Karl O. Thomas
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Karl Owen Thomas is a United States Navy admiral who serves as the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command. He most recently served as the deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare and D
Official portrait, 2025
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Vice Adm. Karl Thomas relieves Vice Adm. Bill Merz of command during the 7th Fleet change of command ceremony at the Fleet Activities Yokosuka Theater
At the change of command ceremony in 2018
At the change of command ceremony in 2018
United States Seventh Fleet
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The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. It is headquartered at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the United States Pacific
Karl O. Thomas
…and Strategy. In April 2021, he was nominated for promotion to vice admiral and assignment to relieve Vice Admiral William R. Merz as commander of the United States Seventh Fleet. In November 2025, he was nominated for promotion to admiral and recently took over as the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command on 1 December 2025…
USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) and escorts at the Battle off Samar in October 1944.
George Washington, Squadron HC-1 during operation "Desert Shield" in 1990, U.S. Seventh Fleet.
George Washington is the flagship of Task Force 70 of the U.S. Seventh Fleet.
The USS Blue Ridge, flagship, U.S. Seventh Fleet.