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	The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		If the Third Fleet could be lured away to chase the empty aircraft carriers coming in from the north, the extremely vulnerable Seventh Fleet would be totally exposed and subject to annihilation.
		US Submarines Darter and Dace engage the Japanese Navy in the Palawan Passage.
		The US Third Fleet launches concentrated air attacks against the heavy surface units of the Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea.
	www.battleship.org /html/Articles/History/Leyte0.htm (1569 words)

	U.S. 7th Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Princeton (CVL-23) of the 3rd Fleet on fire east of Luzon at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
		The 7th Fleet formed a large part of the Allied forces at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944, which is often said to have been the largest naval battle in history.
		Following the end of the Cold War, the two major military scenarios in which the 7th Fleet would be used would be in case of conflict in Korea or a conflict between The People's Republic of China and Taiwan in the Taiwan Straits.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_7th_Fleet (1131 words)

	United States - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about United States
		At the same time the Seventh US Fleet was placed between Taiwan (which was in the hands of the Chinese Nationalists) and mainland (communist) China to prevent further acts of aggression against that island by organized communist troops.
		The US space programme began to catch up with that of the USSR: the first American was rocketed into space in May 1961, and in February 1962 John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.
		The US policy was based on the American desire to ‘contain’ communism, and stemmed from memories of other areas in the world, such as Cuba, where US action had been too little and had come too late to prevent a communist takeover.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /United+States (11727 words)

	PRC-ROC Conflict Chronology: 1950-59
		US President Dwight Eisenhower issues a declaration that the Seventh Fleet would no longer "serve as a defensive arm of the Communists, " this referring to the US policy of preventing the Nationalist forces from striking the Communist Chinese on the mainland.
		The US Seventh Fleet assists in the evacuation of 25,000 military and 17,000 civilians from the Tachen to Formosa from Feb. 6-11.
		The US Seventh Fleet defends Nationalist air and sea supply efforts, the Communist threat soon fades with Communist "blockade fire" dramatically reduced by October, nearly ceasing altogether by the following June.
	home.nycap.rr.com /mismedia/C_TChronology/chronopages/195059.html (544 words)

	Seventh Fleet
		In 1994, Seventh Fleet was assigned the additional responsibility as Commander, Combined Naval Component Command for the defense of South Korea.
		He commands the three fleets consist of Republic of Korea Navy and two divisions and a brigade of the Republic of Korea Marine Corp. NCC is the only branch of the CFC that are solely under Korean command.
		The Fleet Commander departed Yokosuka, Japan immediately for the Arabian Gulf and was joined by the remainder of his staff aboard his flagship, USS Blue Ridge, on Sept. 1, 1990.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/c7f.htm (1483 words)

	Yokosuka Japan
		The new Fleet Activities Center was constructed as part of the Japanese facilities improvement program, under which the Japanese government provides support for the maintenance of U.S. forces to assist in the defense of Japan.
		The expanded Supply Department of Fleet Activities became the Naval Supply Depot, Yokosuka in August, 1952 and in 1960, the Naval Communications Facility was redesignated US Naval Communications Station, Japan.
		The U. Navy port is situated adjacent to the central part of the Miura Peninsula on the southwest side of landlocked Tokyo Bay.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/yokosuka.htm (2433 words)

	Dangerous Waters - The latest modern naval game from Sonalysts Combat Sims
		The Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok and Petropavlovsk is seized by the newly formed Russian Rebels.
		Moscow responds with the mobilization of the Northern fleet from Murmansk to put down the rebellion and to regain control of the heart of their Pacific Fleet forces and ports.
		U.S. intelligence gives an ominous warning that ballistic missile submarines are among the captured assets and cannot be found in recent satellite imagery.
	www.scs-dangerouswaters.com /campaign.html (1836 words)

	US NAVY - Fleets
		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.
		In peacetime the Third Fleet has no ARG and the carriers in the area are on their way to the Seventh Fleet or conduct training cruises after an overhaul for example.
		Seventh Fleet, established 19 February 1943 from Southwest Pacific Force, is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with 50-60 ships, 350 aircraft and 60,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
	navysite.de /navy/fleet.htm (1652 words)

	THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF - Seventh Fleet
		At the time of the Leyte landings Seventh Fleet contained 738 vessels.
		In addition Seventh Fleet (Task Force 77) contained a Close Covering Group (TG77.3) of cruisers and destroyers, most of them being vessels of the Royal Australian Navy, and the Escort Carrier Group (TG77.4) under Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague.
		Seventh Fleet's force in the Battle of Surigao Strait
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/LEYTE_GULF_SEVENTH_FLEET_.htm (282 words)

