. http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1414.html US Aircraft Carrier Current Weekly Deployment Status 2008 http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1454.html U. S. Navy DESRON's MASTER http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1483.html COMEXSTRKGRU/PHIBRON http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1501.html USN, USMC and USCG Helicopter Squadron's Master http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1320.html TOMCAT AND HORNET SUPERSONIC, TWIN ENGINE FIGHTERS http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/669399.aspx http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1325.html Chief of Naval Operations CNO Chief of Naval Operations CNO Adm. Gary Roughead relieved Adm. Mike Mullen as Chief of Naval Operations. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/organization/org-cno.asp http://www.navy.mil/navydata/organization/org-cno.asp Chief of Naval Operations Story Archive http://www.news.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=79 Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Readiness Division Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=78 Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations [OCNO] http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/038.html Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN (1878-1956) -- 9th Chief of Naval Operations, 26 March 1942 - 15 December 1945 http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-k/ej-kng.htm Commander, Naval Region (COMNAVREG) Commander, Naval Activities (COMNAVACT) http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/comnavreg.htm Commander, U.S. Naval Activities, United Kingdom is an echelon three command subordinate to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe. As the regional area coordinator for the United Kingdom and Northern Europe, COMNAVACTUK also exercises command over Naval Air Facility, Mildenhall, Navy Exchange, United Kingdom, U.S. Naval Medical Clinics, United Kingdom; and the Marine Corps Security Force Company, London. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/comnavreg.htm Commander, Military Sealift Command http://eqneedf.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=920&sid=aebb44feffd18fd239eee16002779326 Tactical Air Control Squadron 21 & 22 http://www.tacron22.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx Commander, Navy Reserve Force http://navyreserve.navy.mil/Public/Staff/WelcomeAboard/default.htm Continental United States (CONUS) Regional Commands (for Homeland Defense/Security): Navy Regional Sites: CONUS Naval District Washington http://www.ndw.navy.mil Navy Region Mid-Atlantic http://www.cnrma.navy.mi Navy Region Mid-West http://www.nsgreatlakes.navy.mil/cnrmw Navy Region Southeast http://www.cnrse.navy.mil NAVY REGION SOUTHWEST - CNRSW http://www.cnrsw.navy.mil Focus on Commander Navy Region Northeast http://www.navy.mil/local/cnrne Commander Navy Region Northeast Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=32 Navy Region Northeast http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/comnavreg-ne.htm EFFECTIVE 06 OCTOBER 2006 NAVY REGION NORTHEAST COMMAND HAS BEEN DISESTABLISHED AND REGIONAL INSTALLATION COMMANDS HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED WITHIN NAVY REGION MID ATLANTIC. http://www.cnrne.navy.mil COMNORTHEAST BRIEFING Tropical Cyclone Procedures http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:xwWNh0cFuDsJ:www.nwc.navy.mil/metoc/HU06-CNRNE%2520TROP%2520CYCL %2520PROCEDURES.ppt+Commander+Navy+Region+Northeast&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6 U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization http://eqneedf.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=1076 Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command COMUSNAVSO http://www.cusns.navy.mil COMUSNAVSO Mission http://www.cusns.navy.mil/mission.htm Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command - NETWARCOM https://ekm.netwarcom.navy.mil/netwarcom/nnwc-nipr/index.htm Navy's Central Operational Authority for Network, Information Operations, and FORCEnet https://ekm.netwarcom.navy.mil/netwarcom/nnwc-nipr/index.htm Commander, Military Sealift Command http://www.msc.navy.mil Commander, Naval Submarine Forces (also serves as Commander, Naval Submarine Forces Atlantic) http://www.sublant.navy.mil SUBGRU/SUBRON/SUBDEVRON/DSRV MASTER http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1441.html Surface Force Training Manual Squadron Exercises (RONEX) and Gulf of Mexico Exercises (GOMEX) are scheduled quarterly for those. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/navy/docs/surftraman1.pdf Commander, First Naval Construction Division http://www.seabee.navy.mil/index.cfm/4158 Commander, Navy Munitions Command - VMC CONUS http://nmc.ahf.nmci.navy.mil Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command - CNMOC https://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/pao.htm Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command http://www.necc.navy.mil Surface Warfare Officers School Command SWOSCOLCOM NEWPORT RI http://www.swos.navy.mil Focus on Naval Special Warfare Group Two http://www.navy.mil/local/nswgtwo Office of Naval Research The mission of the Office of Naval Research is to: foster, plan, facilitate and transition scientific research in recognition of its paramount importance to enable future naval power and the preservation of national security. http://www.onr.navy.mil MCMRON Mine Countermeasures Command/Squadron-Ship's Naval Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM) https://ekm.netwarcom.navy.mil/netwarcom/nnwc-nipr/index.htm Commander, Navy Warfare Development Command   http://www.nwdc.navy.mil Commander, Naval Mine Warfare Command - NMAWC COMINEWARCOM http://www.cmwc.navy.mil/default.aspx Commander, Mine Warfare Command Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=29 Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet - COMNAVSURFLANT http://www.cnsl.