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Task Force 76

October 21, 2023

Expeditionary Strike Group SEVEN/Task Force 76 (Amphibious Force U.S. SEVENTH Fleet) is a United States Navy task force. It is part of the United States Seventh Fleet and the USN's only permanently forward-deployed expeditionary strike group. It is based at the White Beach Naval Facility at the end of the Katsuren Peninsula in Uruma City, Okinawa, Japan.

Task Force 76 / Amphibious Force U.S. Seventh Fleet / Expeditionary Strike Group SEVEN
Active1943 to present
CountryUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Navy
TypeExpeditionary Strike Group
RoleAmphibious Operations
Part ofUnited States Seventh Fleet
Garrison/HQWhite Beach Naval Facility
Motto(s)Forward From the Sea
Commanders
Current
commander		Rear Adm. Derek A. Trinque

CTF 76 conducts operations throughout the U.S. Seventh Fleet area of operations, which includes the Western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

History Edit

10 January 1943 – Southwest Pacific Amphibious Forces – later called the Seventh Amphibious Force is formed in Brisbane, Australia. Participated in Operation Chronicle, the landing at Lae, the landing at Scarlet Beach at Finschhafen, Battle of Arawe and Battle of Cape Gloucester on the island of New Britain,

1944 – Participated in the landing at Hollandia, landing at Aitape, landing at Saidor and Admiralty Islands campaign.

1950 – Supported UN during Korean War by stationing ships at Inchon and Wonsan.

1954 – CTF 76 participated in Operation Passage to Freedom, the largest operation of its kind in history. The operation evacuated 310,000 people from communist-controlled North Vietnam to South Vietnam and carried 58,000 tons of cargo and humanitarian aid.

 
Amphibious Ready Group Alpha with USS Princeton (LPH-5) off Vietnam, in 1968.

1965 – Participated in amphibious landings, assaults and demonstrations off the eastern coast of the Republic of Vietnam. Also cleared mines off the Vietnamese coast toward the end of the Vietnam War. Amphibious Ready Group Alpha, and its U.S. Marine contingent "Special Landing Force Alpha" or SLF-A (often referred to as the "Sluff", during the Vietnam era) formed Task Group 76.4. TG 76.4 consisted of various support vessels, such as Landing Platform, Helicopter (LPHs) such as the USS Princeton (LPH-5), USS Okinawa (LPH-3) or USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2). Other vessels included LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) or LSD (Landing Ship Dock) supported a reinforced Marine Corps battalion referred to as a Battalion Landing Team (BLT). The Marine elements of the Group were referred to as Special Landing Force Alpha which itself consisted of the BLT and a Marine Helicopter Squadron. The ARG also included an Amphibious Group Command Ship (AGC) or the Amphibious Communication and Command Ship (LCC) which carried the Commander Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet and command and communications support facilities. Three AGCs and one LCC rotated to the Western Pacific and all four were involved in the amphibious landings by the LCC/AGC/SLF in Vietnam. The one LCC was USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) and the three AGCs were USS Eldorado (AGC-11), USS Estes (AGC-12) and USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7).

1971 – Homeported to Okinawa, Japan

1975 – Rescued more than 100,000 people from Phnom Penh and Saigon (including in Operation Eagle Pull). Also assisted in recovery of the American-flagged SS Mayaguez after it was hijacked by the Cambodian Khmer Rouge in the Gulf of Thailand.

1983 – Transited to Suez Canal to support multi-national forces in Lebanon.

1999 – Belleau Wood Amphibious Ready Group completed no-notice five-month deployment to Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Fox.

2000 – USS Belleau Wood and USS Juneau complete humanitarian mission to East Timor supporting Australian-led forces. Continued missions until East Timor became 191st member of United Nations in 2002.

2004 – USS Essex and USS Fort McHenry deploy to Indonesia in support of Operation Unified Assistance to provide support and aid to the victims of the 26 December tsunami in Southeast Asia.

