USS Stout Breaks Record As It Departs US 5th Fleet September 29, 2020 — The guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) breaks a Navy record as it completes a nearly seven month deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO), Sept. 28. MORE

U.S. Forces Conduct Joint Aviation Integration Exercise in Arabian Gulf September 26, 2020 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) conducted a robust joint air operations in support of maritime surface warfare (AOMSW) exercise in the Arabian Gulf Sept. 23-24. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo meeting with Royal Bahrain Naval Forces Commander Rear Adm. Mohammed Yousif Al-Asam September 25, 2020 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo met with Royal Bahrain Naval Forces (RBNF) Commander Rear Adm. Mohammed Yousif Al-Asam at the RBNF Headquarters Sept. 24. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo meeting with Bahrain Minister of Interior His Excellency General Sheikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa September 22, 2020 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo met with Bahrain Minister of Interior His Excellency General Sheikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa Sept. 22. MORE

USS Nimitz with Accompanying Carrier Strike Group Ships Enter Arabian Gulf September 18, 2020 — The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), flagship of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG), along with the guided-missile cruisers USS Princeton (CG 59) and USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) and guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), completed a scheduled transit through the Strait of Hormuz into the Arabian Gulf Sept. 18. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Naval Forces Staff Major General Pilot Saeed Bin Hamdan al Nahyan September 17, 2020 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Commander of the United Arab Emirates Naval Forces Staff Major General Pilot Saeed Bin Hamdan al Nahyan Sept. 17. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Commander of the Kuwait Navy MG Khalid Al-Kandari September 17, 2020 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Commander of the Kuwaiti Navy MG Khalid Al-Kandari, Sept. 17. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Commander of the Egyptian Navy Vice Adm. Ahmed Khaled Said September 17, 2020 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Commander of the Egyptian Navy Vice Adm. Ahmed Khaled Said on Sept. 17 to reaffirm the strong defense relationship between the United States and Egypt. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces-Navy Captain Hassam Dannawi September 17, 2020 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces-Navy Captain Hassam Dannawi Sept. 16 to reaffirm the strong defense relationship between the United States and Lebanon. MORE

Readout of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Commander of the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces Staff Major General (Sea) Abdullah Hassan Al-Sulaiti September 17, 2020 — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces Commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo spoke with Commander of the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces Staff Major General (Sea) Abdullah Hassan Al-Sulaiti Sept. 16 to reaffirm the strong defense relationship between the United States and Qatar. MORE