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r - ' • ; -4 ■ m %r, u SS La Salle ixth Fleet Staff s Ou ED E cz: El AA Ed El f C31 Facing travails and tragedy, USS La Salle and the Sixth Fleet Staff sailed through it all during the last half of the year. And through it all, we did it as a team. Together again.
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bove, below shore Task Force 60 is Sixth Fleet ' s Battle Force. It is com- posed of one or more aircraft carriers, each with an accom- pany ing complement of approximately six cruisers and de- stroyers. On board the aircraft carrier is an air wing of 65- 85 aircraft. The air wing is the primary striking arm of the Battle Force and includes attack, fighter, anti-submarine and reconnaissance aircraft. Ships accompanying the carrier serv e as defensive and offensive platforms with duties in- volving anti-air. surface and submarine warfare. In addition to its major role of controlling the seas, the battle force can also project its power over land. Task Force 6 1 is the Mediterranean Amphibious Ready Group (MARG). It is composed of approximately three amphibious ships and their embarked landing craft. From these ships. United States Marines ground forces can move ashore by sea and air in amphibious assault or emergency evacuation missions. Once ashore, the ships of Task Force 61 logistically support the ground forces, until the objective of the landing has been accomplished and the Marine forces return to the ships. Task Force 62 is the combat ready ground force com- posed of a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) of approxi- mately 1.800 Marines. Transported in Task Force 61 ships, the MEU is equipped with armor, artillery and transport he- licopters that enable it to conduct operations ashore or evacu- ate civilians from troubled areas. Task Force 63 is the Logistics Force. Composed of Oilers, provision ships and repair ships, its mission is the delivery of supplies at sea while effecting re- pairs to other ships. Task Force 66 69 is responsible for planning and coordinating area submarine and anti-submarine war- fare operation in the Mediterranean. Specifically, Task Force 69 is composed of attack submarines that pro- vide the capability to destroy enemy surface ships and submarines as well as protect other Sixth Fleet ships from attack. Task Force 67 is composed of land-based maritime patrol aircraft. These aircraft operate over the waters of the Mediterranean in anti-submarine, reconnaissance, sur veillance and mining roles. Power This is the bicentennial year of the U.S. Navy ' s foreign presence. Two hundred years ago. President Thomas Jefferson sent a quadron of U.S. Navy ships to the Mediterra- nean. When the USS President, USS Essex. USS Philadelphia and USS Enterprise anchored in the Bay of Gibraltar on July I. 1801, those ships brought something truly honorable to the shores of Europe and North Africa -- not just the Ameri- can flag, but U.S. Sailors and Marines. More than 100 years later, during World War II. U.S. Naval forces were still active in the Mediterranean re- gion, supporting the Allied invasion of North Af- rica, amphibious landings in Sicily and southern Italy, the liberation of southern France, and engag- ing the enemy on the high seas from Gibraltar to Istanbul. In the years since, the U.S. Naval pres- ence in the Mediterranean and Black Seas has dem- onstrated a fundamental element of the defense strategies of the United States and North Atlantic- Treaty Organization (NATO). Commander. U.S. Sixth Fleet, responsible for all afloat U.S. Naval assets in the region, is also Commander. NATO
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