Fleet Forces commander: U.S. 2nd Fleet is a move back to Striking Fleet Atlantic

By Mallory Shelbourne / January 18, 2019 at 12:49 PM
The Navy views its reactivation of U.S. 2nd Fleet as a move back to when the service still included NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic, according to the U.S. Fleet Forces commander. During remarks at the Surface Navy Association's annual symposium this week, Adm. Christopher Grady said the Navy is molding the recently re-established 2nd Fleet after its pre-2004 roots. "And so the model that we looked at was to take all the good things from that intermediate period, but to go...

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