Military
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Firearms Safety
Sailors have received a refresher course on the basics of gun handling during a firearms safety training session aboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1). “There are four rules that you […]
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Handing Over
The Royal Naval frigate HMS Cornwall has handed over duties as the command ship for a counter-piracy patrol before returning to her base-port HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, after six […]
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Special Treatment
The treatment of captured pirates has been raised after it has emerged captive pirates have been, “well cared for”. The discussions were prompted by a Radio 4 report about a Royal […]
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Death Threat
The threat of a Singaporean death penalty is keeping suspected pirates on board the Finnish naval vessel “Pohjanmaa”. Paddy O’Kennedy, a spokesman for EUNAVFOR reports that discussions with Singapore on […]
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Handing Over
The Australian command of coalition maritime operations in support of counter-terrorism operations in the Gulf region of the Middle East has passed to the French Navy. Commodore Greg Sammut of […]
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Extreme Threat
The U.S. military commander for Africa says he believes Islamists fighting the U.N.-backed Somali government are getting some funding from piracy there and that al-Qaida militants will link with the […]
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Finnish Arrest
The Finnish navy detained 18 suspected pirates on a boat in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday and is questioning them as part of international efforts to combat piracy in the […]
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Air Support
After months of fending off criticism over its contribution to international anti-piracy efforts, Norway’s Defence Ministry has decided to send surveillance aircraft to Somalia, to aid NATO’s anti-piracy operation. Norwegian […]
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Surge Expected
With the increased use of motherships Somali pirates are no longer as weather reliant as they once were. However the commander of NATO’s counter-piracy task force has warned more pirates are expected […]
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Tromp Triumph
Two Somali pirates have been shot dead and 16 arrested in Dutch military action to rescue an Iranian fishing ship, the defence ministry said on Sunday. The action was carried […]