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx COMSEACONWINGLANT Commander, Sea Control Wing U.S. Atlantic Fleet http://www.cscwl.navy.mil COMSEACONWINGLANT: JFCOM News Feed http://www.cscwl.navy.mil/index.php?id=74&secid=12 COMNAVAIRLANT Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic http://www.airlant.navy.mil Focus on Commander Naval Air Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet http://www.navy.mil/local/comnavairlant Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet http://www.airlant.navy.mil Commander Naval Air Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet Text Only Site http://www.airlant.navy.mil/Text-Only/textonly-index.htm COMNAVAIRLANT Announces Sailors of the Year 2006 http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=22832 COMNAVAIRLANT History & Mission http://www.airlant.navy.mil/History-Mission/history-mission.htm COMNAVAIRLANT/COMNAVAIRPAC INSTRUCTION 5400-27C http://www.dcfp.navy.mil/library/sftm/5400-27C.pdf COMSTRKFORTRALANT Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic http://www02.clf.navy.mil/cnal SEA STRIKE Newsletter 10 December 2004 # 23 Story Number: nwdc050216-01 - 2/16/2005 From NWDC Sea Strike Warfare Innovation Team (WITD) http://www.navy.mil/search/displaybbs.asp?bbs_id=1305&cat=5 SEA STRIKE Newsletter 11 February 2005 Number 25 Story Number: nwdc050720-11 - 7/20/2005 From NWDC Sea Strike Warfare Innovation Team (WITD) http://www.navy.mil/search/displaybbs.asp?bbs_id=1376&cat=5 COMNAVSURALANT Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic http://www.cnsl.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx COMNAVSURFLANT Commands http://www.cnsl.surfor.navy.mil/Lists/Commands/Websites.aspx http://www.cnsl.surfor.navy.mil/Lists/Commands/ISIC%20View.aspx Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Story Archive http://www.news.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=91 Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet Story Archive http://www.news.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=15 COMNAVSURFLANT News http://www.cnsl.surfor.navy.mil/Lists/News%20Stories/AllItems.aspx COMMANDER NAVY REGION MID-ATLANTIC http://www.cnrma.navy.mil Commander Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Instructions and Directives http://www.cnrma.navy.mil/Inst/cnrmainst.htm USFLTFORCOM, former COMLANTFLT http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lantflt.htm http://www.cffc.navy.mil The United States Fleet Forces Command (USFLTFORCOM) of the United States Navy is the part of the Navy responsible for operations in and around the Atlantic Ocean. Originally formed as United States Atlantic Fleet (USLANTFLT) in 1906, it has been an integral part of the defense of the United States of America for most of the 20th Century. In 2002, the Fleet comprised over 118,000 sailors and Marines serving in 186 ships and 1,300 aircraft, with an area of responsibility ranging over the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole, the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the waters of the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of Central and South America (as far west as the Galapagos Islands). Its operational fleet (i.e. the collection of fighting ships) is the 2nd Fleet. As of 2008, the HQ of the USFLTFORCOM remains the former naval hospital at Norfolk, Virginia.   On 31 October 2006, a ceremony was held to officially mark the transition of the United States Atlantic Fleet and Fleet Forces Command to the United States Fleet Forces Command.  Three of the 37 previous admirals who held the top post in the Atlantic fleet attended the ceremony, which was held aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).  The command will henceforth be known as Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command. A Brief History Of The U.S. Fleet Forces Command http://www.cffc.navy.mil/history.htm "In 1948, the HQ of the Atlantic Fleet moved into the former naval hospital at Norfolk, Virginia.  From 1947 to 1985, the fleet command was no longer mixed in with the United States Atlantic Command.  The HQ of the Atlantic Fleet remained onboard a rather odd assortment of ships; the Augusta (CA-31), the old wooden ship Constellation, Vixen (PG-35), and Pocono (AGC-16) from 1941 to 1948. Between 1947 and 1985, the fleet command was mixed in with the United States Atlantic Command.  The Atlantic Fleet reappeared 1 February 1941 along with the Pacific Fleet and the new Asiatic Fleet. This time each fleet was to be under the command of a full Admiral, which jumped the fleet's commander Ernest J. King from a two-star to a four-star flag flying over his flagship Texas (BB-35).  The Atlantic Fleet was reorganized into the Scouting Force in 1923 until 1941.  The Atlantic Fleet originally came into existence in 1906 (along with the Pacific Fleet), established by President Theodore Roosevelt as protection for new bases in the Caribbean acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War.  In 1907, the first commander of the Atlantic Fleet was Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, who hoisted his flag in the battleship Maine (BB-10) on 1 January 1906, took his 16 battleships, now dubbed the Great White Fleet, on a round-the-world goodwill cruise that served the purpose of advertising the USA's naval strength and reach to all other nations of the globe from 1907 to 1909” (Ref. 313B). “DESRON is the USN abbreviation for Destroyer Squadron. A DESRON usually consists of three or more Destroyers or Frigates. A CRUDESRON is a Cruiser Destroyer Squadron and includes cruisers in the ships under its control. In the USN, a DESRON is not generally an operational unit but responsible for training, equipping and administering of the ships under its umbrella. The officer in command of DESRON SIX is designated COMDESRON SIX or Commander Destroyer Squadron Six. Several DESRONs or CRUDESRONs may be organised into a Destroyer Group (DESGRU) or Cruiser Destroyer Group (CRUDESGRU). The overall responsibility for surface warships on the east coast, rests with the Commander Surface Force, Atlantic Fleet (COMSURFLANT). When deployed, a Cruiser-Destroyer Group Commander is normally assigned as the operational commander of a Carrier Battle Group (CVBG). When a DESRON deploys, for instance as part of a Carrier Battle Group, overall command is transferred to the Naval Component Commander of the local Regional Command (eg. COMNAVCENT or Commander US Naval Forces, Central Command). DESRON'S http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1483.html Norfolk-based Destroyer Squadrons 2, 18, 20, 22, 26, 28 and 32; and Mayport-based Destroyer Squadrons 14 and 24: COMDESRON TWO (CDS 2) Commander Destroyer Squadron Two DESRON TWO "Second to None" http://www.cds2.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx COMDESRON FOURTEEN (CDS 14) Commander Destroyer Squadron Fourteen DESRON FOURTEEN "Total Professionalism" http://www.cds14.