>The appointment of Admiral Stavridis for the post of the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe was caught by Turkish media as well. In every news news the Greek origins of admiral's family was mentioned. Only a few ones mentioned that he was also a intellectual and web savvy solider.I was fist became aware of Admiral Stavridis... Continue Reading →
>TCG Giresun diverted pirates
> The news is on the web since last week. But I am cautious about early reports and rumors about diverted pirates attacks. Some of the turn out the be a false positives.But this time it is true. On 14th March 2009, pirates approached and Vietnamese cargo vessel and fired upon the ship in order... Continue Reading →
>US Navy is back in Black Sea
>Today US frigate FFG-42 USS Klakring passed through Turkish Starits and entered Black Sea.She can stay until 10th April 2009. She will visit Varna, Sevastopol and Batumi.USS Klakring is the first US warship in Black Sea since January.
>USN comments on Admiral Ataç visit to CTF-151
>Here is a what USN thinks about the visit of Admiral Ataç to CTF-151.
>Egemen 2009 (Updated)
>This week a multinational military exercise called Egemen-2009, will start in Turkey.There is absolutely nothing on the Turkish news and defence portals about this exercise and about the participants except the fact that this exercise will happen. Therefore it is very difficult to determine the exact order of battle.Among the participants are Taurus 2009 task... Continue Reading →
>Admiral Ataç on board of TCG Giresun
>Today, as announced Admiral Ataç, commander of Turkish Navy visited F-491 TCG Giresun in Gulf of Aden.Before flying to the ship Admiral Ataç was in Bahrain. Here he contacted Bahraini high ranking military officers and the commander of the US 5th Fleet.Commander of CTF-151 Rear Adm. Terence McKnight, visited Admiral Ataç on board of TCG... Continue Reading →
>Admiral Ataç to visit TCG Giresun
>According to spokesman for Turkish General Staff Gen. Gürak, F-491 TCG Giresun escorted her first convoy between 6- 7 March. Turkish merchant vessel M/V Sürmene-4 was among the escorted ships.Among the planned future escorts are two more Turkish merchant ships: M/V Eylül-K and M/V Nazlı-GFurther more the commander of Turkish Navy Admiral Metin Ataç will... Continue Reading →
>Greek Submarine Force
>It is getting complicated to follow the restructuring and modernisation of Greek submarine force.Hellenic navy has 8 Type 209 submarines of German origin. The first 4 of them Glavkos, Nereus, Triton, Proteus are built between 1968 - 1972 and have 1100 tons displacement. The second batch Poseidon, Amphitrite, Okeanos, Pontos are built between 1976 -... Continue Reading →
>A new naval base in the Black Sea coast
>According to Turkish daily Hürriyet, Turkish Navy is planing to establish a new base in the Black Sea town, Trabzon.The main naval base of Turkish Navy in the Black Sea region is in Karadeniz Ereğlisi. Karadeniz Ereğlisi is approximately 100 nautical miles east of Bosphorus. And Trabzon is additional 400 nautical miles eastwards.The plan is... Continue Reading →
>Turkey Joins Counterpiracy Mission in the Gulf of Aden
>The Turkish frigate TCG Giresun (F-491) joinedCombined Task Force (CTF) 151 Feb. 26 and began conducting counterpiracy operations in the Gulf of Aden alongside other coalition naval forces."Bringing another professional navy into the fold is going to make it even more difficult for the pirates to operate out here," said Rear Adm. Terence McKnight, commander,... Continue Reading →
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