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Eagle Resolve 2011 begins in United Arab Emirates

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – U.S. Forces joined their United Arab Emirates hosts and Gulf Cooperation Council regional partners yesterday to begin the twelfth annual multilateral exercise Eagle Resolve. The exercise will be conducted at various locations throughout the United Arab Emirates.
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Eagle Resolve exercise concludes today in United Arab Emirates

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (June 6, 2011) — U.S. Forces and their Gulf Cooperative Council partners successfully concluded Eagle Resolve, a multinational exercise hosted by the United Arab Emirates, today.
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Sailor's language skills key to Bulkeley VBSS team success

GULF OF OMAN (April 20, 2011) — The visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team aboard guided- missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) conducted an approach and visit operation in the Gulf of Oman, April 5, for the first time, with its own translator.
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U.S. Central Command commander addresses International Symposium on Air Defense in Saudi Arabia

International Symposium on Air Defense (ISAD) 2020+ Remarks by General James N. Mattis, Commander, U.S. Central Command
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US Navy Disrupts Pirate Attempt In Arabian Sea

ARABIAN SEA (March. 25, 2011) — U.S. Naval forces disrupted a pirate attack on M/V Falcon Trader II, a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel, after it reported it had been attacked by pirates March 24.
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U.S. forces respond to gunfire aboard the S/V Quest

TAMPA, Fla. (Feb. 22, 2011) — At approximately 1 a.m. EST today, while negotiations were ongoing to secure the release of four American hostages, U.S. forces responded to gunfire aboard the pirated vessel (S/V) Quest. As they responded to the gunfire, reaching and boarding the Quest, the forces discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors. Despite immediate steps to provide life-saving care, all four hostages ultimately died of their wounds.


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Combined Maritime Forces ship responds to medical emergency in Gulf of Oman

GULF OF OMAN (Feb. 7, 2011) — Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) ship HMS Iron Duke, on deployment to the Middle East, responded to a medical emergency on board a Korean fishing vessel, the MV Golden Lake, in the Gulf of Oman on Feb 4.
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US Navy ships disrupt pirate attack

ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 4, 2011) — USS Momsen (DDG 92) and USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) disrupted a pirate attack on Panamanian flagged merchant vessel Duqm, Feb. 2 in the Gulf of Oman.
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U.S. Central Command commander visits Pakistan

Islamabad (April 8, 2011) — U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. James Mattis visited Pakistan to consult with Pakistan's military leadership.
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USS Carl Vinson rescues sailor who went overboard

ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 4, 2011) — USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) successfully recovered one of its own Sailors who went overboard on Feb. 4 at approximately 2:15 p.m. local time while the ship was in the Arabian Sea.
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