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Task Force 152
13 December 2009
Overall Classification
UNCLASSIFIED
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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
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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
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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
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• 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
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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
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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
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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
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Wide-area MIP
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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
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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
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CTF 152 is a dynamic, regionally significant, rapidly growing task force in one of the world’s most
strategically significant areas.
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Questions?
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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