Fifth Fleet maintains a visible and powerful force to counter and deter threats to the Arabian [Persian] Gulf area. Fifth Fleet was initially established 26 April from Central Pacific Force, and dis-establsihed after the war. Through the s several frigate- and destroyer-type ships and minesweepers were assigned to the Middle East Force as well as support ships.
The Middle East Force found itself operating under operational control of U. Naval Forces Central Command where it remained following the war. Ships from the East and West Coasts comprised the fleet, but it operated without a traditionally understood structure or number.
By July , the course of events made a new numbered fleet necessary. After a year hibernation, the US 5th Fleet was reactivated and it now cruises the Gulf.
From major exercises to day-to-day real world operations such as enforcement of UN sanctions, NAVCENT plays a major role in maintaining stability and deterring aggression in the region. The principal striking power of the Sixth Fleet resides in its aircraft carriers and the modern jet aircraft, its submarines, and its reinforced battalion of US Marines on board amphibious ships deployed in the Mediterranean. The United States Sixth Fleet is operationally organized into task forces.
Each task force is responsible to the Sixth Fleet Commander for specific functions related to assigned units. It is composed of one or more aircraft carriers, each with an accompanying complement of approximately six cruisers and destroyers. The access to the Black Sea through the Bosporus, the Adriatic Sea separating Italy from the Balkans, and the Suez Canal are further geostrategic points of significance. Before the accession of Greece and Turkey into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in , the Mediterranean was the continent's 'soft underbelly' - the weakest flank for Europe and the Western Alliance.
Thus, American naval presence in the Mediterranean will briefly be considered at this point. After all, a strong American containment policy in order to deter Soviet expansion and a possible attack on Central Europe and West Germany depended on a comprehensive forward defense strategy from Cyprus to the North Cape.
The Commander, Sixth Fleet plans and conducts contingency operations including evacuation of U. Navy presence in the Mediterranean area in support of U. Navy overseas diplomacy objectives and U. Commander, Sixth Fleet has both U. He reports to the Commander-In-Chief, U. Theme Light Dark. Arabic English French. Media Room. From the Media Room.
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