Service component command of the United States Navy
United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF)
The seal of the Commander of United States Fleet Forces Command
Founded
1906; 118 years ago (1906)
Allegiance
United States
Branch
United States Navy
Type
Force-providing command
Part of
U.S. Northern Command
Garrison/HQ
Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Engagements
World War I World War II Vietnam War Global War on Terrorism
Website
www.usff.navy.mil
Commanders
Commander
ADM Daryl L. Caudle
Deputy Commander
VADM John E. Gumbleton
Vice Commander
RADM Kenneth R. Blackmon
Fleet Master Chief
FLTCM John J. Perryman IV
Military unit
The United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF)[1] 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 (as far west as the Galapagos Islands).
In 2006 the U.S. Atlantic Fleet was renamed United States Fleet Forces Command.
The command is based at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia[2][3] and is the Navy's service component to U.S. Northern Command[4] and is the Joint Functional Maritime Component Command under the U.S. Strategic Command.[5][6]
The command's mission is to organize, man, train, and equip naval forces for assignment to Unified Command Combatant commanders; to deter, detect, and defend against homeland maritime threats; and to articulate Fleet warfighting and readiness requirements to the Chief of Naval Operations.[7]
^"U.S. Fleet Forces Command is abbreviated as USFF". Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^Draughn-Fraguada, Katisha (28 July 2021). "Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads changes command". DVIDS. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^"Welcome to Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads". Commander, Navy Installations Command.
^"U.S. Fleet Forces Command Naval Station Norfolk". northcom.mil. Naval Station Norfolk. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^"Functional Components US Strategic Command". stratcom.mil. US Strategic Command. Retrieved 10 August 2019. The mission of JFMCC is to conduct joint maritime operations to execute the maritime aspects of strategic deterrence
^"US Fleet Forces Commander Designated as NAVSTRAT, JFMCC STRAT". stratcom.mil. Norfolk, Virginia. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Fleet Forces Command Mission Archived 5 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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