[1] CTF 73/CLWP is the U.S. 7th Fleet's Theater Security Cooperation agent for South and Southeast Asia, providing persistent engagement with allies and partners across the region through established exercises while forging new maritime partnerships through tailored exchanges, enhanced port visits and expanding repair capabilities at regional shipyards.
After the end of the Second World War, the United States Seventh Fleet moved its headquarters to Qingdao, China.
[3] The command was originally based at Subic Bay in the Philippines but was transferred to Singapore with the withdrawal of US Military forces in the 1990s.
[7] In 2011, its commander, Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Ron Horton, was relieved of his post due to being "derelict in the performance of his duties".
[8] Horton was the commanding officer of the USS Enterprise during the period when inappropriate videos were produced and aired between May and December 2007.