Tag: CMF

  • New Commander for 5th Fleet

    Staff changes at top level. U.S. Fifth Fleet Welcomes New Commander Story by Cmdr. NAVCENT Public Affairs  U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet Vice Adm. John C. Aquilino […]

  • CMF Issues Guidance

    CMF establishes a new secure transit corridor off Yemen. Guidance on Maritime Security Transit Corridor The following information from the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) relates to transits through the Gulf […]

  • CMF launches new op

    CTF-151 to conduct maritime security exercise off Somalia. Focused Operation to begin in mid-September. The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) are set to launch a Focused Operation off the coast of […]

  • RN in CMF drug seizures

    Combined Maritime Forces continues to seize drugs. £400m drugs haul seized by Royal Navy task force pursuing smugglers in the Gulf and Indian Ocean By Harry Yorke A£400m drugs haul […]

  • UKMTO Red Sea guidance

    In the wake of recent approaches and attacks off Yemen, guidance is updated. Guidance On Transits Through The Bab El Mandeb and Associated Waters UKMTO operating from Dubai, has issued […]

  • CMF warns on Gulf

    Combined Maritime Forces issues new guidance. New security warning for Gulf of Aden region New advice from Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) issued yesterday says that recent attacks against merchant shipping […]

  • Warning of mines in BAM

    New threat to shipping in region. Houthi militia ‘planting mines in Bab Al-Mandab Strait’ ADEN: The Houthi militia and forces loyal to Yemen’s ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh have begun […]

  • CMF drugs seizures a success

    Operation scores huge success in drug seizures. Nearly 2 tons of narcotics seized under CTF150 Operation Southern Surge In the last two months, the French-UK led Combined Task Force (CTF) […]

  • Another CMF drug haul

    Another large drug haul for the CMF. HMAS Arunta Intercepts 260kg of heroin HMAS Arunta has completed a third significant narcotics interdiction after seizing 260kg of heroin in the Indian Ocean, […]

  • Red Sea missile attack

    Incident just days after CMF announce patrol increase. One wounded in missile attack on UAE ship off Yemen coast – SPA DUBAI: Houthi militants attacked a United Arab Emirates ship […]