United States Navy

The United States Navy (U.s. Navy), the u.s. Navy, is part of the u.s. armed forces and responsible for the warfare at sea. It is one of the seven uniformed components of the United States. The u.s. Navy currently has about 329.000 servants in active service and another 103,000 staff in the reservists program. To carry out its tasks allows the use of 286 ships in active service and more than 3,700 aircraft. [4]

The u.s. Navy has its roots in the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was disbanded shortly thereafter. The Constitution of the United States adopted in 1789 gave the U.s. Congress the right to "to provide and maintain a Navy". [5]  due to looting of American ships by the u.s. Congress in 1794 zeepiraten decided to make use of this constitutional right to provide for the construction and by the crew of six frigates. [6]

The u.s. Navy was best known internationally during the 20th century, especially during the Second World War. By the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base hit the United States militarily involved in the second world war and on board USS Missouri was made the official surrender of Japan places. During the subsequent cold wardeveloped the U.s. Navy as a nuclear superpower and was getting ready for a possible global war with the Soviet Union.

In the 21st century, the u.s. Navy still present all over the world, with ships in East Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. The u.s. Navy owns the largest fleet in the world, with eleven aircraft carriers in active service, one under construction, two planned and one in reserve.

The u.s. Navy is administratively managed by the Department of the Navy. At the head is the Secretary of the Navy. The Department of the Navy is part of the Department of Defense, which is led by the Minister of Defence. The highest officer is the Chief of Naval Operations. ==Tasks[ Edit] == The tasks of the US Navy are maintaining combat-ready, create of a naval force to train and to win wars, and to preserve peace on the world's oceans.

Mission statement of the United States Navy:

Literally translated: "the U.s. Navy sea serves as the operating part of the armed forces of the United States". According to § 5062 code 10 of the laws of the United States, the US Navy has three primary responsibilities:

The US Navy manuals state that the Mission of the u.s. armed forces is "preparing a force capable of decisive fight with short response time to submit to the national interest". As part of established structure of u.s. armed forces have the tasks of the U.s. Navy from managing the seas, demonstrating power and nuclear deterrence, along with the carriage for the other armed services. ==Fleets<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The u.s. Navy is roughly divided into 2 large fleet commands: Atlantic Fleet and Pacific Fleet. A third, smaller, organization is that of United States Naval Forces Europe, that his most important area in the Mediterranean Sea. The warships are divided into 4 continuous operational commands: 2nd Fleet under the Atlantic command, 3rd and 7th Fleet under the Pacific command and the 6th Fleet under European command.
 * "The willing of naval forces necessary for effective warfare". Maintaining a fleet of at least eleven active aircraft carriers makes it.
 * "Maintaining a fleet of marinevliegtuigen, including marinevliegtuigen, on land-based air transport facilities which are essential for implementation of the tasks of the u.s. Navy and maintaining all air weapons and aviation techniques involved in the operations and other activities of the u.s. Navy.
 * "The development of aircraft, weapons, tactics, techniques, organizations and equipment for the fight at sea and for the support services of the Navy"

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">6th and 7th Fleet have, operating on the perimeter of the American sphere of influence the highest State of alert and are typically 2 Carrier Battle Groups. Each battle group consists of an aircraft carrier and a half dozencruisers, frigatesand hunters . The ships from 6th and 7th Fleet are periodically relieved by ships of 2nd and 3rd Fleet.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since the nineties of the 20th century, there has been a 5th Fleet, that his operation grounds around the Persian and Arab waters. 5th Fleet "lends" its ships of 6th and 7th Fleet.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For several years there is (again) a 4th Fleet, which are ground in the South American waters. 4th Fleet "lends" its ships by 3rd Fleet.