Operations

 U.S. Navy units assigned to Carrier Strike Group CSG-1 are operating in the Hawaiian Islands Operating Area and continue to integrate operations with the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. “Operating in Hawaii provides unique opportunities for...

French Marine Nationale ship FS Languedoc, assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, seized 902 lbs (409 kg) of heroin worth over $4.3 million dollars during a maritime counter-narcotics operation, June 6.  Within twenty-four hours of entering the Combined Maritime...

French carrier strike group, led by FS Charles de Gaulle has returned to its homeport of Toulon after nearly four months of deployment on its "CLEMENCEAU 21" mission that started on 21 February 2021. Conducted under the COVID-19 pandemic, Clemenceau...

USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201), assigned to U.S. 5th Fleet provided emergency assistance to a motor vessel in distress in the Gulf of Aden, June 7. The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler was notified by the United Kingdom Maritime...

HMAS Anzac has supported the rescue of 20 Indonesian fishermen in the Indian Ocean, 670 nautical miles off the coast of Western Australia, the Australian Department of Defence announced. The crew of the fishing vessel Bandar Nelayan were picked up by the Japanese commercial fishing...

The Marine Nationale’s (MN) FS Guépratte and the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) ship HMCS Calgary, prove themselves unrelenting, making four rapid counter-narcotic seizures under CTF-150.    FS Guépratte commenced the successful streak with a seizure of 6,136 lbs (2,784 kg) of...

Indian Navy is engaged in multiple Search and Rescue operations after the Cyclone Tauktae along with the Indian West Coast since 17 May. According to a press release issued by the Indian Navy, in a swift response to SOS by...

The 38th escort fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Saturday (May 15) left a military port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, for the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somali to escort civilian ships. The...

The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) transited from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, concluding the crew’s recent Black Sea operations and engagements, May 14, 2021. https://twitter.com/USNavyEurope/status/1393107277817819136?s=20 Hamilton entered the Black Sea on April 27, 2021 in...

Big blow to terrorist organizations that gains from drug trade After just over four months of command of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, the Canadian-led task force has made strong contributions to the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) mission to increase...