2005 – Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group returns to Sasebo, Japan following unscheduled eight-month surge deployment to North Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism.

2005 – Forward Deployed ARG deploys for Fall Patrol. Conduct Amphibious Landing Exercise/Talon Vision (PHIBLEX/TV) 06 in the Republic of Philippines and then make a port visit to Hong Kong.

2006 – Forward Deployed ARG deploys for 5-month Spring Patrol, participating in TRUEX/MUEX in Guam, Balikatan 06 in the Republic of Philippines, Foal Eagle 06 in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Cobra Gold in the Kingdom of Thailand.

2006 – USS Patriot and embarked Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 Detachment (Det) 51 complete Summer Patrol throughout Southeast Asia, participating in Cobra Gold and WP-MCMEX in Malaysia, while making port visits to Brunei, Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong.[1]

2007 – Forward Deployed ARG participates in joint exercises with the Republic of Korea, Kingdom of Thailand, Australia, Japan, Kingdom of Cambodia, Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of the Philippines. Task Force 76 units also participated in Operation Sea Angel II, a disaster response mission in the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

2009 – Between 7 August and 18 October, Task Force 76 assigned forces supported Foreign Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations in Taiwan, Indonesia and the Republic of the Philippines.

2011 – Operation TOMODACHI: USS Essex (LHD-2), USS Tortuga (LSD-46), USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) and USS Germantown (LSD-42) were positioned off of north eastern Honshu to assist the disaster recovery efforts in conjunction with the Japan Self Defense Force.

2011 – USS Tortuga (LSD-46) assisted in flood relief efforts in Thailand along with elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

2012 – Task Force 76 and assigned units directly participated in 12 bi-lateral exercises including Balikatan, Amphibious Landing Exercise, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Exercise in the Republic of the Philippines, Cobra Gold in Thailand, Foal Eagle, Clear Horizon and Korean Interoperability Training Program in the Republic of Korea, Valiant Shied, Terminal Fury and Keen Sword in Japan.

Forward-deployed CTF 76 ships and commands Edit

CTF 76 consists of the following units:[2]

U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan Edit

U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan Edit

Okinawa, Japan Edit

  • Fleet Surgical Team SEVEN
  • Tactical Air Squadron TWELVE, Detachment Western Pacific

Pohang, Republic of Korea Edit

Guam, United States Edit

Transiting Amphibious Ready Groups Edit

United States-based Amphibious Ready Groups which pass through the U.S. Seventh Fleet area of operations fall under the operational control of CTF 76.

Task Force / Amphibious Group Commanders to present Edit

    • Rear Adm. Derek A. Trinque   (15 June 2022 – Present)
    • Rear Adm. Christopher M. Engdahl   (12 May 2021 – 15 June 2022)
    • Rear Adm. Fred W. Kacher   (May 2019 – 12 May 2021)
    • Rear Adm. Charles B. Cooper II   (22 January 2018 – May 2019)
    • Capt. Marvin "Ed" Thompson   (September 2017 – 22 January 2018)
    • Rear Adm. Marc H. Dalton   (3 August 2016 – September 2017)
    • Rear Adm. John B. Nowell   (29 August 2015 – 3 August 2016)
    • Rear Adm. Hugh D. Wetherald   (11 September 2013 – 29 August 2015)
    • Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley   (24 May 2012 – 11 September 2013)
    • Rear Adm. J. Scott Jones   (8 April 2011 – 24 May 2012)
    • Rear Adm. Richard B. Landolt   (23 June 2008 – 8 April 2011)
    • Rear Adm. Carol M. Pottenger   (7 November 2006 – 23 June 2008)
    • Rear Adm. Victor G. Guillory   (1 October 2004 – 7 November 2006)
    • Rear Adm. Gary R. Jones   (28 July 2003 – 1 October 2004)
    • Rear Adm. Frederic R. Ruehe   (March 2002 – 28 July 2003)
    • Rear Adm. Paul S. Schultz   (Jun 2000 – March 2002)
    • Rear Adm. Harry M. Highfill   (March 1998 – June 2000)
    • Rear Adm. Walter Doran   (June 1995 – December 1996)
    • Rear Adm. George B. Shick Jr.   (1980 – 1982)
    • Rear Adm. Don Whitmire   (1974–1976)
    • Rear Adm. Wycliff D. Toole Jr   (July 1972 – 1973)
    • Rear Adm. Walter D. Gaddis   (1970 - July 1972)
    • Rear Adm. Daniel E. Barbey   (January 1943 - )