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx COMDESRON EIGHTEEN (CDS 18) Commander Destroyer Squadron Eighteen DESRON EIGHTEEN http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/desron18.htm COMDESRON TWENTY TWO (CDS 22) Commander Destroyer Squadron Twenty Two DESRON TWENTY TWO "Facta Non Verba" http://www.cds22.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx COMDESRON TWENTY FOUR (CDS 24) Commander Destroyer Squadron Twenty Four DESRON TWENTY FOUR “Keystone” http://www.cds24.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx COMDESRON TWO SIX (CDS 26) Commander, Destroyer Squadron Two Six DESRON TWO SIX "Par Excellence" http://www.cds26.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx COMDESRON TWO EIGHT (CDS 28) Commander, Destroyer Squadron Two Eight DESRON TWO EIGHT http://www.cds28.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx COMDESRON THREE TWO (CDS 32) Commander, Destroyer Squadron Three Two DESRON THREE TWO http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/navy/unit/squadron.htm Commodore Chief of Staff Command Master Chief U. S. Navy DESRON's MASTER Cruiser Destroyer Groups: Cruiser Destroyer Group 2 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/crudesgru2.htm Cruiser Destroyer Group 8 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/crudesgru8.htm Cruiser Destroyer Group 12 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/crudesgru12.htm Commander, Second Fleet (COMSECONDFLEET) U. S. 2nd Fleet http://www.secondfleet.navy.mil U. S. 2nd Fleet opens new headquarters - 2nd Fleet News http://www.freepowerboards.com/owcommandpost/owcommandpost-about1455.html Focus on Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet http://www.news.navy.mil/local/c2f Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=18 U.S. 2nd Fleet http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/c2f.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._2nd_Fleet “Second Fleet is a part of USFLTFORCOM Based in Norfolk, Virginia, and is responsible in peacetime for training the Atlantic battle fleet in war-fighting skills, developing and evaluating new naval tactics and maintaining theater battle group readiness. The Commander, Second Fleet (COMSECONDFLT), under the Commander in Chief, US Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT), plans for, and when directed, conducts battle force operations in the Atlantic command in support of designated unified or allied commanders. The Commander, Second Fleet directs movements and exercises operational control of assigned units to carry out scheduled ocean transits and other special operations as directed by CINCLANTFLT in order to maximize fleet operational readiness to respond to contingencies in the Atlantic command area of operations. The Commander, Second Fleet also plans fleet intertype train-ing exercises and participates in joint and combined exercises as directed. In times of crises and during certain exercises, Second Fleet becomes the Commander, Joint Task Force (120), one of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Joint Forces Command's joint commanders in the Atlantic theater. This joint task force consists of elements of the CINCLANTFLT, U.S. Army quick reaction airborne and air assault units, U.S. Air Force aircraft and support personnel, U.S. Marine Corps amphibious forces, and at times, designated units of the United States Coast Guard. When activated, Joint task Force 120 is tasked to execute a variety of contingency missions throughout the Joint Forces Command's area of responsibility. Second Fleet could also be ordered under certain contingencies in the Caribbean theater of operations to control similarly constructed forces as Joint Task Force 140. In February 1950, the command was redesignated to its current title, US Second Fleet.  Second Fleet has USS Mount Whitney as the fleet flagship. The force consists of a balanced mix of capabilities including aircraft carriers, surface combatants, submarines, surveillance assets, amphibious forces, marine landing and mobile logistic units.   Second Fleet operates primarily in the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole and from the shores of the United States to the west coast of Europe. It also operates along both coasts of South America and part of the west coast of Central America. In all, it covers more than 38 million square miles (98 million km²).   The US Second Fleet traces its origin to the reorganization of the Navy after World War II in December 1945 when the formation of the US Eighth Fleet was activated as it was recognised that a numbered fleet was needed for the Atlantic” (Ref. 313C). During the 50 years following World War II, the U.S. Navy has made a continual effort to transform itself to meet future challenges. In October 1962, President John F. Kennedy called on Second Fleet to establish quarantine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. For more than a month, Second Fleet units operated northeast of the island, intercepting and inspecting dozens of ships for contraband. Some twenty years later, President Ronald Reagan ordered the Second Fleet to the Caribbean again, but this time to lead the rescue of Americans on the island of Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury. Leading joint forces, COMSECONDFLT became Commander, Joint Task Force 120 (CJTF 120), and commanded units from the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the second fleet trained more than half of the Navy ships deployed to Southwest Asia. Until 2005, COMSECONDFLT has a permanent assignment with NATO's Supreme Allied Command Atlantic's (SACLANT) chain-of-command, as the Commander Striking Fleet Atlantic(COMSTRIKFLTLANT). COMSTRIKFLTLANT commanded a multinational force whose primary mission was to deter aggression, and protects NATO's Atlantic interests. Establishing and maintaining maritime superiority in the Atlantic, COMSTRIKFLTLANT was tasked to ensure the integrity of NATO's sea-lines-of-communication. Countries contributing included Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 2004, the staffs of U.S. Naval Forces Europe (COMUSNAVEUR) located in London, U.S. Sixth Fleet (COMSIXTHFLT) located in Gaeta, Italy, and a few smaller operational staffs were combined into one command: Commander, Naval Forces Europe and Commander, Sixth Fleet (CNE-C6F) headquartered in Naples, Italy. The restructuring closed the offices in London, reduced the offices in Gaeta and eliminated about 750 redundant positions to leave the new staff with approximately 500 personnel. In 2004, the staffs of U.S. Naval Forces Europe (COMUSNAVEUR) located in London, U.S. Sixth Fleet (COMSIXTHFLT) located