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In 2006 the U.S. Atlantic Fleet was renamed United States Fleet Forces Command.
The command is based at [[Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia]]<ref>{{citationCite neededweb|last=Draughn-Fraguada|first=Katisha|date=February2021-07-28|title=Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads changes command|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/401954/naval-support-activity-hampton-roads-changes-command|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-02|website=DVIDS|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads|url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrma/installations/nsa_hampton_roads.html|url-status=live|archive-date=2021-11-02|website=Commander, Navy Installations 2013Command}}</ref> and is the Navy's service component to [[United States Northern Command|U.S. Northern Command]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=U.S. Fleet Forces Command Naval Station Norfolk |url=https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Fact-Sheets/Article-View/Article/564003/us-fleet-forces-command/ |work=northcom.mil |location=Naval Station Norfolk |date=16 May 2013 |access-date=10 August 2019 }}</ref> and is the Joint Functional Maritime Component Command under the [[United States Strategic Command|U.S. Strategic Command]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stratcom.mil/components/ |title=Functional Components US Strategic Command |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=stratcom.mil |publisher=US Strategic Command |access-date=10 August 2019 |quote=The mission of JFMCC is to conduct joint maritime operations to execute the maritime aspects of strategic deterrence}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=US Fleet Forces Commander Designated as NAVSTRAT, JFMCC STRAT |url=https://www.stratcom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/1754078/us-fleet-forces-commander-designated-as-navstrat-jfmcc-strat/ |work=stratcom.mil |location=Norfolk, Virginia |date=1 February 2019 |access-date=10 August 2019 }}</ref>
The command's mission is to organize, man, train, and equip naval forces for assignment to Unified Command [[Combatant commander]]s; to deter, detect, and defend against homeland maritime threats; and to articulate Fleet warfighting and readiness requirements to the [[Chief of Naval Operations]].<ref>Fleet Forces Command, [http://www.cffc.navy.mil/mission.htm U.S. Fleet Forces Command Mission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005055148/http://www.cffc.navy.mil/mission.htm |date=5 October 2006}}</ref>
The [[Cruiser and Transport Force]], under Rear Admiral [[Albert Gleaves]] served in Atlantic waters during World War I moving the [[American Expeditionary Forces]] to Europe. [[United States Battleship Division Nine]] joined the [[Grand Fleet]] in the UK.
The Atlantic Fleet was reorganized into the [[Scouting Force]] in 1923, which was under the [[United States Fleet]] along with the Pacific Fleet. In January 1939 the Atlantic Squadron, [[United States Fleet]], was formed.,<ref name=ShortBattle>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/battleships/bbhistory.asp |title=U.S. Navy, Battleships, A Short History |access-date=24 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108073523/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/battleships/bbhistory.asp |archive-date=8 January 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> with Vice Admiral [[Alfred Wilkinson Johnson]] commanded.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alfred Wilkinson Johnson, Vice Admiral, United States Navy|url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/awjohnson.htm|access-date=2021-11-02|website=www.arlingtoncemetery.net}}</ref> The aircraft carrier {{USS|Ranger|CV-4}} was transferred to the [[Atlantic Ocean]], to join three [[battleship]]s. Vice Admiral [[Alfred Wilkinson Johnson]] commanded the squadron.{{clarify|treaties obliged the US to scrap a whole lot of the ships mentioned above, in the 1920s|date=July 2012}}
On 1 November 1940 the Atlantic Squadron was renamed the Patrol Force. The Patrol Force was organized into type commands: Battleships, Patrol Force; Cruisers, Patrol Force; Destroyers, Patrol Force; and, Train, Patrol Force (the logistics arms).<ref name=ShortBattle />
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