Monthly Archives: December 2011

COMBINED MARITIME FORCES TRIUMPH AT CAPTAIN’S CUP LEAGUE

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

A truly international team of Navy and Coastguard soccer players triumphed in the Naval Support Activity Captain’s Cup soccer league held at the Bahrain-based US Navy Fifth Fleet Command Headquarters this season.

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HRH THE CROWN PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN VISITS BRITISH SUBMARINE HMS TRIUMPH AND SUPPORT VESSEL RFA DILIGENCE

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of Bahrain visited the Royal Navy submarine HMS Triumph and the support vessel, RFA Diligence on Dec. 29 during a recent port visit … Continue reading →

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FOREIGN NAVAL OFFICERS TRAIN WITH HMS SOMERSET

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Whilst alongside in Tanzania, the Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset embarked two officers for a maritime security patrol from Tanzania and Dubai: Lt Sikuku and Lt Ziguye from the Kenyan and Tanzanian Navies respectively, to receive maritime security training. The … Continue reading →

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RFA WAVE KNIGHT ‘DOUBLE RAS’ PICTURE

Posted on December 27, 2011 by
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CMF HOST 22ND SHADE MEETING

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

MANAMA, Bahrain – 115 representatives from the militaries of 27 nations, law enforcement agencies, the shipping industry andvarious governments met in Bahrain, Dec. 12-13, to discuss counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin.  The 22nd Shared Awareness … Continue reading →

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USS PINCKNEY DISRUPTS PIRACY

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

GULF OF ADEN – USS Pinckney (DDG 91), assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, working under Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) based in Bahrain, disrupted a group of suspected pirates close to the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC), south of … Continue reading →

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CTF-151 COMMANDER MEETS WITH NEW CTF-508 COMMANDER

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

GULF OF ADEN – While transiting through the Gulf of Aden, Rear Admiral Kaleem Shaukat, Pakistan Navy, Commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, took the opportunity to meet with the recently installed Commander of Combined Task Force 508, a … Continue reading →

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CTF-151 COMMANDER MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

DJIBOUTI – Commander of Combined Task Force 151, Rear Admiral Kaleem Shaukat, Pakistan Navy visited Djibouti, November 18-20 to meet international partners in the fight against armed piracy on the high seas.

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AUSTRALIA ASSUMES COMMAND OF COMBINED TASK FORCE 150

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

MANAMA, BAHRAIN – The Royal Australian Navy assumed command of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150), Dec. 15.

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CTF-151 BIDS FAREWELL TO RSS ENDEAVOUR

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

GULF OF OMAN – RSS ENDEAVOUR, a Republic of Singapore warship, recently completed a three-month assignment to Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) counter-piracy mission, Combined Task Force (CTF) 151.

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