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    Operation Ocean Shield was NATO's contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA), an anti-piracy initiative in the Indian Ocean...
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  • Ocean Shield may refer to: ABFC Ocean Shield, an offshore support vessel acquired by the Royal Australian Navy in 2012, and transferred to Australian Customs...
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  • situation off the Horn of Africa, to close down Operation Ocean Shield. Although Operation Ocean Shield has concluded, NATO continues to monitor the situation...
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    Australian Border Force Cutter Ocean Shield (ABFC Ocean Shield) is an offshore patrol vessel operated by the Australian Border Force. The ship was originally...
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  • Operation Sky Shield, properly Exercise Sky Shield, was a series of three large-scale military exercises conducted in the United States and Canada in 1960...
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    April 2024. "Operation Ocean Shield". NATO. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011. "2009 Operation Ocean Shield News Articles"...
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    Maersk Alabama hijacking (category Naval battles of Operation Enduring Freedom)
    ships attacked by Somali pirates Piracy off the coast of Somalia "Operation Ocean Shield". bluebirdelectric. Retrieved 23 June 2024. Sanders, E.; Barnes...
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    the US-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) and NATO's anti-piracy Operation Ocean Shield. The mission was launched in December 2008 with a focus on protecting...
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    from UAE. In April 2011, the Portuguese Air Force contributed to Operation Ocean Shield by sending a P-3C which had early success when on its fifth mission...
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    suspected pirates, in support of Operation Ocean Shield in the Gulf of Aden. In 2016, Carney took part in Operation Odyssey Lightning, against ISIS militants...
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    Red Sea. Named after the Greek word for shields (greek: Ασπίδες), Operation Aspides—unlike the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian—is a "purely defensive"...
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  • October 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2011. "NATO Ends Anti-Piracy Mission in Indian Ocean". 24 November 2016. "Two Libyan fighter pilots defect, fly to Malta". Reuters...
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    Combined Task Force 151 (category Naval operations involving Pakistan)
    navigation. It operates in conjunction with the EU's Operation Atalanta and NATO's Operation Ocean Shield. As of September 10, 2024, the commander of CTF-151...
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    anti-piracy operation in area following Operation Allied Provider and was succeeded by Operation Ocean Shield. From 24 March – June 2009, the operation was conducted...
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    counter-piracy efforts in the Horn of Africa under Operation Ocean Shield and Operation Atlanta. The military of Colombia is the third largest in the...
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    the sense of pain, of which indeed he is frequently deprived during the operation. In truth, a temporary insensibility to his sufferings ought by no means...
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    causing a region-wide blackout. The first JSDF dispatch to a peacekeeping operation that was not led by the United Nations was approved in April 2019. Two...
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    NATO. MARCOM led Operation Active Endeavour, NATO's only Article-5 operation which ended in 2016. MARCOM also led Operation Ocean Shield, NATO's counter-piracy...
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    nato.int. Counter-piracy Operations. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Retrieved: 27 December 2013. Operation Ocean Shield Archived 2011-05-13 at the...
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  • ISBN 978-1137586629. Counter-piracy Operations. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Retrieved: 27 December 2013. Operation Ocean Shield Archived 2011-05-13 at the...
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    2011, the Air Force contributed personnel and one P-3 Orion to Operation Ocean Shield. Operating from the Seychelles, the aircraft searched for pirates...
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    consists of the Naval Special Operations Commando (MJK) and the Special Operations Commando (FSK). In addition, 339 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (from...
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    Davy Jones' locker is a metaphor for the oceanic abyss, the final resting place of drowned sailors and travellers. It is a euphemism for drowning or shipwrecks...
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  • Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah restored. Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) NATO United States Belgium Canada Denmark Germany Greece...
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     NATO ISAF, 2001 - 2021 (Afghanistan) Operation Active Endeavour, 2001 - 2016 (Mediterranean Sea) Operation Ocean Shield, 2009 - 2016 (Gulf of Aden) Multilateral...
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    Union (EUNAVFOR) in early January 2014 for NATO's "Operation Ocean Shield" anti-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa. As she refueled in Greece, while...
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    of Somalia Instruct allied nations on naval and structural operations Operation Ocean Shield (2015)  NATO  Colombia  Japan Pirates Victory Prevent acts...
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    affair Operation Enduring Freedom – HOA Operation Atalanta Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden Operation Ocean Shield Persian...
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  • United States Army Center of Military History Bibliography of the Desert Shield and Desert Storm compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History...
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    Yemen Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Operation Aspides Operation Earnest Will Operation Ocean Shield Operation Praying Mantis International Maritime...
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