The '''United States Fleet Forces Command''' ('''USFFUSFFC''')<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=105466 |title=U.S. Fleet Forces Command is abbreviated as USFF |access-date=16 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616204110/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=105466 |archive-date=16 June 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a service component command of the [[United States Navy]] that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces. The naval resources may be allocated to Combatant Commanders such as [[United States Northern Command]] (USNORTHCOM) under the authority of the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]. Originally formed as '''United States Atlantic Fleet''' ('''USLANTFLT''') in 1906, it has been an integral part of the defense of the United States of America since the early 20th century. In 2002, the Fleet comprised over 118,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel serving on 186 ships and in 1,300 aircraft, with an area of responsibility ranging over most of the Atlantic Ocean from the [[North Pole]] to the [[South Pole]], the [[Caribbean Sea]], [[Gulf of Mexico]], and the waters of the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and South America (as far west as the [[Galapagos Islands]]).
In 2006 the U.S. Atlantic Fleet was renamed United States Fleet Forces Command.
