{"id":25959,"date":"2020-12-31T16:08:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T16:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/31\/new-in-2021-will-1st-fleet-and-atlantic-fleet-outlast-the-trump-administration\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:56:49","slug":"new-in-2021-will-1st-fleet-and-atlantic-fleet-outlast-the-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/transition\/2020\/12\/31\/new-in-2021-will-1st-fleet-and-atlantic-fleet-outlast-the-trump-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"New in 2021: Will 1st Fleet and Atlantic Fleet outlast the Trump administration?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing increased military threats from Russia and China, Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite told lawmakers in December of plans to resurrect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/12\/02\/navy-bringing-back-us-atlantic-fleet\/\" target=_blank>U.S. Atlantic Fleet<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/12\/02\/navy-bringing-back-us-atlantic-fleet\/\" target=_blank> U.S. 1st Fleet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But whether those initiatives will carry on into 2021 and President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s Pentagon remains to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a Senate hearing, Braithwaite explained plans to stand up U.S. 1st Fleet at the nexus of the Indian and Pacific oceans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such a move would lighten the load for the Japan-based U.S. 7th Fleet and continue the regional alliance-building that Navy leaders see as crucial to countering Beijing\u2019s ascendance in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He envisions an expeditionary command initially, until the Navy can find a nation willing to host 1st Fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/12\/02\/navy-bringing-back-us-atlantic-fleet\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nimitz_Malabar-2020.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy bringing back US Atlantic Fleet<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite announced the plan during a Senate hearing Wednesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the U.S. East Coast, Braithwaite announced plans to rechristen U.S. Fleet Forces Command as U.S. Atlantic Fleet, a change that would orient the commander of East Coast-based ships toward an emerging Russian threat in the Atlantic Ocean and the far north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Little more has been announced for either command, and service secretaries serve at the pleasure of the president. 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