	Numbered Fleets
		The Second and Third Fleets are home-ported in the United States, with most of their forces training in coastal waters, while the Sixth and Seventh Fleets are home-ported at forward locations, with forces operating in areas of responsibility.
		First Fleet is a term occasionally used as an informal reference to the US Coast Guard, although as far as one can detect the United States has never in fact officially used this designation with reference either to the Coast Guard or any element of the US Navy.
		As in the case of the US Army, tactical organization for the Normandy invasion was delayed until the fall of 1943 when the Twelfth Fleet under Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk was organized.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/navy/unit/fleet_n.htm (2072 words)

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		US governmental response to the September 11, 2001 attacks
		US National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /u/us/index.html (93 words)

	Commander of US navy battle group sacked - theage.com.au
		The high command of the US navy seventh fleet, based in Yokosuka, Japan, said the admiral had been moved to another post because of a loss of confidence in his ability to command.
		The Kitty Hawk, one of the largest carriers in the US fleet and the only one to be stationed in a foreign port, was ordered to the Gulf region on February 7 to join four other US carriers as part of the military build-up for a war with Iraq.
		Ten days ago, the commander of the US army in the Gulf, General Tommy Franks, was placed under investigation for allegedly sharing classified secrets with his wife and using the services of a female soldier to help with household errands.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/02/15/1044927846340.html (242 words)

	McGrogan's Patch Designs MC GROGAN’S US NAVY SEVENTH FLEET PATCH
		He commands the three fleets consist of Republic of Korea Navy and two divisions and a brigade of the Republic of Korea Marine Corp. NCC is the only branch of the CFC that are solely under Korean command.
		Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet participated in several Pacific campaigns, including the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines during World War II as the naval component commander under Supreme Commander Southwest Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur.
		The Fleet Commander departed Yokosuka, Japan immediately for the Arabian Gulf and was joined by the remainder of his staff aboard his flagship, USS Blue Ridge, on Sept. 1, 1990.
	www.mcgrogans.com /servlet/Detail?no=1201 (1638 words)

	Pacific Fleet - Morskoyo Flota ( Naval Force) - Russian and Soviet Nuclear Forces
		The Pacific Fleet includes eighteen nuclear submarines that are operationally subordinate to the Ministry of Defense and based at Pavlovsk and Rybachiy.
		The air power of the Pacific Fleet consisted in the mid-1990s of the 250 combat aircraft and helicopters of the Pacific Fleet Air Force, all of which are land-based.
		The US Seventh Fleet sends one or two Navy ships a year to Vladivostok for a port call -- much fewer than visit most ports of call in the Pacific.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/russia/agency/mf-pacific.htm (1176 words)

	yehey! News
		Fleet Commander Robert Willard received on board a Philippine Navy delegation led by its commander Vice Admiral Ernesto De Leon.
		"This was an opportunity for Seventh Fleet staff to meet with their counterparts in the Philippine Navy.
		More than 2,000 US troops are taking part in two weeks of military exercises with Filipino forces.
	www.yehey.com /news/print.aspx?a=64179 (147 words)

	The Seventh Fleet Today
		The Seventh Fleet spends a great deal of time in the waters around Korea, and my Korean as well as U.S. military colleagues have been most receptive to what the Seventh Fleet and the Navy-Marine Corps team brings to their warfighting capability on the Korean Peninsula.
		A third case of note in 1999 concerned the Seventh Fleet's involvement in the East Timor situation in support of the Australian and other U.N. forces who were invited by the Indonesian government to bring order to an island where Muslims were slaughtering Christians who had voted for independence from Jakarta.
		It is well-prepared and well-poised to serve U.S. interests in the Western Pacific at the dawn of the 21st century--an honest broker in the region's family of nations.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower/seventh_fleet_today.htm (2846 words)

	US-Australian military exercise rehearses for gunboat diplomacy in the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The primary aim of Tandem Thrust is to rehearse the integration of significant portions of the Australian navy, airforce and army under the command of the US Seventh Fleet.
		The “pre-scripted events and assumptions” are that the US and Australian navies rapidly combine together to conduct an overwhelming “force projection” somewhere in the Pacific.
		The US Navy is providing the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, with some 80 aircraft on board, the amphibious assault ship Essex carrying a 1,700 strong marine expeditionary unit and the state-of-the-art command ship of the Seventh Fleet, the Blue Ridge.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2001/may2001/mil-m10.shtml (1052 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| US carrier captain sacked in Japan
		US Seventh Fleet commander Vice Admiral Robert Willard said the dismissal was "due to a loss of confidence in Captain Hejl's ability to lead his crew and carry out essential missions and taskings."
		Commander Matthew Brown, a spokesman for the Seventh Fleet, said other issues had also influenced Captain Hejl's dismissal, including equipment breakdowns apparently caused by crew members failing to follow correct procedures.
		The carrier was sent to the Indian Ocean last year to help support the US military response to the 11 September attacks on New York and Washington.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/americas/2235892.stm (393 words)

