Tag: Combined task force

  • 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 […]

  • This is a Drill

    A maritime exercise code-named ‘Stakenet’, aimed at maintaining maritime security and elevating joint military co operations, is being conducted by the Combined Task Force (CTF) on the Arabian Gulf. The […]

  • In Command

    A New Zealander Naval officer has been appointed to head a multinational task force aimed at stopping pirates off the coast of Somalia. Captain Jim Gilmour will take command of […]

  • Taking Command

    Singapore has taken over command of a multinational counter-piracy task force in the Gulf of Aden. This is the second time Singapore is commanding the Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. […]

  • Pirate Skiffs Destroyed

      USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), assigned to CMF’s counter-piracy mission Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, destroyed two pirate skiffs, at approximatel 9 p.m. (Bahrain), March 14, successfully disrupting the […]