The United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) is a theater-level component command of the United States Navy,located in the Pacific Ocean. It provides naval forces to the Indo-Pacific Command. Fleet headquarters is at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam,Hawaii,with large secondary facilities at Naval Air Station North Island,California.
The United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF) is a service component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces. The naval resources may be allocated to Combatant Commanders such as United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) under the authority of the Secretary of Defense. 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 since the early 20th century. In 2002,the Fleet comprised over 118,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel serving on 186 ships and in 1,300 aircraft,with an area of responsibility ranging over most of 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.
The Sixth Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy operating as part of United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa. The Sixth Fleet is headquartered at Naval Support Activity Naples,Italy. The officially stated mission of the Sixth Fleet in 2011 is that it "conducts the full range of Maritime Operations and Theater Security Cooperation missions,in concert with coalition,joint,interagency,and other parties,in order to advance security and stability in Europe and Africa." The current commander of the Sixth Fleet is Vice Admiral Thomas E. Ishee.
Albert Joseph Herberger was a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy,and the first United States Merchant Marine Academy graduate to attain the rank.
Mark P. Fitzgerald is a retired United States Navy admiral. He is the former Commander,United States Naval Forces Europe –Commander,United States Naval Forces Africa and Commander,Allied Joint Force Command Naples. He previously served as Director,Navy Staff from December 2006 to November 2007 and Commander,United States Second Fleet from 2004 until December 2006. He assumed the duties of Commander,United States Naval Forces Europe and Commander,Allied Joint Force Command Naples on November 30,2007 and assumed the additional duties as Commander,United States Naval Forces Africa on March 26,2009.
Kurt Walter Tidd is a retired United States Navy admiral. He last served as the Commander,United States Southern Command. Prior to that assignment,Tidd served as Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also served as the Director for Operations,Joint Staff (J-3) from 2012 to 2013,and as Commander,United States Naval Forces Southern Command and United States Fourth Fleet from August 5,2011,to June 22,2012. Confirmed by the Senate on December 16,2015,Tidd received his fourth star and succeeded John F. Kelly as commander of United States Southern Command on January 14,2016. Tidd held the title of "Old salt",which means he received his qualification for Surface Warfare before any other active-duty navy officer. He passed said title to Admiral Philip S. Davidson upon his retirement. Upon the May 30,2018,retirement of his United States Naval Academy classmate,Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr.,Tidd also gained the honorific of "Old Goat" –the longest-serving Naval Academy graduate on active duty. Harris presented Tidd with the Old Goat decanter in a ceremony on April 11,2018.
Rear Admiral Richard Joseph Naughton was the superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from 2002 to 2003.
Herbert Fairfax Leary was a highly decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of vice admiral. A son of Rear Admiral Richard P. Leary,he distinguished himself during World War I while on the staff of Commander,U.S. Naval Forces in Europe under Admiral William Sims and received the Navy Cross,the United States Navy's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat.
Commander,Carrier Strike Group FOUR is the U.S. Fleet Forces Command formation charged with training and certifying Atlantic Fleet Carrier Strike Groups,Amphibious Ready Groups,and independently deploying surface ships. Its mission is to "Conduct safe and effective Strike Force Training of the Atlantic Fleet."
Rear Admiral Jesse Alphonzo Wilson Jr. is a retired United States Navy officer. His last active duty assignment was as commander of Naval Surface Force Atlantic.
Jacob Lawrence Shuford was a rear admiral of the United States Navy. His career included service in the Cold War,Kosovo War,and Operation Desert Fox. He commanded surface combatants,served on the staffs of the Chief of Naval Operations,the Joint Chiefs of Staff,and the Secretary of the Navy,coordinated Navy legislative activities in the United States Senate,and his final assignment as President of the Naval War College.
Carrier Strike Group 5,also known as CSG 5 or CARSTRKGRU 5,is the U.S. Navy carrier strike group assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet and permanently forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet. The Strike Group Flagship is the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) which also embarks Strike Warfare Commander,Carrier Air Wing Five and its nine squadrons. As of June 2015,CSG 5 includes three Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Destroyer Squadron Fifteen,which serves as the Sea Combat Commander and is responsible for seven assigned Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
In the United States Navy,United States Coast Guard,United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS),and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps,captain is the senior-most commissioned officer rank below that of flag officer. The equivalent rank is colonel in the United States Army,Air Force,Space Force,and Marine Corps.
Rear Admiral Thomas Kennedy Shannon (USN) is a retired naval officer. His final assignment was as commander of the US Navy Military Sealift Command.
Mary Marcella Jackson is a retired United States Navy officer.
Christopher Watson Grady is a United States Navy admiral who is currently serving as the 12th vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since December 20,2021.
Brian Bentley Brown is a retired United States Navy vice admiral and navigator who last served as commander of the U.S. Naval Information Forces from June 2018 to May 2021. Brian became the second naval officer to assume the NAVIFOR office since it was established. In 1990,he served as a surface warfare officer and was subsequently transferred to the navy's operational arm oceanography command. He was also appointed as the chief of the Navy Space Cadre. As a navigator and administrator,he served aboard aircraft carriers,including USS La Salle and USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Eugene Henry Black III is a United States Navy vice admiral and career surface warfare officer who serves as the deputy chief of naval operations for operations,plans and strategy since October 7,2022. He previously served as the 30th Commander of United States Sixth Fleet,deputy commander of United States Naval Forces Europe,deputy commander of United States Naval Forces Africa,and as the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander from June 2020 to September 2022.
John Vincent Fuller is a United States Navy vice admiral who serves as the 42nd Naval Inspector General since June 11,2021. Prior to that,Fuller served as deputy director for force protection of the Joint Staff and before that as the director of strategy,plans,and policy of the United States Northern Command.
Milton James "Jamie" Sands III is a United States Navy rear admiral and Navy SEAL who has served as the chief of staff of United States Special Operations Command since August 2023. He most recently served as the commander of Special Operations Command Africa from July 1,2021 to July 21,2023. Prior to that he served as commander of the Naval Service Training Command from April 25,2019 to May 27,2021. Prior to that,he served as vice president of the Joint Special Operations University from 2018 to 2019,with prior tours as commodore of Naval Special Warfare Group 2 from 2016 to 2018 and commander of Seal Team 8.
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