in Gaeta, Italy, and a few smaller operational staffs were combined into one command: Commander, Naval Forces Europe and Commander, Sixth Fleet (CNE-C6F) headquartered in Naples, Italy. The restructuring closed the offices in London, reduced the offices in Gaeta and eliminated about 750 redundant positions to leave the new staff with approximately 500 personnel. On June 24, 2005, with the establishment of Allied Command Transformation, and in the total absence of the Soviet threat that had prompted its creation, the Striking Fleet Atlantic nucleus was replaced by the Combined Joint Operations from the Sea/Center of Excellence. http://www.c6f.navy.mil/Default.asp?P=AboutCNE&SP=History CTF-20 Battle Force CTF-21 Patrol Reconnaissance Force CTF-22 Amphibious Force CTF-23 Landing Force CTF-24 ASW Force CTF-25 Logistics Support Force CTF-26 Patrol Air Force CTF-28 Caribbean Contingency UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDER, U.S. NAVAL FORCES SOUTHERN COMMAND - COMUSNAVSO http://www.cusns.navy.mil http://www.southcom.mil/usag-miami/sites/about/history.asp COMMODORE REAR ADMIRAL JAMES W. STEVENSON, JR. http://www.cusns.navy.mil/commander_bio.htm Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Story Archive https://navcms.news.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=100 Joint Task Force Bravo http://www.jtfb.southcom.mil COMUSNAVSO MISSION/HISTORY The United States Southern Command is one of nine unified commands located throughout the world. SOUTHCOM headquarters is located in Miami, Florida. The basic mission of Southern Command is to provide strategic and operational command control of assigned U.S. land, sea and air forces within its area of responsibility. Like the other four region unified commands, SOUTHCOM has two major tasks: Defend U.S. interests within its assigned area of responsibility Assist the development of modern militaries within friendly nations throughout its area of responsibility In addition to participation of COMUSNAVSO within the U.S. Southern Command, personnel from the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps are also assigned to the command. NAVSO's Area Of Responsibility includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean and surrounding waters. The United States has vital national interest in this dynamic region of the world. Strengthening ties, promoting friendships and increasing interoperability among the naval forces in the Western Hemisphere are paramount to our success. http://www.cusns.navy.mil/mission.htm Formerly known as Destroyer Squadron Six and based in Pascagoula, Miss., DESRON 40 has relocated to Mayport. The Squadron's new command structure better reflects its mission as the tactical destroyer squadron for NAVSO. Destroyer Squadron SIX [ex Naval Surface Group Four] http://eqneedf.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=883 COMDESRON FOUR ZERO (CDS 40) Commander Destroyer Squadron Four Zero, former DESRON SIX DESRON FOUR ZERO [ex Naval Surface Group Four] U.S. Sixth Fleet COMUSNAVEUR/COMSIXTHFLT U.S. Sixth Fleet (COMSIXTHFLT) - CNE-C6F VADM Boomer Stufflebeem, C6F/DCNE June 2005 - Present 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 Joint Forces Maritime Component Command, Europe (JFMCC EUR) http://www.naveur.navy.mil Focus on COMUSNAVEUR/COMSIXTHFLT http://www.navy.mil/local/naveur 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 Stufflebeem Assumes Title of COMSIXTHFLT Story Number: NNS050520-14 Release Date: 5/20/2005 12:12:00 PM By Journalist 1st Class Eric Brown, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- Rear Adm. J. Boomer Stufflebeem relieved Vice Adm. Harry Ulrich as the commander of U.S. 6th Fleet and Joint Forces Maritime Component Command, Europe (JFMCC EUR) at a change of command ceremony May 20, 2005. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=18429 VADM H.G. Ulrich III November 2003- May 2005   http://www.c6f.navy.mil/Default.asp?P=AboutCNE&SP=Chronology CNE-C6F warfighting staff underway for real-world exercise Release Date: August 29, 2005 Commander, Naval Forces Europe CNE-C6F - Home http://www.c6f.navy.mil/Default.asp?P=PrivacyPolicy Headquarters United States European Command http://www.eucom.mil/english/index.asp Commander, U.S. SIXTH Fleet CNE-C6F - Home http://www.c6f.navy.mil Commander, Naval Activities, United Kingdom http://www.cnauk.navy.mil COMUSNAVEUR/COMSIXTHFLT Local Topics http://www.navy.mil/local/display_localcat.asp?cat=1&group=61 Bataan ESG Enters U.S. 6th Fleet January 11 , 2007 By Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Joanne De Vera, USS Bataan (LHD 5) Public Affairs http://www.c6f.navy.mil/Default.asp?P=News CNRE - Commander, Navy Region Europe http://www.cnre.navy.mil/editor/archive.cfm?datebox=06/29/2006 The U.S. Navy Region Europe e-Business Conference NRCC Naples Planning Officer/Program Manager By  LCDR Lee Mason On 18 April 2001, in partnership with the Engineering Field Activity Mediterranean (EFA Med), the Naval Regional Contracting Center (NRCC), Naples, Italy inaugurated a new era in conducting Navy's business in Europe by hosting the first U.S. Navy Region Europe eBusiness Conference in Naples, Italy. This two-day conference provided a forum for presentations and discussions by Government and industry personnel of the goals and strategies of eBusiness, the tools and technologies available to implement it in Europe, and some current examples of eBusiness programs. http://www.chips.navy.mil/archives/01_summer/ebconference.htm U. S. Sixth Fleet http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/c6f.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_6th_Fleet “The Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean is the major operational component of Naval Forces Europe.  