GoA & Indian Ocean

  • 23 Friendly Approaches In 3 Days

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    EU Naval Force Warship ESPS Meteoro has recently completed a busy period of Friendly Approaches meeting 23 dhows and skiffs in just 3 days. ESPS Meteoro Enhances Understanding Of Local […]

  • CTF 150 Gears Up

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    With the end of the south west monsoon season, there is an anticipation of increased illegal maritime activity across the Gulf of Oman, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. […]

  • Ukraine joins operation Ocean Shield

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    A Ukrainian navy frigate is steaming towards the Horn of Africa to join NATO’s counter-piracy mission Operation Ocean Shield after NATO Allies gave final approval to Ukraine’s participation in the […]

  • Navy helicopter crashes in Red Sea

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    An MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6 crashed in the central Red Sea Sept. 22, while operating with USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110). Navy helicopter […]

  • Medical Emergency Assistance

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    German frigate FGS Niedersachsen, deployed with the EU Naval Force Somalia received an emergency call from the Italian merchant vessel MV Jolly Perla. A crew member had acute heart problems […]

  • AFRICOM Command Sgt. Maj. visits CJTF-HOA

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    Army Command Sgt. Maj. Darrin Bohn, senior enlisted leader for U.S. Africa Command, made his first official visit to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, this week. AFRICOM Command Sgt. […]

  • Counter Piracy Task Forces meet up

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    Counter Piracy Task Force Commanders from NATO and the Combined Maritime Forces recently met to discuss how best to combat the threat of piracy from around the Somalian coast. Counter […]

  • Safe from Piracy

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    As Commaner of Port Victoria, Captain Gerry Northwood went pirate hunting in the Indian Ocean. Over a four-month period he captured nearly 50 Somali pirates, with more than 30 ending […]

  • NATO thanks Djibouti

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    NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and the President of Djibouti discussed counter-piracy efforts off the Horn of Africa and the situation in Somalia during the president’s visit to NATO […]

  • Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean

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    The changing geo-political situation in the Indian Ocean Region over the past decades has acted as a stimulus for the littoral nations to look seaward. What does the future hold […]

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