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2nd Fleet Reaches IOC, To Lead BALTOPS

Thursday, May 30th, 2019

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2nd Fleet Reaches IOC, To Lead BALTOPS

Official crest for the re-established Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet. (Graphic: U.S. Navy)

The commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet declared the new command has achieved initial operational capability (IOC) on May 29 before a major international European exercise next month. Vice Adm. Andrew “Woody” Lewis made the IOC announcement from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., the homeport of many 2nd Fleet assets, less than a year after the command was established. The 2nd Fleet “exercises operational and administrative authorities over assigned ships, aircraft and landing forces on the East Coast and the North Atlantic,”…

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