References Edit

  1. ^ CTF 76 Website – History Page 10 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "About Us".
  • Command History, Seventh Amphibious Force, 10 January 1943 – 23 December 1945
  • MacArthur's Amphibious Navy ~ Seventh Amphibious Force Operations 1943–1945, Vice Admiral Danie E. Barbey, USN (Ret), 1969
  • Action Report – Iwo Jima, February, 1945
  • Navy amphibious force welcomes new commander – Date: 7/28/2003
  • Task Force 76 Holds Change of Command in Okinawa – Date: 10/22/2004
  • ESG 7/CTF 76 Changes Command – Date: 11/27/2006
  • Amphibious Force, US 7th Fleet Holds Change of Command Ceremony – Date: 9/10/2013
  • Amphibious Force US 7th Fleet Holds Change of Command – Date: 8/31/2015
  • Amphibious Force 7th Fleet Changes Command - Date: 8/03/2016
  • New commander of Navy 7th Fleet’s amphibious forces takes over - Date: 1/24/2018

External links Edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Task Force 76/Expeditionary Strike Group 7.
  • Papers of John M. Lee, commanded the Amphibious Force of the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library

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Seventh Fleet and the USN s only permanently forward deployed expeditionary strike group It is based at the White Beach Naval Facility at the end of the Katsuren Peninsula in Uruma City Okinawa Japan Task Force 76 Amphibious Force U S Seventh Fleet Expeditionary Strike Group SEVENActive1943 to presentCountryUnited States of AmericaBranchUnited States NavyTypeExpeditionary Strike GroupRoleAmphibious OperationsPart ofUnited States Seventh FleetGarrison HQWhite Beach Naval FacilityMotto s Forward From the SeaCommandersCurrentcommanderRear Adm Derek A Trinque CTF 76 conducts operations throughout the U S Seventh Fleet area of operations which includes the Western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean Contents 1 History 2 Forward deployed CTF 76 ships and commands 2 1 U S Fleet Activities Yokosuka Japan 2 2 U S Fleet Activities Sasebo Japan 2 3 Okinawa Japan 2 4 Pohang Republic of Korea 2 5 Guam United States 2 6 Transiting Amphibious Ready Groups 3 Task Force Amphibious Group Commanders to present 4 References 5 External linksHistory Edit10 January 1943 Southwest Pacific Amphibious Forces later called the Seventh Amphibious Force is formed in Brisbane Australia Participated in Operation Chronicle the landing at Lae the landing at Scarlet Beach at Finschhafen Battle of Arawe and Battle of Cape Gloucester on the island of New Britain 1944 Participated in the landing at Hollandia landing at Aitape landing at Saidor and Admiralty Islands campaign 1950 Supported UN during Korean War by stationing ships at Inchon and Wonsan 1954 CTF 76 participated in Operation Passage to Freedom the largest operation of its kind in history The operation evacuated 310 000 people from communist controlled North Vietnam to South Vietnam and carried 58 000 tons of cargo and humanitarian aid nbsp Amphibious Ready Group Alpha with USS Princeton LPH 5 off Vietnam in 1968 1965 Participated in amphibious landings assaults and demonstrations off the eastern coast of the Republic of Vietnam Also cleared mines off the Vietnamese coast toward the end of the Vietnam War Amphibious Ready Group Alpha and its U S Marine contingent Special Landing Force Alpha or SLF A often referred to as the Sluff during the Vietnam era formed Task Group 76 4 TG 76 4 consisted of various support vessels such as Landing Platform Helicopter LPHs such as the USS Princeton LPH 5 USS Okinawa LPH 3 or USS Iwo Jima LPH 2 Other vessels included LSTs Landing Ship Tank or LSD Landing Ship Dock supported a reinforced Marine Corps battalion referred