US Navy Reactivates Cold War Fleet as Defense Secretary Mattis Warns that ‘China and Russia Present New Military Threats’ Across the Globe

• US Navy Reactivates Cold War Fleet as Defense Secretary Mattis Warns that ‘China and Russia Present New Military Threats’ Across the Globe
  by ASSOCIATED PRESS, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
  * The chief of US Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson, made the announcement during a change of command ceremony 
  * The 2nd Fleet command was disbanded as a cost-savings measure in 2011, and its assets and personnel dispersed within the navy 
  * The new command will be responsible for US naval forces along the US east coast as well as the north Atlantic region, a navy statement said 
  * Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in January the United States is facing ‘growing threats’ from China and Russia 
  * ‘We face growing threats from revisionist powers as different as China and Russia,’ Mattis said recently  
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