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	Mountains in California, Mount Shasta California, The USS Mount Whitney
		The Mount Shasta Volcano is situated at the northern extremity of the Sierra Nevada.
		This mountain was the inspiration for the construction of the USS Mount Whitney which serves as the Flagship for Commander Second Fleet/Commander Striking Fleet Atlantic.
		The USS Mount Whitney is capable of receiving and transmitting significant amounts of secure data from any point on earth through various communications paths, thereby allowing the Joint Intelligence Center and Joint Operations Center to provide the timeliest intelligence available in the Navy.
	www.destination360.com /north-america/us/california/mountains.php (650 words)

	USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20), a Blue Ridge class command ship, is the flagship of the United States Navy's 6th Fleet.
		The ship is named for Mount Whitney, the 14,946-foot peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California, the highest point in the lower 48 United States.
		In January 2005, Mount Whitney left Norfolk for Gaeta, Italy where she assumed duties as the 6th Fleet command ship on 25 February 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Mount_Whitney (486 words)

	LCC 20 Mount Whitney
		Mount Whitney maintained constant, real-time communications with NATO vessels in their area-of-responsibility and coordinated Kosovo war efforts, including the planning of strategic Tomahawk missile strikes.
		USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) departed Naval Station Norfolk on Jan. 14, 2005 en route to Gaeta, Italy, where she was to serve as the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship and to relieve USS La Salle (AGF 3).
		Mount Whitney would as a result now be forward-deployed in Europe, after 34 years being homeported in Norfolk as the 2nd Fleet flagship.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lcc-20.htm (970 words)

	USS Mount Whitney supplies Persian Gulf-bound ships
		USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC/JCC 20)(March 29, 2003) -- Sailors from USS Mount Whitney and pilots and crews from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron- 6 conducted two separate vertical replenishments at sea (RAS) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom March 27 and 28 in the Gulf of Aden.
		The Mount Whitney and HC-6 currently support Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), whose mission is to detect, disrupt and defeat terrorism in the Horn of Africa region.
		USS Mount Whitney has participated in 19 previous replenishments since deploying from its homeport in Norfolk, Va. on Nov. 12 to the Horn of Africa region, mainly taking on supplies.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030329-usmc01.htm (718 words)

	Marine Corps News -> CJTF-HOA and Mount Whitney troops replenish selves and destroyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS Mount Whitney is the flagship of the headquarters element of CJTF-HOA whose mission is to detect, disrupt and defeat terrorists in the Horn of Africa region.
		USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC/JCC-20) -- The fuel line is pulled from USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196), an oiler, toward Mount Whitney during a replenishment at sea (RAS) April 26.
		Mount Whitney is the flagship for the command element of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.
	www.marines.mil /marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/200342971918 (847 words)

	Marine Corps News -> CJTF-HOA and CTF-150 train at sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS Mount Whitney and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern initially fired individually on the target, and then the ships synchronized fire control processes to engage the target together.
		USS Mount Whitney and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern also exchanged crewmembers during the exercise with four personnel from each vessel participating in the exchange program.
		The Mount Whitney, the command and communication ship of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn or Africa, and the Mecklenberg-Vorpommern and Rhon, both of Combined Task Force - 15, were involved in an exercise to improve interoperability between Coalition Forces.
	www.marines.mil /marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/20031674017 (646 words)

	Getty Images: USS Mount Whitney Serves in War On Terror@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS Mount Whitney Serves in War On Terror
		ABOARD THE USS MOUNT WHITNEY - FEBRUARY 26: U.S. Navy sailors practice a security drill aboard the USS Mount Whitney February 26, 2003 in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Djibouti.
		The USS Mount Whitney is serving as a command and control ship for the Combined Joint Task Force in the Horn of Africa.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:72085388&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (196 words)

	Whitney, Mount on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A U.S. serviceman prepares a helicoptor for takeoff from the deck of the USS Mount Whitney in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Djibouti.
		A marine mans a.50 caliber heavy machine gun from the deck of the USS Mount Whitney stationed in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Djibouti.
		Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jaja O'Neil survived the attack on the USS Cole and is now stationed on the USS Mount Whitney in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Djibouti.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WhitnyM1t.asp (608 words)

	USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20)
		USS MOUNT WHITNEY is the first ship in the Navy to bear the name of the 14,946-foot peak in the Sierra-Nevada range in California, the highest point in the United States.
		USS MOUNT WHITNEY assumed duties as flagship for the 2nd Fleet in 1981.
		In 2004, MOUNT WHITNEY deployed to the Mediterranean relieving the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF 3) and officially becoming the flagship for Commander, 6th Fleet, in February 2005.
	navysite.de /ships/lcc20.htm (443 words)

