Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag on Thursday urged the United Nations to establish a new mission in Somalia. “It is high time to bring about a new and stronger United Nations mission in Somalia. And for starters, the UN can initiate immediately a strategic review of its activities in the country,” Bozgad told the […]
Prior to 1990 piracy was not a major concern in Somali. However, it cost between $6.6 and $6.9 billion in 2011, according to a recent study. The international community has undertaken an array of efforts to prevent and deter pirate attacks off Somalia’s coast. A number of countries also run their own anti-piracy operations in […]
CEBU, Republic of the Philippines– Thirty Sailors from amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) took part in a community service (COMSERV) project at the Children’s Shelter of Cebu in Cebu, Philippines, May 28. During the day-long project, the group of Sailors […]
HONG KONG – A group of 24 Sailors and Marines from amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) spent a day at a local dog shelter as part of a community service project in Hong Kong, May 27. Sailors and Marines volunteered to bathe dogs and perform […]
HONG KONG – A group of Sailors and Marines from USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) joined local volunteers to help deliver bags of food to residents of the Kwai-Chung Elderly Center in Hong Kong during a community service project May 26. A group of 35 Sailors and […]
SURABAYA, Indonesia – The 18th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. Navy and Indonesian Navy (IDN) begins May 29, with the arrival of a U.S. Navy Task Group and Marine landing force in Surabaya, Indonesia. The exercise is designed to enhance maritime security skills and operational cohesiveness among participating forces. […]
USS MAKIN ISLAND, At Sea – The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) is underway following a four-day port visit to Sepangar, Malaysia, May 18-21. The port visit served not only as a break for the crew after more than four months of conducting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area […]
The war against Somali piracy must be fought on two fronts: battling the country’s pirates and feeding its people. That was the view of envoys from seven countries whose citizens have been held by Somali pirates. The diplomats from Italy, the Seychelles, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Tanzania and Thailand were in Abu Dhabi to discuss […]
The international community is intensifying its efforts to combat maritime piracy in Somalia. While the U.S. and the EU take additional military measures to eliminate strongholds of the pirates on the coast, private companies are creating their own guards to protect their cargo. Under these conditions, Russia insists on taking more effective measures to prevent […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Sailors from 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), embarked 7th Fleet staff and Marines assigned to Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Pacific arrived in Jakarta for a port visit, strengthening bonds between the American and Indonesian navies and governments, May 11. Blue Ridge was last in Jakarta April 2010, establishing goodwill […]