Sixth Fleet is headquartered on the command ship Mount Whitney (LCC-20), forward deployed to Gaeta, Italy and operating in the Mediterranean Sea. Sixth Fleet consists of approximately 40 ships, 175 aircraft and 21,000 people. Sixth Fleet amalgamated its headquarters with United States Naval Forces Europe in the last two years as part of DOD reductions in headquarters, but CNE/C6F still retains both a full four-star admiral and a vice admiral. The principal striking power of Naval Forces Europe/Sixth Fleet resides in its aircraft carriers and their modern jet aircraft, its submarines, and its reinforced battalion of US Marines on board amphibious ships deployed in the Mediterranean. The Sixth Fleet has both US national and NATO responsibilities. The Commander of the Sixth Fleet, Vice Adm. John "Boomer" Stufflebeem, reports to the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe in the U.S. chain of command and to Joint Forces Command Naples when the Sixth Fleet operates as part of NATO as COMSTRKFORNATO (Commander Striking Forces NATO). Commander, Sixth Fleet is forward deployed on USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) and (previously on USS La Salle (AGF-3)) in Gaeta, Italy. The CinC Naval Forces Europe, based in London, is responsible for US naval operations in the European area, and also holds the NATO position of CinC Allied Forces Southern Europe, responsible to the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe. The CINC Naval Forces Europe does not have administrative responsibilities for support of US naval forces in Europe, which are under the cognizance of CINC Atlantic Fleet.  The U.S. Sixth Task Fleet was established in 1949, the same year the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed, in the early days of the Cold War.  The United States has maintained a naval presence in the Mediterranean since the early 19th century, when U.S. Naval forces first engaged the Barbary Pirates to prevent them from interfering with commercial shipping. "Millions for defense, but not a penny for tribute!  In 1946, President Truman dispatched battleship Missouri to the Eastern Mediterranean to counter Soviet threats to Turkey and Iran. The Sixth Fleet provided military, logistical and humanitarian assistance to support NATO operations in Kosovo during the Yugoslav wars. It also participated in the so-called Operation Allied Force, Joint Task Force Noble Anvil, Operation Shining Hope and Operation Joint Guardian. The Sixth Fleet is operationally organized into task forces. Each task force is responsible to the Sixth Fleet Commander for specific functions related to assigned units. When strike groups deploy to the Mediterranean from the Atlantic they 'inchop' (transfer command) from Second Fleet to Sixth Fleet. When they pass through the Suez canal they inchop to Fifth Fleet” (Ref. 313E, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_6th_Fleet and http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/c6f.htm). Task Force http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/task-force.htm Task Force 60 Battle Force COMDESRON SIX ZERO Commander, Destroyer Squadron Six Zero DESRON SIX ZERO 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. To accomplish these various missions, CDS 60 employs surface combatants, submarines, aircraft, SEALs, Marines, other services', and NATO forces assigned to the Sixth Fleet area of operations to ensure sea lines of communications within the United States European Command Area of Responsibility remain open. Task Force 60 is Sixth Fleet's Battle Force. When a Carrier Strike Group 'inchops' into the Mediterranean it is usually designated TF 60. The Task Force can be comprise of one or more aircraft carriers, each with an accompanying complement of approximately six cruisers and destroyers. On board the aircraft carrier is an air wing of 65 – 85 aircraft. The air wing is the primary striking arm of the Strike Group, and includes attack, fighter, anti-submarine, and reconnaissance aircraft. Ships accompanying the carrier serve as defensive and offensive platforms with duties involving anti-air, surface and submarine warfare. In addition to its major role of controlling the seas, the Strike Group can also project its power over land. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_6th_Fleet 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. http://benefits.military.com/misc/installations/Base_Content.jsp?id=2410 Task Force 61 Amphibious Assault Marine Amphibious Ready Group[MARG] Expeditionary Strike Groups [ESG] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/marg.htm Task Force 61 is the Mediterranean Amphibious Ready Group (MARG). It is composed of approximately three amphibious ships and their embarked landing craft. From these ships, United States Marine ground forces can move ashore by sea and air in amphibious assault of emergency evacuation missions. Once ashore, the ships of Task Force 61 logistically support the ground forces, until the objective of the landing has been accomplished, and the Marine Forces return to the ships. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_6th_Fleet Marine Amphibious Ready Group [MARG] Expeditionary Strike Groups [ESG] PHIBRON Amphibious Squadron http://eqneedf.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?p=941#941 Task Force 62 Marine Expeditionary Unit Task Force 62 is the combat-ready ground force composed of a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) of approximately 1,800 Marines. Transported in Task Force 61 ships, the MEU is equipped with armor, artillery, and transport helicopters that enable it to conduct operations ashore, or evacuate civilians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_6th_Fleet Task Force 63 Logistics Force Naval Surface Group COMNAVSURFGRU MED Commander, Task Force 63 (CTF-63) Logistics Force http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/navsurfgru-med.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_6th_Fleet Task Force 63 is the Logistics Force. Composed of oilers, provision ships, and repair ships, its mission is the delivery of supplies at sea, and effecting repairs to other ships and equipment of the Fleet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_6th_Fleet Task Force 64 Strategic Missile Deterrence Task Force 64 consists of nuclear-powered submarines armed with long-range strategic missiles (SSBN). Until the end of the 1970s these ships were homeported in Rota, Spain. The mission is strategic deterrence. Task Force 67 Land-Based Maritime Patrol Aircraft Task Force 67 is composed of land-based maritime patrol aircraft. These aircraft operate over the waters of the Mediterranean in anti-submarine, reconnaissance, surveillance, and mining roles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_6th_Fleet MCMRON Mine Countermeasures Command/Squadron http://eqneedf.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=924 Task Force 66/69 Submarine Warfare COMNAVSUBFORALANT Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet Allied Submarine Command http://www.sublant.navy.mil Focus on Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet http://www.news.navy.mil/local/sublant Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet Story Archive http://www.news.