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Naval Fourth Fleet Re-Established

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:31:48 +0000

U.S. Naval Fourth Fleet Re-Established
Admiral Roughead Assigns Rear Admiral Kernan As Commander

The United States Navy Chief of Naval Operations announced the resumption of the Navy Fourth Fleet on Tuesday. In an effort to demonstrate the commitment and dedication that the United States has for its regional partners, and to address the importance of maritime security in the southern Western Hemisphere, the Chief of Naval Operations announced the Re-Establishment of the U.S. Navy Fourth Fleet.

CNO Admiral Gary Roughead announced that he was naming the Commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, Rear Admiral Joseph D. Kernan as the new Commander for Naval Fourth Fleet. The responsibility of the Naval Fourth Fleet will include aircraft, vessels, ships and Naval submarines operating in Central and South America, as well as fleet operations in the Caribbean and throughout the region.

Rear Admiral Kernan is currently the U.S. Navy’s top SEAL, and first Navy SEAL to assume command of a Naval numbered Fleet. He has come up from the ranks, graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1977 and serving as an Officer in several different commands over the years. He was involved in commanding units of Seal Team 5, and also served as Detachment Officer -In-Charge of four different deployed Seal Team Platoons. Rear Admiral Kernan also served as the Executive officer at Naval Special Warfare Unit 1 in Subic Bay, The Philippines.

Beginning July 1st the Navy Fourth Fleet will deal with complete operational responsibility of all U.S. Navy ships, vessels and assets that are assigned from the West and East Coast Fleets that works in the SOUTHCOM operational arena. Because of this the Fourth Fleet Navy Operations will not increase the amount of forces that are home ported in Mayport, Florida.

These assets now under Fourth Fleet Command will work to counter narcotics traffic and narcotics terrorist activities, illegal smuggling and other security theater concerns. The assets contributed from both the West and East Coast Fleets will operate under Navy Fourth Fleet Command when performing missions in the SOUTHCOM region. The Fourth Fleet will continue with responsibility in the region as Navy NAVSO, the command component for SOUTHCOM.

Its continuing mission will be to direct the forces of the United States Navy operating in Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean region, and fostering positive and cooperative relations with partner nation Navies to help guide the total maritime environment. U.S Naval Forces Southern Command will be dual -hatted with the Fourth Fleet, and the existing NAVSO Command is currently based in Mayport, Florida.

The re establishment of the Fourth Fleet is to help address U.S. government commitment to regional partner nations as well as continue to maintain maritime shipping safety in the SOUTHCOM U.S. Southern Command theater. Assets assigned to Navy Fourth Fleet will continue to conduct missions and different theater contingency operations, as well as TSC Theater security cooperation functions. The Navy Fourth Fleet TSC mission includes a commitment to bilateral training with other nations, military to military cooperation with partner nations, and in country partnerships and humanitarian assistance upon request.

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ASVAB How To Practice

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:02:45 +0000

ASVAB How To Practice

Practice ASVAB

If you are serious about taking the ASVAB and about wanting to practice then you need to make a plan of attack. First, learn all that you can about the ASVAB. You can do a lot of that just by going to the library, or going online and using search terms in Google or Yahoo.

Second, you should ask yourself, “Am I disciplined enough to study for this test?” If the answer is no, then that is maybe your first answer about joining the military itself. Being in the military builds discipline, this is true, but if you need to study to get the job you want, and you are not sure if you are willing to put forth the effort, then it may be something that you might not be interested in.

If you want it, or want anything in life, then you will be willing to work for it. Last, you should be willing to set aside a little bit each day to study for the test itself. An hour a day is a good goal, you can adjust that up or down depending on a number of factors, how well you do on your first practice tests, what kind of student you are overall, and the eventual job that you wish to try for in the military.

When you are ready to start there are a couple of different places where you can obtain free practice tests. The first one is at the Military. Com Web site. They likely have the best site, you can take short version mini tests, or full length versions of the entire ASVAB test battery. Get free your free military information nowClick Here!

The other place is shorter, but they also offer free version practice tests for the ASVAB. It is located at the 4Tests.com Exam Site here.

This site is nice in that while it doesn’t have as many of the versions or bells and whistles as the other site, it does allow you to select just certain areas to take a practice test, and to not select the others.

