US Navy FLEET TRAINING GROUP At Pearl Harbor Patch For Sale

This USN machine-embroidered patch measures 3" in diameter, used condition. A valuable addition to your military memorabilia collection.

Location: Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH), Hawaii
Command Relationship: Under Commander, Naval Surface Force Pacific (COMNAVSURFPAC)
Era of Operation: Post–World War II to present (with reorganizations over time)

The Fleet Training Group (FTG) Pearl Harbor was responsible for training, evaluating, and certifying U.S. Navy ships and crews in all warfare areas. Their job was to ensure every ship was combat-ready before deploying to the Western Pacific (WESTPAC), Indian Ocean, or Arabian Gulf.

The FTG mission focused on:

• Basic & advanced shipboard training

• Readiness evaluation of crews and systems

• Drills in all warfare and seamanship competencies, including:

  • Navigation & shiphandling

  • Damage control (DC)

  • Engineering casualty control

  • Anti-submarine, anti-surface, and anti-air warfare

  • Combat Information Center (CIC) operations

  • Communications and electronic warfare

  • Seamanship and replenishment-at-sea (RAS)

• Final Evaluation Problem (FEP) – the capstone readiness test before deployment

• Overseeing Mobility-Engineering (MOB-E), Mobility-Navigation (MOB-N), and Mobility-Damage Control (MOB-D) certifications

• Training foreign navies, especially Pacific partners (Japan, Korea, Australia, Philippines)

FTG's motto in practice:
“Train the Fleet to Fight.”

Fleet Trainers were experts—often senior enlisted—with specialized qualifications such as:

• DC/Firefighting Instructors

• Engineering & Propulsion “SME”s

• Combat systems and CIC Evaluators

• Navigation & Shiphandling Assessors

• Communications & Electronic Warfare Technicians

FTG personnel were known for:

• Riding ships underway for drills

• Running high-intensity Damage Control Olympics

• Stress-testing a ship’s crew to ensure they could fight through casualties

• Conducting REFTRA (Refresher Training), especially for ships coming out of overhaul shipyards at PHNSY

After WWII, the U.S. Navy established Fleet Training Groups as a way to maintain readiness among the growing Cold War fleet.

• Supported Korean War–era Pacific Fleet growth

• Trained ships for Vietnam War deployments

• Helped modernize readiness programs in the Cold War surface fleet

• Played a major role in certifying ships for Middle East / Arabian Gulf deployments during the 1980s and 1990s

• Integrated into the ATG (Afloat Training Group) structure during Navy training consolidations in the combined shipment is welcome to save you money. Please visit my EAZYCOLLECTIBLES Store for more great war items.

  
  
  
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