Tag Archives: Humanitarian Assistance

USS HALSEY GIVES AID TO YEMENI DHOW

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

On 19 January 2012, M/V Albrouj, a Yemeni dhow en route to Somalia from Yemen, hailed a helicopter conducting operations from USS HALSEY (DDG 97) and indicated that they were in distress. The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97), which … Continue reading →

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CMF SHIP USS ANZIO MEDEVACS DISTRESSED MARINER

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

GULF OF ADEN – Just after 6pm on Oct. 6, Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship USS Anzio (CG 68), assigned as the CMF’s counter-piracy mission Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 flagship, was on scene to provide assistance to a distressed … Continue reading →

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The Human Touch

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

In today’s world of broadband internet, mobile phones and iPads, technology has replaced many forms of traditional communications.  However, one thing that technology can never replace is the human touch.   

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Images – Red Sea Fishermen

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

HMS MONMOUTH Continues Support to Counter Piracy HMS MONMOUTH continues to support Counter Piracy in the Red Sea by gathering vital information from Local fishermen while she actively searches for pirates. Images by LA(Phot) Stuart Hill/MOD – CROWN COPYRIGHT

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CMF ship HMS St Albans rescues crew of stricken ship

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

A multi – agency effort involving Falmouth Coastguard in the UK, Combined Maritime Headquarters in Bahrain, and CMF ship HMS St. Albans, has helped to save the lives of several injured mariners in the Arabian Sea. At approximately 7AM on … Continue reading →

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Singapore-led Task Force Intercepts Pirate Skiff in Gulf of Aden

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Gulf of Aden (June 15) – A U.S. missile cruiser, USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), operating under the Singapore-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, successfully intercepted a suspected pirate skiff off the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor in the Gulf of … Continue reading →

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International Cooperation Assists Ill Mariner

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

GULF OF ADEN – Cooperation between four ships of three nations assisted an ill civilian mariner in the Gulf of Aden, June 6. The Filipino mariner was working on board Antiguan-flagged, German-owned M/V Baltic Island when he fell ill. The … Continue reading →

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Joint Coalition Forces Rescue Pakistani Fishermen

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

ARABIAN SEA – Guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) assisted the crew of Pakistani flagged fishing vessel Al Sohail. Al Sohail was adrift with no communications and little food or water after having lost power. Unable to send a distress … Continue reading →

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French Warship Somme Aids Iranian Fishing Vessel

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) FS Somme, a French warship, on deployment to the Middle East, provided aid to an Iranian fishing vessel, the MV Said Al Said, in the Arabian Sea, April 21. Somme was conducting maritime security operations in … Continue reading →

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