European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The  missis sinew replenishes the aircraft Carrier Saratoga As both steam through Mediterranean Waters. A � at Commodore of the vast Supply Force is capt Burton a. Robbins or. Loaded cargo nets ride the High lines from the Supply ship a. Baran to the Carrier Forrestal. Busy service Force the 6th Fleet s secret weapon the unglamorous floating supermarkets Are vital to our sea Power in the Mediterranean by Brendan p. Mulready staff writer Friday july 31, 1959 the stars and stripes How to Supply the More than 50 ships and More than 30,000 men of the . 6th Fleet with All the things they need Isth particular problem of a highly specialized command called service Force Gui  word service in the name Means just that. Floating service stations in the form of huge Fleet oilers Supply the fuel needs of the ships of the Fleet while cargo vessels of various types serve As grocery stores. They carry All the food and com fort items that Are needed. The difference is that they Are always Mobile virtual floating supermarkets. With the title of Commodore the current Boss of 6th Fleet service Force is Captain Berton a. Robbins jr., a Tair soft spoke distinguished naval officer who was born in 1908 on Long Island new York. In his33 years of naval service Robbins served As a private and noncom in the marines went on to the naval Academy and in continued on Page 12 Page 11