23 June 2021 NAVCENT Commander Meets with Egyptian Naval Leaders, Speaks of Bright Future with Egyptian Naval Midshipmen MANAMA, Bahrain - Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) visited Egypt June 19-21, to meet with the Egyptian Chief of Navy and speak to Cadets at the Egyptian Naval Academy...
09 June 2021 U.S. Naval Forces Rescue Mariners from Sinking Ship in Gulf of Aden GULF OF ADEN – A U.S. Naval ship assigned to U.S. 5th Fleet provided emergency assistance to a motor vessel in distress in the Gulf of Aden, June 7...
08 June 2021 U.S. Forces Conduct Joint Aviation Integration Exercise with UAE and Saudi Arabia MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) conducted multiple simultaneous, joint air operations in support of maritime surface warfare (AOMSW) exercises with United Arab Emirates (UAE) Coast Guard and Joint Aviation Command (JAC), and Royal...
28 May 2021 Lebanese Armed Forces, U.S. Naval Forces Complete Resolute Union 21 BEIRUT - The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) participated in exercise Resolute Union (RU) 21, a bilateral explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and maritime security operations exercise in Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea, May 17-28...
25 May 2021 PATFORSWA Receives Two New Sentinel-Class U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRC) USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and Robert Goldman (WPC 1142), arrived at their new homeport onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, May 25...
06 May 2021 NAVCENT, U.S. Fifth Fleet, CMF Change of Command MANAMA, Bahrain - Vice Adm. Brad Cooper relieved Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo as commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) during a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, May 5, 2021...
12 November 2020 Fulfilling the Need: USS John Paul Jones Sailors Conduct Lay Leader Training Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) completed lay leader training and can now provide religious support services on board the ship to interested members of the crew...
09 November 2020 Brothers at Home and at Sea: Siblings Serve Together Aboard USS Sterett In the Electronic Warfare corner inside the Combat Information Center on board the guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) sits two Sailors. One of them is Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 1st Class Byron Jack, the other is Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 3rd Class Ryan Aylward. With the...
12 October 2020 Carrier Strike Group 11 Honors USS Cole in U.S. 5th Fleet Throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 and accompanying ships commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Oct. 12, 2000 attack on the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) and honored the 17 lives lost...
27 September 2020 USS Winston S. Churchill Completes Joint Exercise in 5th Fleet The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) executed a series of joint air and maritime operations in the Central Arabian Gulf in support of Commander, Task Force 55 and US Naval Central Command, Sept. 23- 24, 2020...