United States Tenth Fleet
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The Tenth Fleet is a functional formation of the United States Navy
responsible for the Navy's cyber warfare programs. It was first created as an anti submarine warfare coordinating organization during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. It has been reactivated as Fleet Cyber Command.
(ASW) training, anti-submarine intelligence, and coordination with the Allied nations. The fleet was active from May 1943 to June 1945. Tenth Fleet used Commander-in-Chief Atlantic's ships operationally; CinCLANT issued operational orders to escort groups originating in the United States. The Fleet was also responsible for the organization and operational control of hunter-killer groups. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral
Ernest King
was the fleet's commander, with Rear Admiral
F.S. Low, King's assistant chief of staff for ASW, as fleet chief of staff, Admiral Low was later relieved by RADM Allan Rockwell McCann
, who remained in command of 10th Fleet until it was deactivated. Tenth Fleet never put to sea, had no ships, and never had more than about 50 people in its organization. The fleet was disbanded after the surrender of Germany.
, Maryland
. Its first commander was Vice Admiral Bernard J. McCullough III. The command has both joint and service responsibilities. The split name alludes to these dual responsibilities.
As Fleet Cyber Command, it is the Naval component to U.S. Cyber Command
, the sub-unified cyber commander. As U.S. Tenth Fleet, the command provides operational support to Navy commanders worldwide, supporting information, computer, electronic warfare and space operations. In addition to joint and service reporting, the command also serves as the Navy's cryptologic commander, reporting to the Central Security Service
. Tenth Fleet has operational control over Navy information, computer, cryptologic, and space forces.
Fleet Cyber Command has administrative control of the following commands and their subordinates and detachments.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
responsible for the Navy's cyber warfare programs. It was first created as an anti submarine warfare coordinating organization during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. It has been reactivated as Fleet Cyber Command.
World War II
Tenth Fleet's mission included the destruction of enemy submarines, the protection of coastal merchant shipping, the centralization of control and routing of convoys, and the coordination and supervision of all USN anti-submarine warfareAnti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
(ASW) training, anti-submarine intelligence, and coordination with the Allied nations. The fleet was active from May 1943 to June 1945. Tenth Fleet used Commander-in-Chief Atlantic's ships operationally; CinCLANT issued operational orders to escort groups originating in the United States. The Fleet was also responsible for the organization and operational control of hunter-killer groups. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral
Admiral
Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
Ernest King
Ernest King
Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King was Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations during World War II. As COMINCH, he directed the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the U.S...
was the fleet's commander, with Rear Admiral
Admiral
Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
F.S. Low, King's assistant chief of staff for ASW, as fleet chief of staff, Admiral Low was later relieved by RADM Allan Rockwell McCann
Allan Rockwell McCann
Vice Admiral Allan Rockwell McCann, was a United States Navy officer who served in World War I and World War II.-Education to World War I:...
, who remained in command of 10th Fleet until it was deactivated. Tenth Fleet never put to sea, had no ships, and never had more than about 50 people in its organization. The fleet was disbanded after the surrender of Germany.
U.S. Fleet Cyber Command
Tenth Fleet was reactivated 29 January 2010 as U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet at Fort MeadeFort George G. Meade
Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation that includes the Defense Information School, the United States Army Field Band, and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, and the Defense Courier Service...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. Its first commander was Vice Admiral Bernard J. McCullough III. The command has both joint and service responsibilities. The split name alludes to these dual responsibilities.
As Fleet Cyber Command, it is the Naval component to U.S. Cyber Command
United States Cyber Command
United States Cyber Command is an armed forces sub-unified command subordinate to United States Strategic Command. The command is located in Fort Meade, Maryland and led by General Keith B. Alexander. USCYBERCOM centralizes command of cyberspace operations, organizes existing cyber resources and...
, the sub-unified cyber commander. As U.S. Tenth Fleet, the command provides operational support to Navy commanders worldwide, supporting information, computer, electronic warfare and space operations. In addition to joint and service reporting, the command also serves as the Navy's cryptologic commander, reporting to the Central Security Service
Central Security Service
The Central Security Service is an agency of the United States Department of Defense, established in 1972 by a Presidential Directive to promote full partnership between the National Security Agency and the Service Cryptologic Elements of the United States Armed Forces.-Organization:The blue...
. Tenth Fleet has operational control over Navy information, computer, cryptologic, and space forces.
Components
- Naval Network Warfare CommandNaval Network Warfare CommandNaval Network Warfare Command is the US Navy's information operations, intelligence, networks and space unit. NETWARCOM is charged with operating a secure naval network that enables information operations...
(NNWC) - Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC)
- Navy Information Operation Commands (NIOC)
- NIOC Suitland (Research, Development, Test & Evaluation)
- Combined Task Forces (CTF)
Administrative reporting
Fleet Cyber Command has administrative control of the following commands and their subordinates and detachments.
- Naval Network Warfare Command, Norfolk, VA
- Naval Satellite Operations Center, Point Mugu, CA
- Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command, Norfolk, VA
- Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic, Norfolk, VA
- Forces Surveillance Support Center, Chesapeake, VA
- Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Jacksonville, FL
- U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Bahrain
- U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Sicily, Sigonella, IT
- U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Naples, Italy
- Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific, Wahiawa, HI
- Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, San Diego, CA
- U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Guam, Mariana Islands
- U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Far East, Yokosuka, Japan
- Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group, Washington, DC
- Navy Information Operations Command Sugar Grove, Sugar Grove, WV
- Navy Information Operations Command Pensacola, Pensacola, FL
- U.S. Navy Information Operations Command, Menwith Hill, UK
- Navy Information Operations Command Colorado, Aurora, CO
- Navy Information Operations Command Georgia, Fort Gordon, GA
- Navy Information Operations Command Maryland, Fort George G. Meade, MD
- U.S. Navy Information Operations Command, Yokosuka, Japan
- Navy Information Operations Command Texas, San Antonio, TX
- U.S. Navy Information Operations Command, Misawa, Japan
- Navy Information Operations Command, Norfolk, VA
- Navy Information Operations Command Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, WA
- Navy Information Operations Command, San Diego, CA
- Navy Information Operations Command Hawaii, Schofield Barracks, HI
- U.S. Navy Information Operations Command, Bahrain
Further reading
- Ladislas Farago, The Tenth Fleet: The True Story of the U.S. Navy's "Phantom" Fleet Battling U-Boats During World War II New York: I. Obolensky (1962)
- David Kohnen, Commanders Winn and Knowles: Winning the U-boat War with Intelligence (Enigma Press, 1999).
- David Kohnen, “Tombstone of Victory: Tracking the U-505 From German Commerce Raider to American War Memorial, 1944–1954” in The Journal of America’s Military Past (Winter, 2007).
- David Kohnen, “F-21 and F-211: A Fresh Look into the Secret Room” in Randy C. Bolano and Craig L. Symonds, ed., New Interpretations in Naval History: Selected Papers from the Fourteenth Naval History Symposium (Naval Institute Press, 2001).
- Montgomery Meigs, Slide Rules and Submarines: American Scientists and Subsurface Warfare in World War II (University Press of the Pacific, 2002)