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ADMIRAL HARRY B. HARRIS JUNIOR RELIEVED ADMIRAL CECIL D. HANEY AS COMMANDER OF U.S. PACIFIC
FLEET DURING A CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY ON JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, OCTOBER
16.
"UNDER CECIL'S LEADERSHIP THE 2012 RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISE WAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND
MOST SUCCESFUL INTERNATIONAL MARITIME EXERCISE. IT WAS WITH TWENTY-TWO PARTNER NATIONS COME
TOGETHER."
ADMIRAL HARRY HARRIS IS NOW THE THIRTY-FOURTH PACIFIC FLEET COMMANDER.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR PRESIDENT AND OUR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ARE CLEAR. AS A NATION,
WE WILL REBALANCE TO THE PACIFIC AND WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS
IN THE INDO-ASIA PACIFIC REGION."
PACFLEET IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 180 SHIPS, 2000 AIRCRAFT, AND 125,000 SAILORS
AND MARINES.
IN 2014 THE COMMAND WILL ONCE AGAIN HOST THE WORLDS LARGEST MARITIME NAVAL EXERCISE.