This is a text about the cooperation between RAN and Turkish Navy in CTF-151. I have found it on the official page of Department of Defence of Australian Government. In a first for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), two officers were recently embedded as part of the Command Staff for counter-piracy operations aboard the Turkish Navy Flagship, TCG... Continue Reading →
According to the announcement made by Turkish General Staff, the Turkish frigate F-496 TCG Gökova escorted the cargo vessel M/V Aqua Luna as she was carrying humanitarian cargo to Somalia. The Turkish owned and Monrovia flagged freighter left the port of Mersin in late November and passed through the Suez Canal on 30th November. TCG Gökova escorted the cargo... Continue Reading →
The Combined Maritime Forces published a blog entry about the change of command ceremony for the CTF-151. The ceremony marked the end of Turkish Navy's third command of CTF-151. Turkish Navy has been an active participant to CTF-151 since its foundation in 2009. I find the following warning of Rear Admiral Karaman very important: “There... Continue Reading →
Today, on 13th December 2012, Turkish Navy will formally hand over the command of the Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) which is one of three task forces operated by Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). Turkey took the command of the CTF-151 in September from South Korea and the task force will be commanded by Pakistan between December... Continue Reading →
The Romanian frigate F-221 ROS Regele Ferdinand will be returning home shortly. She left Romania in mid September and sailed the seas off the coast of Somalia as a part of EU's anti piracy operation Atalanta. The crew from Romanian frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand are proud to be sailing home to their base port of... Continue Reading →
TCG Gemlik in Seychelles.
Bravo to TCG Gemlik.
This is a reblog from Combined Maritime Forces's blog.
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