	Commander Second Fleet / Striking Fleet Atlantic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS Mount Whitney, one of the U.S. Navy’s premier command and control platforms, has served as the flagship of Commander U.S. Second Fleet and Commander NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic since 1981, but has on occasion served as a flagship for other senior service commanders.
		In 1999, USS Mount Whitney deployed to the Mediterranean as flagship for Commander Sixth Fleet, relieving the Command Ship USS La Salle (AGF 3), and in 1994 deployed to Haiti with Lt. Gen.
		USS Mount Whitney is commanded by Capt. David Prothero and has a complement of approximately 560 officers and enlisted personnel.
	www.secondfleet.navy.mil /Press/mtw-deploys.htm (285 words)

	Getty Images: The USS Mount Whitney Deploys To Horn Of Africa@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The USS Mount Whitney Deploys To Horn Of Africa
		AT SEA - AUGUST 15: The USS Mount Whitney is shown at sea in this U.S. Navy handout photo from August 15, 2001.
		The USS Mount Whitney, an amphibious command ship, was deployed on November 12, 2002 from its home base in Norfolk, Virginia to the...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:69501344&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (177 words)

	Welcome to the USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS MOUNT WHITNEY completed a two-month Military Sealift Command availability at NORSHIPCO in preparation for her homeport change to Gaeta, Italy.
		Arriving at her new homeport in February 2005, MOUNT WHITNEY relieved USS LASALLE as the Command Ship for Commander Sixth Fleet/Commander Joint Command Lisbon, and NATO Striking Fleet on 25 February 2005.
		Homeported in Gaeta, Italy, USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC/JCC 20) was constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company and is named for the 14,946-foot peak in the Sierra-Nevada range in California, the highest point in the lower continental United States.
	www.mtwhitney.navy.mil (118 words)

	Aden on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The USS Whitney patrols the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Djibouti on January 8, 2003.
		Crewmen prepare a helicopter for takeoff on the deck of the USS Whitney as it patrols the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Djibouti on January 8, 2003.
		A Marine mans a.50-caliber machine gun on the deck of the USS Whitney as it patrols the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Djibouti on January 8, 2003.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/aden.asp (1005 words)

	americasroof news - hiking and climbing the highest mountains and hills in the world and U.S.
		The Norfolk, Va.-based USS Mount Whitney will replace the aging USS La Salle next year, according to a Navy officer on the ship who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
		The Mount Whitney is expected to arrive in Gaeta — halfway between Rome and Naples — early next year and take over duties from La Salle.
		The transfer of Mount Whitney to the Military Sealift Command would not be unique for a flagship.
	www.network54.com /Forum/message?forumid=3897&messageid=1093321273 (230 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		According to Mount Whitney's former commanding officer, CAPT Ros Poplar, "I'm certain that Mount Whitney's reputation of excellence was among the deciding factors in our selection to relieve USS La Salle while she undergoes repairs.
		There is a lot of excitement that Mount Whitney will be making a real deployment, traveling throughout the Mediterranean, and operating as a forward-deployed command and control ship.
		USS Mount Whitney is scheduled to remain in the Mediterranean until October 1999 when USS La Salle will resume duties as the flagship.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/eurnews/eur99/eur99023.txt (2868 words)

	USS Mount Whitney Set for Norfolk Return
		Mount Whitney departed Nov. 12, 2002, in support of the ongoing war on terrorism and Operation Enduring Freedom.
		Mount Whitney, one of the Navy’s premier command and control platforms, has served as the flagship of Commander, Joint Task Force — Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) since departing Norfolk last fall.
		Mount Whitney embarked elements of the 2nd Marine Division and II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., under the command of Marine Corps Maj. Gen.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=7948 (255 words)

	USS Mount Whitney, NATOs Joint Command Lisbon Wrap up Allied Action 05
		Allied Action 05 was Mount Whitney's first full-scale exercise since leaving Norfolk, Va., in January to become the command ship for JC Lisbon, U.S. 6th Fleet, and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO.
		Following the port visit, Mount Whitney conducted operations with the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Garibaldi, another participant in the exercise and visitor to Barcelona.
		Mount Whitney will now return to its homeport in Gaeta, Italy, to begin preparation for embarkation by a U.S. Navy staff later in June.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,usn2_060205.00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS (730 words)

