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

Jordanian and U.S. Naval Forces Conduct Maritime Security Exercise Infinite Defender September 15, 2020 — The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) and U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard forces are participating in the exercise Infinite Defender (ID) 20 from Sept. 1 to 10. ID 20 is the capstone in a series of bilateral exercises between the JAF and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), aimed at enhancing partnership and interoperability between the two countries’ armed forces. MORE

Strengthening Partnerships: UK and U.S. Navies Conduct Mine Hunting and Countermeasures Exercise September 15, 2020 — UK Royal Navy and U.S. Navy forces participated in a mine countermeasures (MCM) interoperability exercise in the Arabian Gulf Sept. 9-17. U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ships (MCM) operated alongside mine countermeasures vessels (MCMV) from the Royal Navy in order to enhance interoperability, information sharing and shared tactics and procedures between the two navies. MORE