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== Tenth Fleet origins at BayCon (2014) == | == Tenth Fleet origins at BayCon (2014) == | ||
The [[Tenth Fleet]]'s association with BayCon dates to '''BayCon 2014''' (23–26 May, themed "Got Honor?"), where the [[Saganami-C-class]] heavy cruiser {{hms|Wolf|CA-429}} was commissioned in Ceres, in the California Central Valley, under the command of then-[[CAPTJG]] James Jones.<ref name="tf">[[Tenth Fleet]] — fleet history documenting HMS ''Wolf'''s commissioning at BayCon 2014.</ref><ref name="buships1405-07">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1405-07]], 25 May 2014.</ref> The following month, [[Task Group 91.1]] was formed under [[CAPTSG]] [[Sir]] Thomas Marrone by order of the [[First Space Lord]], with ''Wolf'' among its three charter vessels.<ref name="tg" /><ref name="nd14ju01u">[[Orders:Naval Directive 14JU-01U]]</ref> BayCon thereafter became the task group's home convention. | The [[Tenth Fleet]]'s association with BayCon dates to '''BayCon 2014''' (23–26 May, themed "Got Honor?"), where the [[Saganami-C-class]] heavy cruiser {{hms|Wolf|CA-429}} was commissioned in Ceres, in the California Central Valley, under the command of then-[[CAPTJG]] James Jones.<ref name="tf">[[Tenth Fleet]] — fleet history documenting HMS ''Wolf'''s commissioning at BayCon 2014.</ref><ref name="buships1405-07">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1405-07]], 25 May 2014.</ref> The following month, [[Task Group 91.1]] was formed under [[CAPTSG]] [[Sir]] Thomas Marrone by order of the [[First Space Lord]], with ''Wolf'' among its three charter vessels.<ref name="tg" /><ref name="nd14ju01u">[[Orders:Naval Directive 14JU-01U]]</ref> BayCon thereafter became the task group's home convention. | ||
BayCon 2014's Writer Guest of Honor was [[David Weber]] — whose ''[[Honorverse]]'' novels supply the setting for the [[Tenth Fleet]] and {{trmn}}, and the source of the "Got Honor?" theme — which made the convention an '''Admiralty House Event''', the class of high-profile gathering (later codified under [[Orders:Admiralty Order 1803-02]]) marked by the attendance of TRMN's senior literary patrons.<ref name="bc2014goh">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BayCon "BayCon"], Wikipedia — 2014 Writer Guest of Honor: David Weber.</ref> | |||
== Tenth Fleet Summits == | == Tenth Fleet Summits == | ||
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! Year !! Dates !! Theme !! Tenth Fleet significance | ! Year !! Dates !! Theme !! Tenth Fleet significance | ||
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| 2014 || 23–26 May || "Got Honor?" || {{hms|Wolf|CA-429}} commissioned; [[Task Group 91.1]] formed the following month | | 2014 || 23–26 May || "Got Honor?" || Admiralty House Event ([[David Weber]], Writer GoH); {{hms|Wolf|CA-429}} commissioned; [[Task Group 91.1]] formed the following month | ||
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| 2015 || 22–24 May || "Women of Wonder" || '''Tenth Fleet Summit''' (host: TG 91.1); {{hms|Cerberus|CLAC-42}} commissioned | | 2015 || 22–24 May || "Women of Wonder" || '''Tenth Fleet Summit''' (host: TG 91.1); {{hms|Cerberus|CLAC-42}} commissioned | ||