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ASVAB Practice

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:59:32 +0000

ASVAB Practice Test

ASVAB Practice Test Everyone who joins the military is required to take the ASVAB test. Well there are some different ways to study and take practice tests now that were not available before.

The Navy Knowledge online service has a number of practice tests available that are available to authorized users. If you are considering a career in the Navy, contact a recruiter to ask if they will sponsor you to register at the NKO web site. As a qualified guest user, you can access a number of practice ASVAB tests at no cost, and this practice will help you to do better on the actual test.

“The practice tests have been purchased by the General Library Program of the Navy, and are available to certain qualified users at no Cost,” said Nellie Moffitt. Moffitt is the Navy Library General program director.

The tests are part of a series of online content services made available for people to study and improve their test scores. Unlimited tests can be taken online at the Navy KNO web site, as well as certain other tests such as CLEP tests.

The Navy Knowledge Online program is one designed to be used by active duty sailors, but other potential recruits and interested people who have a sponsor can register and access the web site through a qualified guest registration.

One of the methods of sponsorship is to contact your Navy Recruiter; they can assist you with the process. Practicing the ASVAB is important if you want to score well, it is a nine-part test that takes about three hours, and a lot of weight is placed on your test score. Get free your free military information nowClick Here!

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AVSAB Information

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:57:53 +0000

ASVAB Information

ASVAB Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery Each of the Armed Forces of the United States uses the ASVAB test in a different way. It is the series of tests given to a candidate who wishes to enter Military Service. Sometimes the test is easy for some people, others take a pre test and feel they need to study.

There is no overall ASVAB test score. The ASVAB is a series of tests over different subject areas, and each of the five services use these scores to help place enlisted people with their service. There are certain minimum scores necessary to be admitted to the service, each service has a different level or test score necessary to be admitted.

The tests reveal if the candidate qualified for the type of military service they want to enter, and also if there is any specific jobs that they are qualified for. The Defense Department developed the ASVAB tests over 40 years ago. The Test has different sections, such as Mechanical Comprehension, General Science, Word Knowledge, and other areas. Until recently there were 10 tests that were given to candidates that made up the ASVAB battery of tests.

There are different versions of the ASVAB Test. One is a test you may take at your high school, called the High School Version. It actually has a name called “Test Form 18 – 19. This test is often given to Seniors in High school in an effort of cooperation between the Department of Education and the Department of Defense.Get free your free military information nowClick Here!

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Navy Seal Training Video

admin — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:31:19 +0000

Navy Seal Training

Think you have what it takes to be a Navy Seal. Here is some of the training the seals go through to become one of America’s elite soldiers.

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All it Takes is Heart: A Navy SEAL

admin — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:16:54 +0000

Navy Seals Take Heart

Becoming a Navy seal is not for everyone. In addition to requiring that a person not only has the stamina and endurance to survive BUDs training, a Navy SEAL is a very small community of men that have learned a wide range of skills that are a necessary requirement to membership in this very exclusive club of soldiers.

This is not to say that a Navy SEAL has to be a certain size, height or weight in order to be successful, but it does take something that not many people have in order to endure the constant challenges and stresses of training and demands that are placed upon recruits as well. Graduating from BUDs training and become part of a SEAL team takes some very special ingredients.

Special Ingredients

The combination of special warfare training that blends the best in technology with the most basic of combat fighting skills is at the core of the Navy SEAL training process. Many people believe that members of special forces teams, regardless of military branch, are cowboys, or bad boys, or even worse, out-of-control rogues with no respect for life and limb. However, despite the reputation that such organizations develop, the reality is far from the myths that surround them.

Many young men wishing to join the SEAL program are awed by the tradition and respect garnered at the mention of the word “SEAL”. SEALs are highly trained in a combination of basic warrior skills and techniques as well as in the most modern technology and weaponry known to man when it comes to warfare combat. By reputation, SEALs are considered one of the most elite Special Forces groups in American military force branches.