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=15 COMNAVSUBFOR Photo Gallery Archives http://www.sublant.navy.mil/html/photo.html COMNAVSUBFOR News http://www.sublant.navy.mil/html/news.html SUBRON/SUBDEVRON Submarine Development Squadron http://eqneedf.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=922 Task Force 66/69 is responsible for planning and coordinating area submarine and anti-submarine warfare operations in the Mediterranean. Specifically, Task Force 69 is composed of attack submarines that provide capability to destroy enemy surface ships and submarines, as well as protect other Sixth Fleet ships from attack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_6th_Fleet Since leaving Ville Franche, France in 1967, the U.S. Sixth Fleet flagship has resided in Gaeta, Italy. The Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea encompasses task forces, battle groups, amphibious forces, support ships, land-based surveillance aircraft, and submarines. Its role has been important since the early 19th century to the U.S. Navy's commitment to forward presence. As homeport to its flagship, Gaeta hosts the staff of USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC/JCC20) as well as U.S. Naval Support Activity, Gaeta. However, Gaeta's relationship with the U.S. Navy did not start in 1967. Long before the USS Little Rock sailed into Gaeta's harbor, Pope Pius IX and Ferdinand II, King of the two Kingdoms of Sicily, paid visit to the USS Constitution in 1849. Eight flagships later, the ties between the Italian and American communities have strengthened as Americans come to Gaeta eager to experience a new culture and make new friends. As a forward-deployed unit, the USS MOUNT WHITNEY's primary mission is to provide command ship facilities and support to Commandar, Naval Forces Europe (CNE)/Commander, Sixth Fleet (COMSIXTHFLT), and his embarked staff. The MOUNT WHITNEY assumed the role of command ship for the U.S. Sixth Fleet on February 25, 2005, bringing expanded capabilities to the fleet. With the ability and space available to embark a Joint Task Force staff, when necessary, USS MOUNT WHITNEY greatly increases the flexibility of the U.S. Sixth Fleet commander and his staff. Additionally, MOUNT WHITNEY has been outfitted with state-of-the-art command, control, and communications electronic equipment. Any operation or exercise involving sea, air, land, and amphibious forces can be controlled and directed from the flagship while at sea or in port. This further increases the U.S. Sixth Fleet's capability to respond to crisis or contingency operations. http://benefits.military.com/misc/installations/Base_Content.jsp?id=2410 USS La Salle (AGF-3) Former Command ship http://www.navysite.de/ships/agf3.htm Focus on USS La Salle (AGF 3) http://www.navy.mil/local/agf3 http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/89166/agf3---uss-la-salle-command-ship.html USS MOUNT WHITNEY BECOMES US 6TH FLEET FLAGSHIP; USS LA SALLE TO DECOMMISSION Vice Admiral Harry Ulrich, Commander, US 6th Fleet, transferred his flag from USS La Salle (AGF 3) to USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) 25 February in a ceremony aboard both ships. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200506/ai_n16056802 USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) http://www.mtwhitney.navy.mil http://navysite.de/ships/lcc20.htm Amphibious Force Command Ship Photo Index LCC-20 Mount Whitney http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/01/0120.htm U.S. Naval Forces Europe Public Affairs USS MOUNT WHITNEY, Mediterranean Sea — Sailors and Marines from the combined staff of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Sixth Fleet (CNE-C6F) are underway participating in an exercise as Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander Europe (JFMCC EUR). http://www.eucom.mil/english/FullStory.asp?art=682 Release Date: Aug 30, 2005 6th Fleet Public Affairs USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC/JCC 20), Mediterranean Sea -- The Navy is currently undergoing a transformation into a smaller, leaner and more effective fighting force. One of the commands blazing new transformation trails is Mount Whitney, where the changes taking place aboard the 6th Fleet Flagship are raising some eyebrows. As the only commissioned Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship in the American arsenal, the Italy-based Mount Whitney is crewed by civilian mariners and Navy sailors working together as one team. The hybridization of the civilian-sailor crew is part of the overall Commander Naval Forces Europe and Commander 6th Fleet (CNE-C6F) transformation strategy to become more effective and cost efficient. http://www.eucom.mil/english/FullStory.asp?art=683 Joint Task Force Lebanon Story Archive - 2006 http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=443 FORMER FLAG SHIP'S (Reported by COMUSNAVEUR/COMSIXTHFLT) USS Little Rock (CLG 4) 1967-1970, 1973-1976 http://www.usslittlerock.org/ USS Springfield (CLG 7) 1970-1973 http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/clg7-o.htm USS Albany (CG 10) 1976-1980 http://www.ussalbany.org USS Puget Sound (AD 38) 1980-1985 http://www.usspugetsound.org USS Coronado (AGF 11) 1985-1986 http://navysite.de/ships/agf11.htm USS Belknap (CG 26) 1986-1994 http://www.ussbelknap.com USS LaSalle (AGF 3) 1994-2005 http://www.navysite.de/ships/agf3.htm USS La Salle (AGF 3) Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=76 FORMER FLAG SHIP'S (reported by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_6th_Fleet ) USS Bang (SS-385) http://www.ussbang.com USS Oriskany (CV-34) http://navysite.de/cv/cv34.htm USS Tarawa (CV-40) http://www.tarawa.navy.mil/history/cv40.html USS Albany (CA-123) http://www.historycentral.com/navy/cruiser/Albany.html USS Essex (CV-9) http://navysite.de/cv/cv9.htm USS Forrestal (CVA-59) http://www.forrestal.org USS Intrepid (CV-11) http://www.wa3key.com/intrepid.html http://navysite.de/cv/cv11.htm USS Baltimore (CA-68) http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/ca68.htm USS Topeka (CL-67) http://www.usstopekaclg8.org http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-t/cl67.htm USS Shangri-La (CV-38) http://www.navysite.de/cv/cv38.htm USS Leyte (CV-32) http://navysite.de/cv/cv32.htm USS Kearsarge (CV-33) http://navysite.de/cv/cv33.htm USS New Jersey (BB-62) http://navysite.de/bb/bb62.htm USS Gyatt (DD 712) http://www.ussgyatt.org U. S. Pacific Fleet U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization http://www.cpf.navy.mil/organization.htm Commander In