	Decommisioning
		She has steamed in excess of one million nautical miles during her career, and is still the only RAN ship to be hit by enemy fire in the last 50 or so years.
		The US Navy Unit Commendation was established in 1944.
		The US Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation was established in July 1967.
	www.hmasperth.asn.au /Decommissioning.html (687 words)

	Pacific, British, Fleet, Kula, Gulf, Empress, Augusta, Bay, Vella Lavella, Leyte, Sibuyan, Sea, Samar, Engano, Cape, ...
		On the 21st, US Marines landed at the southern end of the main island of New Georgia and on the 30th, Army troops on the nearby island of Rendova.
		On the night of the 1st/2nd in a confused night action with four US light cruisers and eight destroyers, the Japanese were driven off with the loss of a cruiser and destroyer.
		The Japanese were not yet finished and fought hard against US attempts to break out from: their positions around Aitape; on the mainland near Wadke Island; and on Biak, in some cases right through until August 1944.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsPacific2.htm (5771 words)

	Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798 - 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		US forces protected passengers and treasure in transit at Aspinwall during the absence of local police or troops on the occasion of the death of the President of Colombia.
		US forces were used to guard the valuables in transit over the Panama Railroad, and the safes and vaults of the company during revolutionary activity.
		US personnel would be temporarily deployed to East Timor, on a rotational basis, and through periodic ship visits, during which US forces would conduct "humanitarian and assistance activities throughout East Timor." Rotational activities should continue through the summer of 2000.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl30172.htm (12650 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		Though the US Seventh Fleet enters the Indian Ocean, the crisis tides over, but not without presaging what is to come.
		The US national security adviser informs India that "if it comes to an Indo-Pak war, we shall fight on the side of our ally (p 219)." India withdraws the ultimatum after the US appeals to avert war and promises to rein in Pakistan.
		Behind the scenes however, US agent provocateurs are sent into India and other ASE component states to engineer riots, sabotage and to provide a last resort option of triggering war between Pakistan and India.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/FH07Df05.html (1448 words)

	Amphibious, WW2, Normandy, Overlord, Neptune, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, landing, craft, ships
		in company with US warships bombarded Cherbourg, she received several hits from shore batteries and was out of action for the rest of the war.
		As the US forces spread out and head south towards Manila, a secondary landing was made at the end of the month on Bataan Peninsula to stop the Japanese falling back there as Gen MacArthur had done in 1942.
		US losses in men and ships sunk and damaged were severe.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsAmphibious2.htm (3726 words)

	Matt's Today in History
		What transpired over the course of the next two months weeks forever change the relationship between the US federal government and those who risked life and limb in service to their nation.
		Before a submarine could qualify for the operational fleet, it was required to pass a series of trials.
		While the US Navy had been reading most of the Japanese radio intercepts for months before Pearl Harbor, several vital messages were withheld from Kimmel for reasons which are still unknown.
	mattstodayinhistory.blogspot.com (5587 words)

	General Santos City, Philippines » Blog Archive » USS Blue Ridge conducts outreach mission in General ...
		US Ambassador Kristie Kenney earlier said “the US naval ship’s visit marks the long-standing friendship and partnership between the Philippines and the US.”
		Prior to the outreach mission on Saturday, the Generals will be entertained by the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet Band in “a free public concert“ Friday evening at the Port area, Makar Wharf from 6 to 7 o’clock.
		Aside from General Santos City, the US Seventh Fleet, the largest of the US naval fleets with an area of responsibility from the Western Pacific to the Indian Ocean, also visited Cebu in the Visayas.
	wowgeneralsantos.com /?p=999 (429 words)

	US and Australian forces to stage huge military exercise off Queensland
		US and Australian military forces were preparing to stage their largest joint exercise for four years Tuesday, in an operation commanders from both sides said demonstrated the close ties between the long-time allies.
		More than 11,000 US and 6,000 Australian service personnel will take part in Exercise Talisman Saber off the Queensland state coast from June 8 to the end of the month.
		Talisman Saber's commander, US Vice Admiral Jonathan Greenert, said the training programme with Australia was the largest bilateral exercise undertaken by the US military.
	www.infowars.com /articles/military/australia_us_forces_stage_military_exercise.htm (325 words)

	On-line Down Under
		The exercise was designed to train Commander, US Seventh Fleet and Australian Defence Force staffs in crisis action planning and execution for contingency response operations in the Pacific.
		Tandem Thrust is expected to become a biennial US Pacific Command sponsored Combined Joint Task Force exercise involving Australian and US forces in and around the Shoalwater Bay Training Area.
		Field exercises began in March, but hundreds of US personnel, both Reserve and active duty, arrived in-country as early as January to lay the groundwork for the massive logistic requirements of the operation.
	www.chips.navy.mil /archives/97_jul/file11.htm (1671 words)

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