to as a Battalion Landing Team BLT The Marine elements of the Group were referred to as Special Landing Force Alpha which itself consisted of the BLT and a Marine Helicopter Squadron The ARG also included an Amphibious Group Command Ship AGC or the Amphibious Communication and Command Ship LCC which carried the Commander Amphibious Forces Pacific Fleet and command and communications support facilities Three AGCs and one LCC rotated to the Western Pacific and all four were involved in the amphibious landings by the LCC AGC SLF in Vietnam The one LCC was USS Blue Ridge LCC 19 and the three AGCs were USS Eldorado AGC 11 USS Estes AGC 12 and USS Mount McKinley AGC 7 1971 Homeported to Okinawa Japan1975 Rescued more than 100 000 people from Phnom Penh and Saigon including in Operation Eagle Pull Also assisted in recovery of the American flagged SS Mayaguez after it was hijacked by the Cambodian Khmer Rouge in the Gulf of Thailand 1983 Transited to Suez Canal to support multi national forces in Lebanon 1999 Belleau Wood Amphibious Ready Group completed no notice five month deployment to Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Fox 2000 USS Belleau Wood and USS Juneau complete humanitarian mission to East Timor supporting Australian led forces Continued missions until East Timor became 191st member of United Nations in 2002 2004 USS Essex and USS Fort McHenry deploy to Indonesia in support of Operation Unified Assistance to provide support and aid to the victims of the 26 December tsunami in Southeast Asia 2005 Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group returns to Sasebo Japan following unscheduled eight month surge deployment to North Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism 2005 Forward Deployed ARG deploys for Fall Patrol Conduct Amphibious Landing Exercise Talon Vision PHIBLEX TV 06 in the Republic of Philippines and then make a port visit to Hong Kong 2006 Forward Deployed ARG deploys for 5 month Spring Patrol participating in TRUEX MUEX in Guam Balikatan 06 in the Republic of Philippines Foal Eagle 06 in the Republic of Korea ROK and Cobra Gold in the Kingdom of Thailand 2006 USS Patriot and embarked Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 Detachment Det 51 complete Summer Patrol throughout Southeast Asia participating in Cobra Gold and WP MCMEX in Malaysia while making port visits to Brunei Vietnam Singapore and Hong Kong 1 2007 Forward Deployed ARG participates in joint exercises with the Republic of Korea Kingdom of Thailand Australia Japan Kingdom of Cambodia Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of the Philippines Task Force 76 units also participated in Operation Sea Angel II a disaster response mission in the People s Republic of Bangladesh 2009 Between 7 August and 18 October Task Force 76 assigned forces supported Foreign Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations in Taiwan Indonesia and the Republic of the Philippines 2011 Operation TOMODACHI USS Essex LHD 2 USS Tortuga LSD 46 USS Harpers Ferry LSD 49 and USS Germantown LSD 42 were positioned off of north eastern Honshu to assist the disaster recovery efforts in conjunction with the Japan Self Defense Force 2011 USS Tortuga LSD 46 assisted in flood relief efforts in Thailand along with elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 2012 Task Force 76 and assigned units directly participated in 12 bi lateral exercises including Balikatan Amphibious Landing Exercise and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Exercise in the Republic of the Philippines Cobra Gold in Thailand Foal Eagle Clear Horizon and Korean Interoperability Training Program in the Republic of Korea Valiant Shied Terminal