en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mullen
US Naval Forces Europe, he was responsible for providing overall command, operational control, and coordination of US naval forces in the European Command area of responsibility.
edit Quotes * "Without mastery of the sea -- without Sea Power -- we cannot protect trade, we cannot help those in peril, we cannot provide relief from natural disaster, and we cannot intercede when whole societies are torn asunder by slavery, weapons of mass destruction, drugs, and piracy. Without sea power we cannot hope -- the world cannot hope -- to achieve what President Bush has called 'a balance of power that favors freedom."
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