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Navy Could Extend Life of Five Ohio-class Ballistic Missile Boats to Hedge Against Columbia Program Delays

1 November 2022

USS Alaska (SSBN-732) arrived at the Port of Gibraltar on June 28, 2021. US Navy Photo

ARLINGTON, Va. – Five of the Navy’s oldest submarines are candidates for a three-year life extension, service officials said on Tuesday.

The 18-month repair period would target the five Ohio-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines, or SSBNs, to support a requirement for the Navy to surge 10 boomers as a strategic nuclear contingency, program executive officer for strategic submarines Rear Adm. Scott Pappano...

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/01/navy-could-extend-life-of-five-ohio-class-ballistic-missile-boats-to-hedge-against-columbia-program-delays

U.S. 2nd Fleet Declares Operational Capability Ahead of Major European Exercise

29 May 2019

Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis, commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet, addresses the crew over the one-main circuit aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) in Norfolk, Va., on May 16, 2019. US Navy Photo

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. – A year after it was established, the reborn U.S. 2nd Fleet has reached an initial operational capability ahead of leading a major European exercise next month.

The designation means the command, led by Vice Adm. Andrew “Woody” Lewis, will be able to command and control...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/29/u-s-2nd-fleet-declares-operational-capability-ahead-of-major-european-exercise

U.S. 2nd Fleet Racing Toward a 2019 Operational Capability

29 November 2018

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Daniel Brown verifies the weight of an EA-18G Growler, assigned to the “Rooks” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137, on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Nov. 8, 2018. US Navy Photo

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The leader of the Navy’s newest numbered fleet has a tight deadline to establish a command that will be at the forefront of the U.S. and NATO mission to counter Russia’s growing and increasingly...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/29/u-s-2nd-fleet-racing-toward-2019-operational-capability

2nd Fleet Functions, AOR Still Being Determined, But Will Support Cross-Atlantic Theater ASW

14 November 2018

The official crest for the re-establishment of Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet. US Navy Image

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy has not yet worked out all the details of how the new U.S. 2nd Fleet will pass control of forces to and from U.S. 6th Fleet in Europe, but a U.S. Fleet Forces Command director is confident the Navy will be able to conduct seamless theater anti-submarine warfare throughout the entire Atlantic.

2nd Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis still only has about a dozen people on his staff...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/14/2nd-fleet-functions-aor-still-determined-will-support-cross-atlantic-theater-asw