Chief, US Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT) http://www.cpf.navy.mil Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), is the senior commander of U.S. military forces in the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas. http://www.pacom.mil/about/pacom.shtml U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaking on the Navy in the Pacific. October 17, 2005 Adm. Gary Roughead http://www.marineclub.com/Events/SpeechTranscripts/AdmRoughead/transcript.pdf COMPACFLT Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet http://www.cpf.navy.mil PACOM http://www.pacom.mil http://www.ccsg5.navy.mil/materials/pacom Today’s Pacific Fleet HQ Pacific Fleet transforms: Asia-Pacific region more strategic http://www.c7f.navy.mil/CPF%20article%20FINAL%201%20JUL.doc US Pacific fleet commander tours China The commander of the US Pacific Fleet Adm. Gary Roughead [C] speaks to the media in Beijing, China, Monday, November 13, 2006. Adm. Roughead began a visit to China on Monday in a trip aimed at strengthening ties between the two navies and gaining insight into the Asian power's military buildup. A man at right and woman at left are not identified. [AP] http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/14/content_732152.htm http://www.hawaii.navy.mil/NewsPAO/HNN_Archive/061117/111706NAVYNEWSA.pdf Statement of Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command before the Senate Armed Services Committee on U.S. Pacific Command Posture - 5 March 2002 http://www.shaps.hawaii.edu/security/us/cincpac_20020305testimony.html Commander, Naval Air Forces (also serves as Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific Fleet Commander, http://www.cnaf.navy.mil COMNAVAIRPAC Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet http://www.airpac.navy.mil/home COMNAVAIRPAC - The Beginnings http://www.cnap.navy.mil/corner/beginnings.asp IG Offices (COMNAVAIRPAC) https://www.ig.navy.mil/IG%20Offices%20(COMNAVAIRPAC).htm COMNAVAIRFOR & and Commander Naval Air Systems http://eqneedf.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=953 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Sites http://www.cnap.navy.mil/links/navymc.asp Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet http://www.airpac.navy.mil/units/typewings.asp Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC) is the direct representative of and the principal advisor to the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet for the operation, support and administration of naval aviation in the Pacific. http://www.cnaf.navy.mil/main.asp?ItemID=668 Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Vice Adm. James Zortman visits NAS Whiting Field. Photo by Tom Thomas https://wwwcfs.cnet.navy.mil/naswf/tower/docs/10Mar2006.pdf Malone Relieves Nathman as COMNAVAIRPAC & Commander, Naval Air Forces SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- In an ceremony on the flight deck of USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Aug. 2, Vice Adm. Michael D. Malone relieved Vice Adm. John B. Nathman as Commander Naval Air Forces, and Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC). http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=3089 COMNAVAIRPAC - Command Overview http://www.cnaf.navy.mil/main.asp?ItemID=668 COMNAVAIRLANT/COMNAVAIRALANT INSTRUCTION 5400-27C http://www.dcfp.navy.mil/library/sftm/5400-27C.pdf Helicopter Tactical Wing Pacific (CHTWP) is a Type Wing and subordinate element of Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNAP). http://www.chtwp.navy.mil COMMANDER, PATROL WINGS COMPATWINGSPAC DET NASNI The mission of COMPATWINGSPAC is the operation, administration, and training of assigned squadrons to ensure the highest state of combat readiness. In addition, COMPATWINGSPAC, ensures a state of readiness is maintained to render aid in periods of disaster, civil disorder, search and rescue operations and in defense of the Hawaiian Islands..." http://www.ncts.navy.mil/homepages/vp-47/html/base_history.html [13FEB2000] http://www.vpnavy.com/cpw2_1975.html Early Days http://historian.iwarp.com/early.htm Commander Patrol And Reconnaissance Forces, Pacific [Commander Patrol Wings, Pacific (COMPATRECONFORPAC)] Task Force 12 (CTF-12) ASW Force, Pacific NAS Barbers Point http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/patreconforpac.htm Commander Patrol and Reconnaissance Force, Pacific http://www.cprfp.navy.mil Commander, Patrol Wing Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing http://www.vpnavy.com/cpw.html Commander, Patrol Wings, U.S. Pacific Fleet Detachment (COMPATWINGSPACDET) NASNI Commander, Patrol Wing Pacific’s primary mission is the operation, administration and training of assigned aircraft patrols and reconnaissance squadrons in order to develop and maintain the highest state of combat readiness. Patrol Wings shall maintain a state of readiness for rendering aid in periods of civil disturbances, disasters and other emergencies, including participation in search and rescue operations. In addition, Commander, Patrol Wings, U.S. Pacific Fleet maintains a permanent detachment at Naval Air Station, North Island, consisting of aircraft, aircrew, and support personnel from VP squadrons homeported in Whidbey Island, Washington, and Barbers Point, Hawaii, as well as reserve squadrons. http://www.nasni.navy.mil/wings/patwing/index.htm Commander Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet http://www.lemoore.navy.mil/csfwp Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet   COMCARSTRIKGRU - Not updated http://www.airpac.navy.mil/units/bglinks.asp Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet COMNAVSUBFORPAC http://www.csp.navy.mil Focus on Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet http://www.news.navy.mil/local/subpac Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Story Archive https://navcms.news.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=226 SUBGRU/SUBRON/SUBDEVRON/DSRV MASTER http://eqneedf.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=1019 Commander Naval Surface Forces (also serves as Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific) http://www.surfpac.navy.mil Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Story Archive http://www.news.