	Commander Second Fleet / Striking Fleet Atlantic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Aboard USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) in the Gulf of Aden – Commander NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic/Commander U.S. Second Fleet Vice Adm. Cutler Dawson visited the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) headquarters, commanded by Maj. Gen.
		The Second Fleet/Striking Fleet flagship, USS Mount Whitney, is currently deployed as CJTF-HOA headquarters.
		Mount Whitney serves as the hub of counter-terrorism operations encompassing the total airspace, land areas, and coastal waters of Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Yemen.
	www.secondfleet.navy.mil /Press/cdr-visits-hoa.htm (526 words)

	Striking Fleet Atlantic Staff Begins Exercise Strong Resolve 02
		USS MOUNT WHITNEY, At Sea (NNS) -- Exercise Strong Resolve '02, one of the largest NATO exercises since the end of the cold war, began March 1 in Poland, Norway and the Baltic Sea.
		That portion is being conducted in the Baltic Sea and Poland, and involves a NATO-led Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) operating in and off the coast of the fictional nations of "Treeland" and "Woodland." CSFL is embarked aboard USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), homeported in Norfolk, Va., operating as a sea-based CJTF headquarters platform.
		Mount Whitney received the additional personnel while in port in Kiel, Germany, over the past several days, and CSFL personnel provided them with a shipboard orientation and training on NATO operations and all facets of the upcoming exercise.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=989 (450 words)

	Stars & Stripes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Mount Whitney arrived in its new homeport of Gaeta on Feb. 1 from Norfolk, Va., where it served as the 2nd Fleet flagship until late last year.
		Though this is the first time the Mount Whitney has called Gaeta home, it’s not the first time it has served as the fleet flagship.
		The Mount Whitney’s predecessor, USS La Salle, was designed as an amphibious dock landing ship and later converted to a flagship.
	www.stripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=26590&archive=true (501 words)

	Three Cushing chiefs promoted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		His first ship was USS Bowen (FF-1079), based in Charleston, S.C. He went on to the cruiser community on USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20), also based in Charleston, from 1988-1991.
		His next ship was USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) in Long Beach and San Diego, Calif. He taught at the cruiser engineering trainer in Great Lakes, Ill., from 1995-1998 and reported to Cushing in April 1998.
		USS Cushing, commanded by Cmdr. Martin S. simon, of Bronx, N.Y., is a Spruance-class destroyer forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan as a member of the U.S. 7th fleet.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2000/05/02.htm (548 words)

	Navy History- Navy in the News
		Mount Whitney, one of the Navyís premier command and control platforms, has served as the flagship of Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, and Commander, NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic since 1981.
		In 1999, Mount Whitney deployed to the Mediterranean as flagship for Commander, 6th Fleet, relieving the command ship USS La Salle (AGF 3).
		Mount Whitney is commanded by Capt. David Prothero and has a complement of approximately 560 officers and enlisted personnel.
	www.multied.com /navy/features/articles.html (1069 words)

	US Auxiliaries
		USS Austin (LPD4), closing to fuel from RFA Grey Rover, North Atlantic, March 1984.
		USS La Moure County (LST 1194), closing to fuel from RFA Grey Rover, North Atlantic, February 184.
		USS Merrimack, of the Cimarron Class Oilers, built by Avondale and launched 14th November 1981.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /us_auxiliaries.htm (2700 words)

	The Malta Business Weekly Homepage
		USS Mount Whitney is currently serving as the US Navy's Sixth Fleet Flag Ship, the command, control and communications ship in the Mediterranean until the actual Flag Ship the USS La Salle undergoes refitting in Toulone, France.
		The USS Mount Whitney is normally based in Norfolk, Virginia as the command ship of the Second Fleet.
		The USS Mount Whitney leaves Malta on Sunday for the Balkans.
	www.business-line.com /business-weekly/archives/246/12.html (678 words)

	DefendAmerica News - Article
		A Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 aircrew member lands a CH-53E Super Stallion on the deck of the USS Mount Whitney during deck landing qualifications.
		ABOARD THE USS MOUNT WHITNEY, Off the coast of Djibouti - Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 personnel, here in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, participated in deck landing qualifications in late April, further expanding the counterterrorism capabilities of CJTF-HOA.
		A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter lands on the the flight deck of the USS Mount Whitney April 29.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/may2003/a050603d.html (688 words)

	Civilian Leaders Visit USS Mount Whitney - U.S. Department of Defense, Photo Essay
		Civilian Leaders Visit USS Mount Whitney - U.S. Department of Defense, Photo Essay
		Contact Us Civilian Leaders Visit USS Mount Whitney
		Members of the vessel boarding search and seizure team ride a rigid hull inflatable boat during a demonstration of maritime interdictment operations aboard the USS Mount Whitney off the coast of Naples, Italy, during the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference visit to the ship, Oct. 21, 2005.
	www.defenselink.mil /home/photoessays/2005-10/p20051021b1.html (76 words)

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