US Navy Re-Eestablishes Fleet For Caribbean, Latin America - Hear That Hugo?
The US Navy said Thursday it has re-established the US Fourth Fleet to direct an increasing American naval presence in the Caribbean and Latin America.
The move comes as popularly elected leftist regimes, including that of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, pose a growing challenge to US influence in Latin America.
Beginning July 1, the fleet will have operational responsibility over navy ships assigned to the region from the US Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, the navy said.
Admiral Gary Roughead, the chief of naval operations, said the decision to establish a separate fleet for the region “recognizes the immense importance of maritime security in the southern part of the Western Hemisphere.”
“This change increases our emphasis in the region on employing naval forces to build confidence and trust among nations through collective maritime security efforts that focus on common threats and mutual interests,” he said.
The navy said they will conduct contingency operations, counter “narcoterrorism” operations, and military-to-military interactions and training with countries in the region.
Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan, who currently commands the navy’s special warfare units, will command the fleet.
The Fourth Fleet was a major US navy command during World War II when it was used to enforce blockades and protect against enemy submarines and raiders, but was eliminated in the 1950s.
It joins five other numbered fleets.
The US Second Fleet is responsible for the Atlantic; the Third Fleet for the eastern and northern Pacific; the Fifth Fleet for the Gulf; the Sixth Fleet for the Mediterannean; and the Seventh Fleet for the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean.
(AFP)
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Hey, Hugo … Say `ello to our little friends!
Chupame, pendejo!
Chupa filha da puta, Jabba!
April 24th, 2008 at 12:11 pmAMERICA! Fuck Yea!
April 24th, 2008 at 12:15 pmHey Drill
And by little friends we mean giant battleships and guided missile cruisers. not to mention an aircraft carrier filled this those nasty little F-18s
April 24th, 2008 at 1:30 pmSince they closed the range at Vieques, the USN has needed a Carribean gun range. What a great opportunity to engage in some military-to-military interactions and training with Hugo.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:40 pmHey, maybe the Navy can use Hugo’s presidential palace for a “gun range” instead of Vieques!
April 24th, 2008 at 3:08 pmWe should bring back some “battleship” diplomacy, too!
April 24th, 2008 at 3:28 pmDamn, there goes the Russian submarine deal ehhh Jugo?
Might be a bad investment of your petrol dollars.
April 24th, 2008 at 3:46 pmHugo you punk-ass phoney. Please build up your row-boat navy. Buy some subs, destroyers and what ever else it is that you can afford. We need target practise. How do you like the photo on top of this posted page?
April 24th, 2008 at 4:43 pmCool huh? There’s a battle group within a few miles of you.
Suhweet! This’ll be good to have a quick response force in the region when Chavez tries to use his new navy to move on Brazil’s new offshore oil field finds.
April 24th, 2008 at 6:24 pmAlso a good idea to have the Fourth Fleet down there to aid the Falklands and their new oil find against Argentina.
(Commie bitch/Hugo babe thinks its all hers)
PIC
April 24th, 2008 at 8:09 pm