USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) fires an SM-3 missile during exercise Formidable Shield 2019. US Navy Photo
U.S. Fleet Forces Command is moving forward with its redesignation to U.S. Atlantic Fleet, as Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite announced last month. But while in some ways it’s just a name change, there are some implications for how homeland defense is carried out, Fleet Forces Commander Adm. Chris Grady said today.
Atlantic Fleet will keep the same missions and functions as Fleet Forces Command...