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San Diego Union-Tribune
April 25, 2008
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy plans to re-establish its Fourth Fleet, disbanded in 1950, to oversee ships, aircraft and submarines operating in the Caribbean and Central and South America, a Defense Department statement said.
Rear Adm. Joseph Kernan, commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command, will lead the fleet, effective July 1, according to a statement by Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations. The fleet will be based in Mayport, Fla., coordinating efforts with the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, which also is based there.
--Bloomberg News Service
April 25, 2008
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy plans to re-establish its Fourth Fleet, disbanded in 1950, to oversee ships, aircraft and submarines operating in the Caribbean and Central and South America, a Defense Department statement said.
Rear Adm. Joseph Kernan, commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command, will lead the fleet, effective July 1, according to a statement by Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations. The fleet will be based in Mayport, Fla., coordinating efforts with the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, which also is based there.
--Bloomberg News Service