Month: November 2012
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Cutlass Express 2012 Kicks Off
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (NNS) — Sailors and civilian maritime professionals from eight nations officially kicked-off exercise Cutlass Express 2012-2 (CE12-2) during pre-sail conferences in Djibouti, Djibouti; Port Louis, Mauritius; […]
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Suspected pirates en-route to Spain
Spanish Navy Takes Custody Of Suspected Somali Pirates. On 24 October 2012, 120 nautical miles southwest of Socotra, the EU Naval Force ship ESPS Castilla took custody of six suspected […]
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Meeting Somalis
EU Naval Force Meets Somali Fishing Representatives and Elders on ITS San Giusto On Monday, 29 October 2012, the Force Commander of the EU Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta […]
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Search Continues
The search for the captain of a replica of HMS Bounty that sunk 90 miles off North Carolina continues. The Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16-person crew and recovered a […]
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Over 130 Refugees Drown
Dozens of refugees have drowned after the overcrowded fishing boat they believed was carrying them to safety capsized and sank. Passengers were fleeing the growing violence between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims […]
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Interview with Commander McKnight
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Terence E. “Terry” McKnight was the pioneering U.S. Commander of Task Force 151 off the coast of Somalia and is the author of the new […]