Fury and Keen Sword in Japan Forward deployed CTF 76 ships and commands EditCTF 76 consists of the following units 2 U S Fleet Activities Yokosuka Japan Edit USS Blue Ridge LCC 19 U S Fleet Activities Sasebo Japan Edit Amphibious Squadron ELEVEN USS America LHA 6 USS New Orleans LPD 18 USS Green Bay LPD 20 USS Rushmore LSD 47 USS Ashland LSD 48 Mine Countermeasure Squadron SEVEN USS Patriot MCM 7 USS Pioneer MCM 9 USS Warrior MCM 10 USS Chief MCM 14 Naval Beach Unit SEVEN Assault Craft Unit ONE Detachment Western Pacific Assault Craft Unit FIVE Detachment Western Pacific Beach Master Unit ONE Detachment Western PacificOkinawa Japan Edit Fleet Surgical Team SEVEN Tactical Air Squadron TWELVE Detachment Western PacificPohang Republic of Korea Edit Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 Detachment ONEGuam United States Edit Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVETransiting Amphibious Ready Groups Edit United States based Amphibious Ready Groups which pass through the U S Seventh Fleet area of operations fall under the operational control of CTF 76 Task Force Amphibious Group Commanders to present Edit Rear Adm Derek A Trinque 15 June 2022 Present Rear Adm Christopher M Engdahl 12 May 2021 15 June 2022 Rear Adm Fred W Kacher May 2019 12 May 2021 Rear Adm Charles B Cooper II 22 January 2018 May 2019 Capt Marvin Ed Thompson September 2017 22 January 2018 Rear Adm Marc H Dalton 3 August 2016 September 2017 Rear Adm John B Nowell 29 August 2015 3 August 2016 Rear Adm Hugh D Wetherald 11 September 2013 29 August 2015 Rear Adm Jeffrey A Harley 24 May 2012 11 September 2013 Rear Adm J Scott Jones 8 April 2011 24 May 2012 Rear Adm Richard B Landolt 23 June 2008 8 April 2011 Rear Adm Carol M Pottenger 7 November 2006 23 June 2008 Rear Adm Victor G Guillory 1 October 2004 7 November 2006 Rear Adm Gary R Jones 28 July 2003 1 October 2004 Rear Adm Frederic R Ruehe March 2002 28 July 2003 Rear Adm Paul S Schultz Jun 2000 March 2002 Rear Adm Harry M Highfill March 1998 June 2000 Rear Adm Walter Doran June 1995 December 1996 Rear Adm George B Shick Jr 1980 1982 Rear Adm Don Whitmire 1974 1976 Rear Adm Wycliff D Toole Jr July 1972 1973 Rear Adm Walter D Gaddis 1970 July 1972 Rear Adm Daniel E Barbey January 1943 References Edit CTF 76 Website History Page Archived 10 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine About Us Command History Seventh Amphibious Force 10 January 1943 23 December 1945 MacArthur s Amphibious Navy Seventh Amphibious Force Operations 1943 1945 Vice Admiral Danie E Barbey USN Ret 1969 Action Report Iwo Jima February 1945 Navy amphibious force welcomes new commander Date 7 28 2003 Task Force 76 Holds Change of Command in Okinawa Date 10 22 2004 ESG 7 CTF 76 Changes Command Date 11 27 2006 Amphibious Force 7th Fleet Changes Command Date 6 23 2008 Amphibious Force US 7th Fleet Holds Change of Command Ceremony Date 9 10 2013 Amphibious Force US 7th Fleet Holds Change of Command Date 8 31 2015 Amphibious Force 7th Fleet Changes Command Date 8 03 2016 New commander of Navy 7th Fleet s amphibious forces takes over Date 1 24 2018External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Task Force 76 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Commander Task Force 76 News Task Force 76 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Link no longer functioning Papers of John M Lee commanded the Amphibious Force of the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific Dwight D Eisenhower Presidential Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Task Force 76 amp oldid 1137605357, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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