Currently Commanded by:
Eyptian Navy
Combined Task Force (CTF) 153 is one of the five task forces operated by Combined Maritime Forces (CMF).
CTF 153’s mission is to focus on international maritime security and capacity-building efforts in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden.
Established on April 17, 2022, CTF 153 is one of five task forces under CMF. Its mission is to deter and impede illicit non-state actors. This is an area that includes some of the world’s most important shipping lanes connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean and the greater Middle East region.
Sailors aboard USS Mason (DDG 87) conduct a vertical replenishment with USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) while the ships operate in support of CTF 153-led Operation Prosperity Guardian (OPG) in the Red Sea, Jan. 8, 2024.
CTF 153 led Operation Prosperity Guardian, an international presence operation intent on ensuring freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most strategic waterways.
COMMAND HISTORY
| Date | Country | Number of Times |
| 17-Apr-22 | USA | 1 |
| 12-Dec-22 | Egypt | 1 |
| 12-Jun-23 | USA | 2 |
| 03-Apr-24 | Italy | 1 |
| 01-Oct-24 | Australia | 1 |
| 09-Apr-25 | Egypt | 2 |
Combined Maritime Forces 