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Commander CTF 151 Rear Admiral Ayhan Bay and the Japanese Counter Piracy Division Commander Captain Futoshi Toyozumi together with CTF 151 staff and ship's officers onboard JS Akizuki . Clockwise: LCDR (TUR N) Ozgur Ozkan, Capt. (JPN N) Futoshi Toyozumi, Rear Admiral (TUR N) Ayhan Bay, CDR (JPN N) Yasuharu Aso, LCDR (TUR N) Nazif Bozkurt and LCDR (JPN N) Reo Tsuda
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TOULON, France (Sept. 13, 2016) USS Ross (DDG 71) pulls into Toulon, France Sept. 13, 2016. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Theron J. Godbold/Released)
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15 Sept 2008
Operation ALTAIR
Maj-General Peter Devlin, Deputy Commanding General (Canada), has the opportunity to address the troops and present the SWASM. Maj-Gen Devlin also takes the chance to recognize a few Canadian sailors, by presenting them commendations.
Canadian Commodore Bob Davidson handed over the command of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 on Monday Sept 15th in a ceremony held onboard the Canadian Command Ship HMCS Iroquois while in port in the Middle East. U.S Vice Admiral William E. Gortney, Commander of Combined Maritime Forces, congratulated the incoming commander, Commodore Per Bigum Christensen, for under taking such a important task and whished Commodore Davidson and his sailors all the best on a job well done.
Her Majesty?s Canadian Ship Iroquois, the flagship for the Commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, is currently assigned, along with Calgary and Protecteur, to TFAS, in support of CTF 150.
The Canadian Task Force is composed of a three-ship Task Group, two Helicopter Air detachments and a Command and ground support teams. The 850 Canadian sailors, soldiers, and air men and women that are part of this Task Force deployed on this six-month mission in April 2008.
TFAS is the fourth rotation of Operation Altair, Canada?s maritime contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom, the global Campaign Against Terrorism.
CTF 150, a naval coalition typically comprised of ships from nations such as France, Germany, Pakistan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States, operates in the Red and North Arabian Seas, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Aden, Horn of Africa and Gulf of Oman and seeks to provide security and stability to the maritime environment in the region.
Please Credit MCpl Robin Mugridge, Formation Imaging Services Halifax, Nova Scotia