Tag: Indian Ocean

  • Recon & Surveillance event set

    3rd Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology returns to Rome in January 2018 SMi Reports: Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology returns to London on 30th-31st January 2018 to maximise maritime situational […]

  • India’s Rohingya fears

    Human Rights Watch monitoring events. Indian Maritime Forces Seek to Keep Out Rohingya Refugees India’s military is attempting to secure the country’s maritime borders to prevent the entry of Rohingya […]

  • 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 […]

  • Iran supplying Yemen

    Threat to merchant shipping highlighted. Iran Is Smuggling Increasingly Potent Weapons Into Yemen, U.S. Admiral Says By ERIC SCHMITT The top American admiral in the Middle East said on Monday that […]

  • Pirates plead for help

    Captured pirates still held in Yemen. 6 Alleged Somali Pirates in Yemen jail since 2009 Plead for Help HARGEISA (Horn Observer) 6 alleged Somali pirates who are currently jailed inside […]

  • Qatar, France in Military Drill

    Qatar, France Stage Joint Military Drill A French frigate has arrived at Qatari Hamad Port to participate in a number of maritime exercises with Qatari navy, Qatar news agency (QNA) […]

  • Russia on piracy patrol

    The ship’s crew will also hold defense and damage control exercises Russia sends warship on mission to fight pirates in Atlantic Ocean The Alexander Otrakovsky large landing ship of the […]

  • Iran, US Navy squabbles

    More she said/he said in the Gulf. U.S. denies Iran report of confrontation with U.S. vessel BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Iranian military vessel confronted an American warship in the Gulf […]

  • 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 […]