Location, Location, Location

Graduating from BUDs training may not seem that difficult to innocent bystanders. After all, how can any training that progresses on glorious, white sandy beaches in Southern California be difficult? What could be better than training on those very same, sandy white beaches populated by beautiful women wearing bikinis and flaunting their stuff in front of hundreds of BUDs recruits hoping to make the cut and become part of the SEAL team? Actually, watching the sun glint off the surface of the warm Pacific ocean, sailboats skimming by and the laughter of babes bobbing volleyballs and other round objects is many a young man’s dream.

However, becoming a Navy SEAL requires focus. The babes must be ignored. To succeed as a Navy SEAL, a person must rely on both mental discipline and basic intelligence and common sense. BUDs training requires more than just muscle and attitude to make it through one of the most intense, unforgiving, and grueling military training programs around the world. It takes heart.

Training

The BUDs training program is broken into three phases; each one provides grueling training for any recruit. However, that’s only the beginning. To become a fully qualified SEAL, recruits must pass very strict physical fitness tests. Those who are accepted into the program must first go through seven weeks of indoctrination and physical preconditioning, and that’s before they even start the BUDs program.

The first phase of BUDs training lasts nine weeks and consists of extremely difficult physical conditioning regimens that includes running, daily exercise, more running, and of course, swimming. During this portion of BUDs training, recruits learn to memorize the obstacle course by heart, as they see it for hours on a daily basis. Physical fitness scores and times for completing the obstacle course must be continually improved throughout the training process.

After the grueling weeks of enduring constant physical training, comes Hell Week. The infamous Hell Week comes during the third week of Phase One and is the point in time when large numbers of recruits drop out of the program. Hell Week lasts for five days. Recruits are expected to complete what boils down to nonstop physical training with very little sleep. Hell Week gives recruits plenty of time to play in role in the sand, as well as to perform such tasks as log PT and engaging in fun, “rubber duck races.” They begin or end the day with drills that encourage 16-mile runs along sandy, windswept beaches. For fun, the instructors sometimes initiate the run in the middle of the day as well, providing an opportunity for the recruits to enjoy the scenery.

More Training

Struggling with Log PT or the Mud Flats, Cast and Recovery, or Around the World, a BUDs recruit needs to dig deeper and deeper each and every day of training. “The Only Easy Day was Yesterday” is a term coined by veteran Navy SEALs and it stands as true today as it did almost thirty years ago. It means pushing harder each and every day of training, and finding strength when you though you had none left.

Phase Two of SEAL training teaches recruits everything they wanted to know and more about scuba diving, dive physiology, and closed-circuit re-breeding systems. It’s a time to learn about equipment failures, the hazards of nitrogen narcosis, as well as swimming beneath the surface and navigating cold, murky water during night swims.

But wait, there’s more! Phase Three is just getting started. This is the fun part of BUDs training and includes demolitions, recon and land warfare training. A BUDs recruit learns navigation skills, small unit tactics, repelling and patrolling skills as well as how to properly use small arms and weapons used by SEALs in combat scenarios.

The BUDs training is meant to be, and is, a grueling selection process more than it is a training program. BUDs training challenges recruits to dig deep and find personal resources and strengths that will get them through every day. In many cases, recruits are forced to break their days down into hours, minutes, and even seconds in order to get through it. It’s an intentionally brutal program, intended to train recruits to survive and function in the most stressful combat situations and scenarios that creative BUDs instructors can devise.

The Three D’s: Determination, Discipline, Desire

This is where the concept of heart comes into play. At this stage of training, a BUDs recruit begins to understand that it is intelligence, mental discipline, and inner strength that will win the day over muscle and brawn. Teamwork, sacrifice and the ability and desire to help teammates and buddies is tapped, developed, and encouraged during all facets of the BUDs training process.

The SEAL BUDs training program is one of the most difficult things a Navy recruit may ever have to deal with in either civilian or military life. It marks a definite growing point in the life of a young man that will stay with him for the rest of his life.

Navy SEALs may come from different backgrounds, cultures and religious denominations. They come in all sizes as well, but the one thing they share in common is that elusive and invisible ingredient called heart. A Navy SEAL respects teamwork, rather than individual glory. The SEAL becomes part of a unit, not a single entity. The benefit of the team relies on the integrity and devotion of a SEAL to become part of a team whose threads inextricably bind one to another.

The heart of a Navy SEAL beats for his buddies as well as himself. And that’s what it’s all about.

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