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Encyclopedia > United States 1st Fleet

The United States First Fleet was a unit of the United States Navy, in operation from as early as 1946 to the early 1970s in the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Pacific Fleet. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ... The United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) is part of the US Navy. ...


Some sources claim that the United States Coast Guard is designated as the First Fleet of the Navy during wartime, but little evidence supports this claim. Such a designation is informal at best and has not taken place during the current War on Terrorism. Other fleets of the Navy have been disbanded without a subsequent renumbering of the other fleets, for example, the US 4th Fleet. Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a military branch of the United States involved in maritime law, mariner assistance and search and rescue, among other duties of any coast guard. ... The War on Terrorism or War on Terror (in U.S. foreign policy circles, Global War on Terrorism or GWOT; more recently, Long War and, in the recent past, Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism) is a campaign by the United States government and some of its allies with the stated...


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