U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and instructors from the Naval Warfare School in Newport, Rhode Island are co-hosting the Mixed Drive Maritime Element Commander (CFMCC) officer course at Naval Help Exercise Bahrain via Aug. 18.
The CFMCC course is a senior officer-level skilled navy training seminar designed to offer management instruments to U.S. and partner-nation naval leaders that may assist enhance multilateral coordination.
“In such a dynamic and huge maritime area, relationships are important,” stated Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of NAVCENT, U.S. fifth Fleet and Mixed Maritime Forces. “We’re thrilled to once more host regional leaders for this weeklong course and talk about alternatives for higher collaboration.”
That is the ninth time the CFMCC course has been held in Bahrain after the earlier iteration in 2019. This yr’s college students signify nations from the Center East, Europe, Indo-Pacific and North America.
Instructors and audio system are presenting on maritime safety, technique, multinational operations. College students may even talk about regional challenges and future alternatives for deepening maritime safety cooperation.
“The contributors acknowledge the necessity to have the ability to work collectively as a result of the seas should not obstacles that separate our nations; they’re a fantastic international widespread that join us all,” stated retired Rear Adm. Ed Cashman, the dean of the School of Maritime Operational Warfare on the Naval Warfare School.
NAVCENT is headquartered in Bahrain with two main worldwide partnerships: Mixed Maritime Forces, the most important naval partnership on this planet with 34 member nations; and the Worldwide Maritime Safety Assemble, a nine-nation coalition established in 2019 to handle elevated threats to freedom of navigation for service provider mariners transiting worldwide waters within the Center East.
