CTF 154 offers multinational maritime coaching throughout the Center East, centered on 5 core areas: maritime consciousness, legislation of the ocean, maritime interdiction, maritime rescue and help, and management growth. CTF 154 customizes coaching to fulfill associate wants, enabling extra nations to take part in coaching evolutions, even with out ships or plane.
Since standing up final 12 months, CTF 154 has accomplished almost 30 coaching workouts throughout 5 operations: Compass Rose I and II in Bahrain; Southern Readiness within the Seychelles, and Northern Readiness I and II in Jordan. These occasions linked greater than 135 material consultants with over 400 individuals from 23 international locations.
“Working and coaching collectively permits us to function extra successfully,” mentioned Vice Adm. George Wikoff, CMF commander. “With CTF 154 we’re boosting regional maritime safety by offering the ‘go-to’ coaching that companions and members have to preserve the benefit in a dynamic surroundings.”
The duty power carried out their inaugural occasion, Compass Rose, in Bahrain Might 22-25, 2023. The coaching included greater than 50 individuals from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the UK and United States and centered on first support and vessel boarding procedures. The second Compass Rose train additionally occurred in Bahrain that December, with coaching on go to, board, search and seizure procedures, vessel safety, and watch officer fundamentals.
In July, CTF 154 traveled to the Seychelles for Train Southern Readiness. The train concerned vessel boarding, search-and-rescue operation methods, maritime legislation and navigation. This was undertaken by area consultants from Canada, Australia, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy and the US of America, together with consultants from Seychelles Coast Guard and the regionally primarily based workplace of the United Nations on Medicine and Crimes.
CTF 154 carried out operation Northern Readiness on the Royal Jordanian Naval Base in Aqaba, Jordan, in October. Greater than 30 CMF facilitators from eight nations led coaching programs on maritime consciousness, legislation of the ocean, VBSS, search and rescue, medical evacuations, seamanship growth, public affairs, and management growth.
In February, the Activity Power held its largest scale occasion to this point, Operation Northern Readiness II. Roughly 150 individuals, facilitators, and observers took half, together with representatives from CMF, European Union Naval Power Operation, and the United Nations Institute for Coaching and Analysis.
“Being the commander of Mixed Activity Power 154 is an honor for the Royal Jordanian Navy and for myself,” mentioned Capt. Ayman Salem Alnaimat, who grew to become CTF 154’s second commander in November. “As we have fun a 12 months of spectacular accomplishments, I imagine the duty power has extra to attain. All CMF members and our regional maritime companions help our efforts, which promote interoperability, capability, functionality and cooperation.”
CMF is the biggest multinational naval partnership on this planet, with 43 nations dedicated to upholding the worldwide rules-based order at sea, which promotes safety, stability, and prosperity throughout roughly 3.2 million sq. miles of worldwide waters, encompassing a few of the world’s most necessary transport lanes.
CMF’s different process forces embody CTF 150 that focuses on maritime safety within the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean; CTF 151, which leads regional counter-piracy efforts; CTF 152, devoted to maritime safety within the Arabian Gulf; and CTF 153 within the Purple Sea.
