USN personnel approach a freighter in the Gulf of Aden USN personnel, as part of CTF 150, approach local fishermen USN personnel discuss the local situation with fishermen of Mulkallah Source
Rear Admiral Cheong receives a welcome token from the CO of Wang Geon, Captain Yang Seung Ryong Commander Combined Task Force 151 (CCTF 151), Rear Admiral Ken Cheong RSN, carried out Key Leadership Engagement (KLE) with the Republic of Korea recently. Rear Admiral Cheong, of the Republic of Singapore Navy, made his first KLE visit […]
Rear Admiral Cheong addresses the MIPS audience Last month Commander Combined Task Force 151 (CCTF 151), Rear Admiral Ken Cheong spoke at the Maritime Infrastructure Protection Symposium (MIPS). Rear Admiral Cheong was invited by Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) to be one of the panelists for the 7th MIPS in his role as CCTF 151. MIPS […]
Attendees at the latest SHADE Conference in Bahrain The latest Shared Awareness and Deconfliction (SHADE) conference took place in Bahrain at an opportune time with the International Mine Counter Measures Exercise 16 (IMCMEX16) as the background to the discussions, and as a reminder of the global importance of the maritime environment. Primarily centered on the […]
USN personnel as part of the CTF 150’s mission are invited onboard a dhow USN personnel greeting the crew of a fishing dhow in the Gulf of Aden The crew of a fishing dhow in the Gulf of Aden bid farewell to USN personnel Source
Local fishermen of Mulkallah after talking with USN personnel Local fishermen read literature about maritime security Source
The Royal Navy and Marine Nationale working together THE British and French navies have recently displayed their close working relationship by sharing command of each other’s assets on two different oceans. In the Indian Ocean, the French Ship (FS) Aconit acted in direct support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, the multinational counter-terrorism operation in […]
HMS Defender escorts Cunard’s Queen Mary II HMS Defender conducted a rendezvous with RMS Queen Mary II in the northern Gulf of Oman during ongoing Maritime Security Operations being undertaken as part of the International Maritime Countermeasures Exercise 2016. As part of this exercise Defender acted as an escort for Queen Mary II, simulating the […]
USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) enters Mayport, Feb. 2016 A 29 February memorandum from Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition Sean Stackley and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Systems (N9) Mr. Brian Persons and Commander, Naval Surface Forces Vice Admiral […]
In my last post I identified the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) Dr. J. Michael Gilmore as directly connected to a March 2003 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study entitled “Transforming the Navy’s Surface Combatant Force.” The actual author of that report was Dr. Eric J. Labs who continues to serve as […]