What is United States Fleet Forces Command?
The '''United States Fleet Forces Command''' ('''USFF''')<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 command of the [[United States Navy]] that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces. The naval resources may be given to Combatant Commanders such as [[United States Northern Command]] (USNORTHCOM) under the authority of the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]. In 2002, the Fleet was made-up 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]]). The command is based at [[Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=U.S. Fleet Forces Command Naval Station Norfolk |url=https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Fact-Sheets/Article-View/Article/564003/us-fleet-forces-command/ |work=northcom.mil |location=Naval Station Norfolk |date=16 May 2013 |access-date=10 August 2019 |archive-date=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810033645/https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Fact-Sheets/Article-View/Article/564003/us-fleet-forces-command/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stratcom.mil/components/ |title=Functional Components US Strategic Command |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=stratcom.mil |publisher=US Strategic Command |access-date=10 August 2019 |quote=The mission of JFMCC is to conduct joint maritime operations to execute