Sunday, May 6, 2018

Navy to resurrect fleet to protect the East Coast and North Atlantic from Russia

Via Billy

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The U.S. Navy has reactivated a fleet responsible for overseeing the East Coast and North Atlantic - an escalation of the Pentagon's focus on a resurgent Russia and its expanding military presence.

2nd Fleet, deactivated in 2011 to preserve funds for new ships, will resume operations in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 1, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told reporters Friday.

"This is a dynamic response to the dynamic security environment," Richardson said onboard the carrier George H.W. Bush. "So as we've seen this great power competition emerge, the Atlantic Ocean is as dynamic a theater as any and particular the North Atlantic, so as we consider high-end naval warfare, fighting in the Atlantic, that will be the 2nd Fleet's responsibility."

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6 comments:

  1. Please don't make me laugh. It's the other way around.

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  2. Hi Brock,
    Geaux Gator NAVY!!!!!!!
    AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH Matie!! Just remember , Before WWII (the Big One) and during.. IT WAS THE USN that secured our position in the world!! Even though it was a USAAF Bomber that dropped the "Fat Boy" upon Japan, It was a United States Ship that took it to that remote Island in the Pacific to be loaded into the "Enola Gay"...... and it was the Japanese who signed the declaration of surrender for WWII on the fantail of the USS Missouri!!!
    PR-2 Deli
    USN- '1966-70...Vietnam '68 USS PRINCETON LPH-5 Ship's Company "V-6" div. paraloft

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  3. It's the navy creating another job for an admiral in a part of the world where there is zero threat. Perfect command for female admirals

    --generic

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    1. Perfect command for female admirals

      Makes sense.

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