Tag: Combined Maritime Forces

  • Keeping the Gulf safe this Christmas

    For 10 Hawke’s Bay young people Christmas Day will be celebrated off the coast of Somalia  Keeping the Gulf safe this Christmas For 10 Hawke’s Bay young people Christmas Day […]

  • 500kg Drug Seizure

    Warships operating as part of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) CTF150 have successfully conducted an operation aimed at disrupting illicit activity in the Indian ocean. Combined Maritime Forces operation concludes […]

  • Piracy Threat Still a Real Concern

    “The pirate threat is still a real concern […] We’ve done some great work, but if we take our foot off the gas now those successes could quite easily be […]

  • Meeting at Sea

    EU NAVFOR Force Commander and Combined Maritime Forces Commander (CMF) Meet At Sea Over the weekend EU NAVFOR Force Commander, Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino and the Commander of the Combined […]

  • Plunge in Piracy

    According to statistics released by the United States Navy, acts of piracy in the treacherous waters around the Horn of Africa have fallen sharply in 2012. U.S. Reports That Piracy […]

  • Flag Demands

    The Piracy Suppression Act of 2011 bill states the US will seek reimbursement from the country of origin for the cost of any action taken to protect “foreign-flagged” ships from […]

  • Skiffs Destroyed

    Last week a Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship, the “USS Lake Champlain” (CG 57) destroyed two skiffs, and successfully disrupted the activities of a group suspected of planning acts of piracy. […]

  • USS Rescue

    Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) has come to the rescue of a hijacked tanker and its 24 crew. At approximately 3 p.m. (Bahrain), Mar. 5, oil […]