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1 Combined Maritime Forces

Not Approved by CMF UNCLASSIFIED Ready Together

Task Force 152

13 December 2009

Overall Classification

UNCLASSIFIED



Area of Responsibility

CTF 152

Arabian Gulf

CTF 150

Gulf of Oman/ Arabian Sea/Red Sea

CTF 151

Counter-piracy

*Only non-geographically defined CTF



CTF 152 Missions

• Counter terrorism

• Counter Illegal maritime practices

• Defeat destabilising activity in the CTF 152 AOR

• Integrate regional partners

• Improve overall security and stability

• Enhance regional nation capability

• Respond to a full range of crises– Environmental events– Humanitarian events

Deny illegal use of the maritime environment through integrated regional efforts



Challenges of the Battlespace

• CTF 152 area of responsibility (AOR) is one of the most globally significant– 80% of the worlds energy reserves lie within the region– Nearly one thousand oil platforms, refineries, and terminals geographically

dispersed throughout the Arabian Gulf

• Constrained battlespace– Limited maneuver room– Strait of Hormuz is single chokepoint for entry and exit– Small window of opportunity in defeating a no- or short-notice attack

• Resource limited– Nominally 1-2 warships in direct support of CTF 152 each day– By comparison, CTF 151 (counter-piracy) averages 10 warships in direct support

daily



• The future is an all-GCC Task Force 152– GCC nations increasingly commanding the task force– Regardless of the CTF commander, CTG 152.1 brings continuity and corporate

knowledge– Long-term relationships/ continuity critical to future all-GCC CTF 152

GCC Leadership Emerging in CTF 152

US/ UK Lead

UK Lead UAE Lead

09 NOV 2009

BAH Lead

Proposed: Jan 2011(Second command- first commanded

In 2008)

CDS-50

Focused Operation

STAKENET

Focused Operation

GOALKEEPER

STAKENET

Focused Operation

STAKENET/GOALKEEPER

Focused Operation

STAKENET/GOALKEEPER

STAKENET/GOALKEEPER

Focused Operation



CTF 152(Col Tariq)

CTG 152.1(CAPT Mai)

COS CTF 152(LtCol Nasir)

CSO CTG(LCDR Turner)

N2(Capt Ali)

N3 (OPS)(Maj Khalfan)

N5 (Plans)(Maj Abdullah)

N2A(LTJG Gawhry)

Legal(Maj Saif)

UAE

Battle Watch4 x BWC/4 x ABWC

A/COPS(LCDR Jallette)

TSC(Maj Mohammed)

USN

UAE CTF 152LNO (BAH)(Capt Yusif)(Capt Saeed)

A/COPS(Capt Ali al-Kaabi) 1 x OSCS

(OCSC Green)

N2A(Capt Juma)

N6(LCDR Powell)

A/FOPS(LT Hartsell)

A/FOPS(Capt Mohammed) GCC LNOs

CSO CTF 152(Maj Musabbeh)

N2A(1Lt Abdullah)

(1Lt Salim)

CTF 152 Staff – UAE Lead



Infrastructure Protection: An AOR-wide Challenge

• Increasing regional interest in Maritime Infrastructure Protection (MIP)– CTF 152 STAKENET series of exercises run 3-4 times per year– Last STAKENET: 16 GCC observers embarked in RFA LYME BAY and at CTF 152

spaces in Bahrain– Innovative and forward-thinking exercise development

• Afloat Staging Base concept (AFSB) with Kuwait small boats

• Multi-national defense of maritime infrastructure

– Developed Wide-Area MIP approach• Tactics, techniques, and procedures tailored to a large area

• Will validate and improve via STAKENET exercises

• Several GCC states developing and broadening mission-specific infrastructure protection agencies

– UAE = Critical National Infrastructure Authority– KSA = Office of Program Management-Ministry of Interior



CTF Iraqi Maritime (IM) Mission

• Defend Iraqi critical maritime infrastructure, in particular Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT) and Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT), to sustain oil export revenues to Government of Iraq

• Continue development of Iraqi maritime infrastructure protection forces

Defend / Deter / Transition



Wide-area MIP



NAVCENT MIP Symposium

• Topics discussed included– The U.S. Global Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection Strategy 2006 – 2008– Infrastructure Security Development – Cooperative Transition (Iraq)– National Infrastructure Considerations – Creating a Common Operating Picture

for Effective Domain Awareness– Global Situational Awareness – Threat Detection– Maritime Security Operations – CTF 150 Operations– Regional Security – U.S. Coast Guard Contributions– Maritime Safety and Security Information System (MSSIS) – NAVCENT Update

• MIPS 2010 (~Mar 2010) – To include a Flag/General Officer panel of regional commanders – Further inform and develop a collective way ahead for regional infrastructure

protection.

Exercise STAKENET

RFA LYME BAY USS THACH

RBNS AL MANAMA* HMS ATHERSTONE

KNS ISTQLAL HMS GRIMSBY

UAENS TARIF

Focused Operation KESTREL

2 x UAEN/ UAE CG Vessels

RBNS AL MANAMA Vessels*

USS JOHN PAUL JONES

HMS KENT

At-sea command afloat embarked

in UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Overall Command in Bahrain FOKE

STAKENET



Crisis Response: MV PETER PAUL

• USS BENFOLD searched overnight for man-in-the-water

• Alert P-3 aircraft launched from Bahrain

• KENT launched helicopter at extreme limits of range

• RFA LYME BAY and USS BENFOLD made best speed in order to provide gas to KENT helo

M/V Peter Paul: 24-25 October 2009

MV Peter Paul and MOB position

27 02N 052 02E.

USS BENFOLD

HMS KENT

RFA LYME BAY

KENT helicopter

Sailor recovered after being in the water without a floatation device

for 6 hrs 45 min

MV PETER PAUL sailor with BENFOLD CMC

M/V SALEM I

Crisis Response: M/V SALEM ICrisis Response: M/V SALEM I

M/V SALEM I sends MAYDAY call via VHF bridge-to-bridge radio

CTF 152 associated support units establish communications and determine nature of

distress but uanble to assist due to water depth

CTF 152 watch calls CTF 152 staff officer, LtCol Ibrahim Al Shamlaan

Lt Col Ibrahim contacts Qatar NOC; two helicopters and a naval vessel dispatched

Injured crewmember safely MEDEVAC’d to Doha hospital



CTF 152 is a dynamic, regionally significant, rapidly growing task force in one of the world’s most

strategically significant areas.



Questions?



CMF Command Structure

Commander CMFVADM GORTNEY

United States Navy

Deputy Commander CMF

CDRE LOWERoyal Navy

CTF 150RADM ZAKAULLAH

Pakistan Navy

CTF 151RDML SANDERS

United States Navy

CTF 152COL TARIQ

United Arab EmiratesNavy

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