Operations

U.S. 5th Fleet ships seized approximately 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from a stateless fishing vessel during a flag verification boarding in accordance with customary international law in the North Arabian Sea, Dec. 20.U.S. Navy...

Danish Navy has killed four pirates during a firefight off the coast of Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea. The frigate HDMS Esbern Snare, which has been sent to the Gulf of Guinea to help secure the sea...

The container ship rescued by Russian marines in the Gulf of Guinea on October 25 had a crew of 22, according to Captain 1st Rank Stanislav Varik, Commander of the Russian Northern Fleet's Naval Taskforce.The Panama-flagged container ship Lucia,...

Multiple carrier strike group operations were carried out in the Philippine Sea on October 3 by the United States Navy's CSGs led by the flagships USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), as well as...

NATO task group resumed patrols in the Central Mediterranean on September 4th as part of NATO's maritime security operation, Operation Sea Guardian (OSG).Romanian Navy frigate ROS Regina Maria and Croatian Navy missile boat HRV Vukovar have departed from Catania,...

Italian Navy's FREMM Carlo Bergamini-class frigate Antonio Marceglia has departed La Spezia on September 3 for the Gulf of Guinea, where it will participate in the Operation " Gabinia " operation, a mission with a primary goal of preventing...

The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in the first iteration of the Brazilian-led, Gulf of Guinea exercise called Operation Guinex with the Brazilian Frigate Independencia, Aug. 23, 2021.Guinex is the first exercise off of...

Germany sending a warship to the South China Sea for the first time in almost two decades. FGS Bayern departed from the naval base in Wilhelmshaven on Aug 2, northwestern Germany, with more than 200 soldiers on board.As part of the...

In support of India's "Act East" policy and to strengthen military cooperation with friendly countries, a Task Force of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet will deploy to Southeast Asia, the South China Sea, and the Western Pacific from early...

The Spanish Navy flagship, ESPS Tornado conducted focused security patrols in international waters of the western Mediterranean Sea as part of NATO's Operation Sea Guardian between 21 and 30 June 2021, NATO Maritime Command announced.This focused patrol helped NATO...