Kuwait and U.S. Naval Forces Complete Exercise Eager Defender 21 June 14, 2021 — The Kuwait Naval Force, Kuwait Coast Guard and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) participated in bilateral maritime exercise Eager Defender 21 in Kuwait and the North Arabian Gulf, June 4-14. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Brad Cooper call with Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Naval Forces Staff Pilot Major General Saeed Bin Hamdan al Nahyan June 12, 2021 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Brad Cooper spoke with Commander of the United Arab Emirates Naval Forces Staff Pilot Major General Saeed Bin Hamdan al Nahyan, June 9. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Vice Adm. Brad Cooper Meetings with Oman Defense Officials June 10, 2021 — Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces met with Oman defense officials June 10 in separate meetings to reaffirm the longstanding defense relationship between the United States and Oman. MORE

U.S. Naval Forces Rescue Mariners from Sinking Ship in Gulf of Aden June 9, 2021 — 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. The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) was notified by the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations watch center that motor vessel Falcon Line had experienced engine failure and was taking on water. MORE

U.S. Forces Conduct Joint Aviation Integration Exercise with UAE and Saudi Arabia June 8, 2021 — 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 Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) in the Arabian Gulf, June 1-2. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Brad Cooper met with Commander of United Arab Emirates (UAE) Joint Operations Commander, Major General Saleh Mohammed Saleh Megren Al-Ameri June 3, 2021 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Brad Cooper met with Commander of United Arab Emirates Joint Operations Commander, Major General Saleh Mohammed Saleh Megren Al-Ameri, June 3. MORE

NAVCENT Facilitates Humanitarian Operations Workshop June 2, 2021 — More than 40 multi-national military and civilian leaders from Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and the U.S. attended the Humanitarian Operations Workshop (HOW), hosted by the Bahrain Ministry of Interior, and facilitated by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in Manama, Bahrain, May 25-26. MORE

Lebanese Armed Forces, U.S. Naval Forces Complete Resolute Union 21 May 28, 2021 — 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. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th May 26, 2021 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Brad Cooper spoke via video conference with Commander of the Kuwait Naval Forces, Brigadier General Hazza Al-Alati, May 26. MORE

PATFORSWA Receives Two New Sentinel-Class U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters May 25, 2021 — 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. MORE