The three silver stars on each side of this patch stand for the vice admiral who commands Second Fleet. The fleet has carried the number 2 since February 1950, when the Second Task Fleet was...
The Sixth Fleet took its name on 12 February 1950, when the Sixth Task Fleet in the Mediterranean was redesignated, and it has been on station there ever since. Before it was the Sixth Task Fleet it...
The four white stars on this patch are the rank of the officer it names: Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet has been a four-star admiral's post since 1915. The command sits at Pearl Harbor, where the...