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=125 Iraq and Beyond By Admiral Walter F.Doran,Commander, U.S.Pacific Fleet http://www.chips.navy.mil/archives/05_Apr/PDF/beyond_iraq.pdf Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander, Naval Surface Forces COMNAVSURFOR http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/comnavsurfpac.htm Commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet COMNAVSURPAC http://www.surfpac.navy.mil http://www.cds1.navy.mil/como.htm Focus on Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet http://www.navy.mil/local/cnsp http://www.news.navy.mil/local/cnsp Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Story Archive http://www.news.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=125 Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific http://www.midpac.navy.mil/Warfare.htm Naval Warfare Assessment Division, Corona CA http://www.corona.navy.mil Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division http://www.phdnswc.navy.mil Pacific Fleet regional coordinators In addition to its Operational and Type Commanders, the Pacific Fleet also coordinates Navy support activities ashore through Regional Coordinators. Overseas, these Regional Coordinators also serve as the Pacific Fleet's military liaison with host governments to facilitate combined exercises and enhance mutual force coordination. There are six Regional Coordinators: Commander, Naval Forces, Japan COMNAVFORJAPAN http://www.cnfj.navy.mil http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/dod/usfj.htm IG Offices (COMNAVFORJAPAN) http://www.ig.navy.mil/IG%20Offices%20(COMNAVFORJAPAN).htm Commander, Naval Forces, Korea (CNFK) COMNAVFORKOREA http://www.cnfk.navy.mil http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/cnfk.htm Commander, US Naval Forces Korea - History http://www.cnfk.navy.mil/history.html Commander, Naval Forces, Marianas (COMNAVMARIANAS) http://www.guam.navy.mil http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/comnavmarianas.htm Commander, Navy Region Southwest http://www.cnrsw.navy.mil http://www.cnic.navy.mil/CNIC_HQ_Site/AboutCNIC/NavyRegions/CONUS/index.htm Commander, Navy Region Northwest https://www.cnrnw.navy.mil/index.asp Commander, Navy Region Hawaii http://www.hawaii.navy.mil/NavyRegionHawaii/NRH_Main.htm Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (JTF-HOA) http://eqneedf.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=106 Focus on Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet http://www.news.navy.mil/local/cnsp Pacific Fleet Story Archive http://www.navy.mil/local/story_archive.asp?id=23 U.S. Pacific Command Imagery Archive http://www.pacom.mil/imagery/archive/0401photos/index.shtml U. S. Pacific Fleet http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/pacflt.htm The United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U.S. armed forces, under the operational control of the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Its homeport is at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, headed by Commander Pacific Fleet (USPACOM)(formerly known as CINCPAC Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet), usually a four-star admiral. Until May of 1940, the Pacific Fleet was stationed on the west coast of the United States.  During the summer of 1940, as part of the US response to Japanese expansionism, it was instructed to take an 'advanced' position at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Long term basing at Pearl was opposed by the Admiral commanding, James Richardson, so strongly that he personally protested in Washington. Political considerations were thought sufficiently important that he was relieved by Admiral Husband E. Kimmel.  The United States Fleet was transformed into the Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic fleets prior to World War II.  The Pacific Fleet was created in 1907 when the Asiatic Squadron and the Pacific Squadron were joined. In 1910, the ships of the First Squadron, were organized back into a separate Asiatic Fleet. The General Order of 6 December 1922 organized the United States Fleet, with the Battle Fleet as the Pacific presence” (Ref. 313G). DESRON'S Pacific-based Destroyer Squadrons 1, 7, 9, 21, 23, 31 and 33: COMDESRON ONE (CDS 1) Commander, Destroyer Squadron One DESRON ONE "Total Force" http://www.cds1.navy.mil Commodore Captain Alfred Collins, Sr. http://www.cds1.navy.mil/como.htm COMDESRON SEVEN (CDS 7) Commander Destroyer Squadron Seven DESRON SEVEN "The Golden Arrows" http://www.cds7.navy.mil Commodore Captain Michael M. Gilday Chief of Staff Commander Carl A. Burkins http://www.cds7.navy.mil/Leadership%20link.htm COMDESRON NINE (CDS 9) Commander Destroyer Squadron Nine DESRON NINE "En Grade" http://www.cds9.navy.mil Commodore Captain Jeffrey A. Harley http://www.cds9.navy.mil/n00.htm Chief Staff http://www.cds9.navy.mil/n01.htm Command Master Chief CMC Master Chief Kevin D. Hibbitts http://www.cds9.navy.mil/n00b.htm COMDESRON TWENTY ONE (CDS 21) Commander Destroyer Squadron Twenty One DESRON TWENTY ONE "Rampant Lion" http://www.cds21.navy.mil Commodore Captain Michael J. Salvato http://www.cvn74.navy.mil/ds_comm.html COMDESRON TWENTY THREE (CDS 23) Commander, Destroyer Squadron Twenty Three DESRON TWENTY THREE "The Little Beavers" http://www.cds23.navy.mil Commodore Captain Adam S. Levitt Chief of Staff Commander Kristin Jacobsen Master Chief of the Command MGTI Master Chief Ste _________________ U. S. Navy Veteran  August 1977 to July 1983 Yoeman Second Class, with student pilot's license
Back to top
All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

Related topics
Topics		Replies	Author	Views	Last Post
•	Announcement: Forum rules and code of conduct	10	Outsider	3911	Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:29 am Outsider
•	Announcement: Guidelines for interacting with Military personell	4	Outsider	908	Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:01 pm Outsider
•	Announcement: Posting Rule changes, updated:17 November 2006	0	Outsider	1265	Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:24 pm Outsider
•	Announcement: Forum Bashing	0	Outsider	3741	Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:44 am Outsider
•	Sticky: OPSEC & PERSEC	0	Outsider	4115	Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:32 am Outsider

EQNEED  is in no way endorsed or supported by the US government Dept. Of Defense Or ANY branch of

of the United States military.

In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work on this message board is being distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for non-profit research and educational or criticism purposes only. Not withstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work including such use by reproduction in copies or phono records or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is NOT an infringement.