New Second Fleet To Stay Lean, Unpredictable, Commander Says; & Watching China
The Arctic will become increasingly crowded in the coming years, and the US Navy's Second Fleet is making it a priority to get up there more often.
WASHINGTON: The head of the Navy’s reconstituted Second Fleet outlined a broad writ for the command on Wednesday, describing a small and flexible force heavy on intelligence assets and “ready to fight across multiple domains†from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. And he made no bones about the reason for the fleet having been called back from the dead. Russia.
The comments by Vice Adm. Woody Lewis offered the most detailed glimpse yet of the new Atlantic-focused command, an area neglected by Pentagon planners since the end of the Cold War, but which has seen a rise in Russian submarine and other naval activity in recent years.
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/11/new-second-fleet-to-stay-lean-unpredictable-commander-says-watching-china/
