By Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs

MANAMA, Bahrain – Jordanian Navy-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 154 conducted operation Compass Rose III at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, June 10-14.

Compass Rose, a part of Combined Maritime Force’s capacity-building efforts among its members and partners, continually builds upon previous maritime security enhancement training (MSET) events.

Aside from established MSET events such as visit, board, search, and seizure procedures, vessel security, watch officer fundamentals, and maritime law training, some new training elements, including firefighting and damage control, provided by the NSA Bahrain Fire and Emergency Services Department, and media content creation training, provided by CMF and CTF 150 public affairs. Subject matter experts delivered training to more than 40 participants from Brazil, Japan, Jordan and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

CTF 154 commodore, Royal Jordanian Naval Force Capt. Ayman Al Naimat, praised the exercise.

“This event was very successful, everyone demonstrated a high quality of instruction,” he said. “The bonds formed between the participants and facilitators become stronger with every iteration of Operation Compass Rose. I look forward to seeing future events take place.”

CTF 154 leads multinational maritime training at locations across the Middle East, enabling more CMF partner nations to participate in training opportunities without ships or aircraft, particularly during courses that are facilitated ashore.

CMF is the largest multinational naval partnership in the world, with 44 nations committed to upholding the international rules-based order at sea, which promotes security, stability, and prosperity across approximately 3.2 million square miles of international waters, encompassing some of the world’s most important shipping lanes.