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Starting from the top again.....

 

Department of the Navy

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5" cut edge, 1950s

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and the modern equivalent

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Department of the Navy -  Naval Control of Shipping Organization

Direct - Protect  A wartime concept for maritime control of convoys and sea lanes established by DOD and NATO (note the NATO star) and operated by the Navy.  It's new fancier name is Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS)

 

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ATLANTIC COMMAND

fully embroidered and velcro backed for a flight suit

4 star flag rank

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and the modern equivalent

COMMANDER US FLEET FORCES COMMAND

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ATLANTIC FLEET South Atlantic Force

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ATLANTIC FLEET NAVAL AIR FORCE

3 star flag rank

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Atlantic Fleet Surface Force - Professionals at Sea

3 star flag rank

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Commander Naval Surface Force - Atlantic Fleet

The old and the new.....

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Atlantic Fleet - ASW Hunter Killer Force

The bottom two (Cruiser/Destroyer) are Hilborn-Hamburgers

The top left is Gemsco and the Bullion is Italian made

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Note the 'FLISH' on the above. The ASW & Hunter Killer combine elements of the Naval Air, Surface and sub-Surface crests.

 

ATLANTIC FLEET SUBMARINE FORCE - 5 1/2" x 3" 1950's

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During the Cold War there were Naval Stations situated up and down the eastern seaboard:  Boston, Newport, New Haven, NYC, Norfolk, Charleston, Mayport, etc.  These Stations were primarily home ports for Cruiser and Destroyer commands belonging to the Atlantic Fleet

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In-chopping and out-chopping ships and submarines to the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets

 

In the Pacific they reported to the Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet at Makalapa, Pearl Harbor

 

CINCPACFLT - Cold War

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The Pacific Fleet Surface Force was (and is) located at the Amphibious Base Coronado (San Diego)

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PACIFIC FLEET SURFACE FORCE

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Adhering to USN policy, odd numbered Fleets were situated on the Port (West) coast and even numbered Fleets on the Starboard (East) coast

 

FIRST FLEET - Western Pacific regions 1946 to 1973 3 star flag rank

 

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After the Vietnam drawdown (1973) First Fleet morphed and the US THIRD FLEET

was reestablished in Hawaii to control the west coast and middle Pacific regions

 

US THIRD FLEET

3 star flag rank

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While the SECOND FLEET remained in control of the Atlantic

 

US SECOND FLEET - 3 star flag rank

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....from the North and South American coasts to the European and African continents

Second Fleet was disestablished in 2011 and is now part of Fleet Forces Command (shown earlier)

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Reaching into the Mediterranean Sea was the responsibility of the SIXTH FLEET

based in Italy. Another 3 star flag rank, it also had the Middle East under it's wings.

 

US SIXTH FLEET

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The Sixth Fleet's major subordinate command was and is CTF 60 - 2 star flag rank

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The old and the new.....

 

 

Technically, those are the "old" and the "old"...when I worked on the admiral's staff from 2010 to 2011, he went on a purge to get rid of every emblem that said "US ATLANTIC FLEET" on it. He had almost some sacred determination about it. I went downstairs to talk to the flag cook one day and he was boxing up all our old flag mess mugs. I asked him why he was and it was because the admiral wouldn't allow them to be used anymore because of the emblem so he was ordered to throw them out. Needless to say, five years later, I still drink coffee almost every day out of them. ;)

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....and the Middle East Force afloat in Bahrain - another 2 star flag rank

 

MIDDLE EAST FORCE

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During the 60's and 70's this was considered isolated duty aboard the USS LASALLE (AGF-3)

The Great White Ghost of the Arabian Coast. This was a little game played with the Middle East nations,

we were afloat, so we weren't really present on their precious lands.

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LASALLE was later redesignated from LPD-3 to AGF-3. One of the empty threats our chiefs would toss out was reassigning us to either the La Salle or Diego Garcia when we would mess up

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Another Flagship of the Middle East Force was the CORONADO (AGF-11) previously (LPD-11)

The Ivory Beast of the Middle East - She was also painted white to lessen the effects of the Arabian sun

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Technically, those are the "old" and the "old"...when I worked on the admiral's staff from 2010 to 2011, he went on a purge to get rid of every emblem that said "US ATLANTIC FLEET" on it. He had almost some sacred determination about it. I went downstairs to talk to the flag cook one day and he was boxing up all our old flag mess mugs. I asked him why he was and it was because the admiral wouldn't allow them to be used anymore because of the emblem so he was ordered to throw them out. Needless to say, five years later, I still drink coffee almost every day out of them. ;)

 

Having also served on a command staff, I hear you Dave....not much changes and the closer one gets to Washington, the deeper the ......

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Which takes us to the 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific,

3 star flag rank, homeport Yokosuka, Japan

 

UNITED STATES SEVENTH FLEET, JAPAN

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Other subordinate 2 star Pacific Fleet commands

COMNAVFORJAPAN and COMNAVFORKOREA

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and in the Atlantic Fleet

 

US NAVAL FORCES EUROPE - US NAVAL FORCES AFRICA

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Plus the joint commands, COMSTANAVFORLANT (SNFL) or 'sniffle',

STRIKE FLEET ATLANTIC and CINCWESTLANT

These were headed by provisional Comodores, a rarely used one star USN rank rather than Rear Admirals

 

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Spooks - US NAVAL INTELLIGENCE - Spy Navy

Atlantic Intelligence Command - The Force Multiplier

 

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Dropping back to Space Command (because of their cool patch)

 

NAVAL SPACE COMMAND

Joint Planning for Space - 6" x 4"

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...and the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force including the Scuba Gator

Two and Three star flag rank commands

 

AMPHIBIOUS FORCE US ATLANTIC FLEET

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Their Pacific Fleet counterparts in the First/Third and Seventh Fleets

 

AMPHIBIOUS FORCE US PACIFIC FLEET

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Pacific Fleet Naval Air Force

Hawaii (First/Third Fleet) and Westpac (Seventh Fleet)

 

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I'm sure there are more I've overlooked, so please add yours to the topic, Aloha

 

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