USS Georgia Visits Bahrain December 28, 2020 — The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) completed a sustainment and logistics port visit in Manama, Bahrain, Dec. 27. MORE

NAVCENT Commander Meets with Saudi Arabian, Yemeni Leaders December 26, 2020 — Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Dec. 21 and 23, to meet with Saudi and Yemeni military officials. MORE

USS Port Royal Seize Suspected Narcotics December 21, 2020 — The guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73), deployed to U.S. Fifth Fleet and operating in support of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), interdicted a shipment of more than 1100 lbs. (521 kg) of suspected narcotics from a dhow in the international waters of the North Arabian Sea, Dec. 18. MORE

USS Georgia Transits Strait of Hormuz December 21, 2020 — The nuclear-power Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) along with the guided-missile cruisers USS Port Royal (CG 73) and USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) transited the Strait of Hormuz entering the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 21. MORE

Saudi, U.S. Forces Conduct Joint Aviation Integration Exercise in Arabian Gulf December 21, 2020 — The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF), Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF), U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) conducted a robust combined joint air operations in support of maritime surface warfare (AOMSW) exercise in the Arabian Gulf Dec. 17-18. MORE

Secretary of the Navy visits Naval Support Activity Bahrain December 16, 2020 — Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite met with personnel onboard U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain during a visit Dec. 15. MORE

NAVCENT Commander Visits Forward Deployed U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Bahrain December 15, 2020 — Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), met with Capt. Willie Carmichael, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA), during a visit to PATFORSWA's headquarters and forward deployed units in Manama, Bahrain, Dec. 14. MORE

UK, U.S. Naval Forces Conduct Mine Countermeasures Exercise December 14, 2020 — Royal Navy and U.S. Navy forces participated in mine countermeasures (MCM) interoperability training in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 9-12. MORE

UK Chief of the Naval Staff visits NAVCENT Headquarters December 12, 2020 — Royal Navy Adm. Tony Radakin, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, visited U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) headquarters on board Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Dec. 10. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Under Secretary of Interior for Border Affairs, Kuwait Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mubarak Salman Al-Amiri December 9, 2020 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Under Secretary of Interior for Border Affairs (USMOIBA), Kuwait Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mubarak Salman Al-Amiri, Dec. 9. MORE