RSN take over NATO Anti Piracy Task force, all shipping in the area liao already

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Fuckers cannot even catch any pirates in their own area of the SOuth China Sea, want to go to Middle East and kay kiang there? I suppose they will be lauded as heroes when they return having only caught VD instead of pirates.

Singapore takes over command of counter-piracy task force from Pakistan Navy
The Singapore Armed Forces command team will also coordinate counter-piracy operations with task forces from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the European Union, as well as with navies from other countries.



SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) command team will lead and coordinate Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, a multinational counter-piracy task force, from the Pakistan Navy in the Gulf of Aden over the next three months.

In a press release on Friday (Apr 1), the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) said the team, led by Rear-Admiral (RADM) Cheong Kwok Chien from the Singapore Navy, will also coordinate counter-piracy operations with task forces from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the European Union, as well as with navies from other countries.

The ceremony was witnessed by Deputy Commander, Combined Maritime Forces, Commodore (CDRE) Will Warrender, and attended by Singapore's Chief of Navy RADM Lai Chung Han at the Naval Support Activity in Bahrain, MINDEF added.

“We are honoured to be part of the international effort to keep vital sea lines of communication free from piracy,” said RADM Cheong. “The SAF command team will lead all our coalition forces within CTF 151 to achieve the common mission to deter and disrupt piracy in the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and Somali Basin.”

This year’s deployment marks the fourth time that the SAF will be leading the CTF, and the 10th SAF deployment to the multinational anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden.

Since the start of the SAF’s contribution to CTF 151 in 2009, Singapore has deployed a total of 1,400 servicemen and women, five ships and one maritime patrol aircraft, spanning across the deployment of three SAF command teams, five task groups and one detachment.

The SAF command team comprises 50 SAF personnel and 12 international officers from Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Kingdom and Vietnam.


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