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The Sixth Fleet has no shore bases in the Mediterranean. It is a per- manently transient organization. It is completely mobile and self-sus- taining. About fifty percent of the time the fleet is eng aged in training exercises at sea, both U. S. and NATO. Ships reporting to the Fleet are expected to have developed certain basic skills, and while some exercise time is allocated for maintaining these skills, the primary emphasis in the Fleet must be on the development of advanced task force and fleet coordination, culminating periodically in combined operations with our NATO allies. Among the many skills continually exercised are those involved in air strikes, air defense, anti-submarine warfare, underway replenishment, mine warfare, and amphibious landings. The many exercises at sea are designed to keep all naval capabilities in offense and defense at a peak of readiness and efficiency. The ability to operate effectively without bases, which are subject to changing political winds in the host country and are obviously vulner- able to enemy attack, is one of the real strengths of the Sixth Fleet. Ca- pable of delivering in a single attack more destructive power than all of that unleashed by all of the air forces combined in World War II, the Sixth Fleet can shift their potential striking force from one end of the Mediterranean to the other. It is a long-legged, free ranging force, able to give renewed confidence to our iriends and pause to anv potential enemy. Bainbridge with its demonstrated advantages of mobility and endurance served to greatly enhance the effectiveness ol this force. 12
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On the Bridge One of the most action-packed places on any ship at sea is the bridge of a destroyer. Here, half a dozen operations may be going on at once, all of which are vital parts of a tighdy co- ordinated program. Signalman, navigator, quartermaster, messenger, talker, skipper — all destroyermen who must work as a team to meet the high performance standards set by the destroyer force as a whole. The Bainhridge has demonstrated her abilitv as one of the best.
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