{"id":411534,"date":"2024-07-22T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=411534"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Commander-Task-Force-75-holds-change-of-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Commander-Task-Force-75-holds-change-of-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Commander, Task Force 75 holds change of command"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SANTA RITA, Guam\u2014<\/strong>Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75 held a change of command on Naval Base Guam on July 12.<\/p>\n<p>Capt. Erich C. Frandrup relieved Capt. Shaun T. Lieb as the commodore of CTF 75-Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific during a ceremony last Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tour has been the absolute thrill of my career,\u201d said Lieb, thanking his team for their numerous contributions to the mission in the region. \u201cThe thank yous go up and down the chain of command. It would take another 24 years of naval service to thank everyone&#8230; I\u2019m just one player in a much broader drama in terms of CTF 75 and what we do providing specialized naval capability&#8230;none of this would be possible were it not for each and every one of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rear Adm. Bradley J. Andros, the commander of Naval Expeditionary Combat Command, presided over the ceremony. \u201cI tell people I wouldn\u2019t be a flag officer if it wasn\u2019t for Shaun. I hand-selected him to come out here because he is the person in the EOD that I trust most, and I knew we needed to make an impact out here. You\u2019ve knocked it out of the park,\u201d said Andros. He noted the significant advancements and opportunities made during Lieb\u2019s tenure, particularly the team\u2019s response to Typhoon Mawar in 2023, and advancements in the Philippines and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Lieb assumed command of CTF 75 in June 2022. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his accomplishments during his tenure at CTF 75. Leib\u2019s next assignment will be at the National War College in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>After delivering his final remarks as commodore of CTF 75, Lieb read his orders for the change in leadership of seven task groups with more than 1,300 personnel forward-postured throughout the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>In his closing remarks, Lieb imparted some words of encouragement to his relief, Capt. Frandrup. \u201cErich, you are inheriting an exceptional team. You are going to one of the best jobs in the Navy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frandrup assumed command and made his first remarks as the new commodore, \u201cI am humbled, truly humbled, to serve alongside you. I pledge to lead with integrity and humility. The work we do and the missions we complete are vast in nature, highly complex, and frankly, nobody else can do them. I am excited to join this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CTF 75 is a part of the U.S. 7th Fleet. The U.S. 7th Fleet conducts forward-deployed naval operations in support of U.S. national interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific area of operations. As the U.S. Navy\u2019s largest numbered fleet, 7th Fleet interacts with 35 other maritime nations to build maritime partnerships that foster maritime security, promote stability and prevent conflict. <em><strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/f2ccb555725fc413bff1e8b3d91f4a5b.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Capt. Erich C. Frandrup relieved Capt. Shaun T. Lieb as the commodore of CTF 75-Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific during a ceremony on Naval Base Guam last July 12.<\/p>\n<p>-CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/77d0f8359bd0830679b1b0f54c078603.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>CTF 75-Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific is part of the U.S. 7th Fleet. The U.S. 7th Fleet conducts forward-deployed naval operations in support of U.S. national interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific area of operations.<\/p>\n<p>-CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA RITA, Guam\u2014Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75 held a change of command on Naval Base&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}