Task Force 152

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Task Force 152 13 December 2009
Overall Classification UNCLASSIFIED
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Area of Responsibility
CTF 152 Arabian Gulf
CTF 151 Counter-piracy Only non-geographically
defined CTF
CTF 150 Gulf of Oman/ Arabian Sea/Red Sea
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CTF 152 Missions

• Counter terrorism
• Counter Illegal maritime practices
• Defeat destabilising activity in the CTF 152 AOR
• Integrate regional partners
• Improve overall security and stability
• Enhance regional nation capability
• Respond to a full range of crises
• Environmental events
• Humanitarian events

Deny illegal use of the maritime environment
through integrated regional efforts
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Challenges of the Battlespace

• CTF 152 area of responsibility (AOR) is one of
  the most globally significant
• 80 of the worlds energy reserves lie within the
  region
• Nearly one thousand oil platforms, refineries,
  and terminals geographically dispersed throughout
  the Arabian Gulf
• Constrained battlespace
• Limited maneuver room
• Strait of Hormuz is single chokepoint for entry
  and exit
• Small window of opportunity in defeating a no- or
  short-notice attack
• Resource limited
• Nominally 1-2 warships in direct support of CTF
  152 each day
• By comparison, CTF 151 (counter-piracy) averages
  10 warships in direct support daily

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GCC Leadership Emerging in CTF 152
US/ UK Lead
UK Lead
UAE Lead 09 NOV 2009
BAH Lead Proposed Jan 2011 (Second command -
first commanded In 2008)
CDS-50
STAKENET/GOALKEEPER
STAKENET/GOALKEEPER
STAKENET/GOALKEEPER
Focused Operation
STAKENET
Focused Operation
GOALKEEPER
STAKENET
Focused Operation
Focused Operation
Focused Operation

• The future is an all-GCC Task Force 152
• GCC nations increasingly commanding the task
  force
• Regardless of the CTF commander, CTG 152.1 brings
  continuity and corporate knowledge
• Long-term relationships/ continuity critical to
  future all-GCC CTF 152

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CTF 152 Staff UAE Lead
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Infrastructure Protection An AOR-wide Challenge

• Increasing regional interest in Maritime
  Infrastructure Protection (MIP)
• CTF 152 STAKENET series of exercises run 3-4
  times per year
• Last STAKENET 16 GCC observers embarked in RFA
  LYME BAY and at CTF 152 spaces in Bahrain
• Innovative and forward-thinking exercise
  development
• Afloat Staging Base concept (AFSB) with Kuwait
  small boats
• Multi-national defense of maritime infrastructure
• Developed Wide-Area MIP approach
• Tactics, techniques, and procedures tailored to a
  large area
• Will validate and improve via STAKENET exercises
• Several GCC states developing and broadening
  mission-specific infrastructure protection
  agencies
• UAE Critical National Infrastructure Authority
• KSA Office of Program Management-Ministry of
  Interior

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CTF Iraqi Maritime (IM) Mission

• Defend Iraqi critical maritime infrastructure,
  in particular Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT)
  and Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT), to sustain oil
  export revenues to Government of Iraq
• Continue development of Iraqi maritime
  infrastructure protection forces

Defend / Deter / Transition
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Wide-area MIP
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NAVCENT MIP Symposium

• Second NAVCENT Annual Conference 3 5 Feb, 2009
  in Manama, Bahrain
• Theme of Protection Through Defense in Depth
• Participants Experts from government, military,
  industry and academia
• Attended by Dr Khalid Al-Ageel, High Commission
  for Industrial Security (HCIS)
• Conducted in an open forum, the intent of the
  symposium is to improve our collective
  understanding of regional and international
  infrastructure protection concerns to better
  align the maritime security efforts of all of our
  global maritime partners.

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NAVCENT MIP Symposium

• Topics discussed included
• The U.S. Global Critical Energy Infrastructure
  Protection Strategy 2006 2008
• Infrastructure Security Development Cooperative
  Transition (Iraq)
• National Infrastructure Considerations Creating
  a Common Operating Picture for Effective Domain
  Awareness
• Global Situational Awareness Threat Detection
• Maritime Security Operations CTF 150 Operations
• Regional Security U.S. Coast Guard
  Contributions
• Maritime Safety and Security Information System
  (MSSIS) NAVCENT Update
• MIPS 2010 (Mar 2010)
• To include a Flag/General Officer panel of
  regional commanders
• Further inform and develop a collective way ahead
  for regional infrastructure protection.

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At-sea command afloat embarked in UK Royal Fleet
Auxiliary
Focused Operation KESTREL 2 x UAEN/ UAE CG
Vessels RBNS AL MANAMA Vessels USS JOHN PAUL
JONES HMS KENT
Exercise STAKENET RFA LYME BAY USS THACH RBNS
AL MANAMA HMS ATHERSTONE KNS ISTQLAL HMS
GRIMSBY UAENS TARIF
Overall Command in Bahrain
FOKE
STAKENET
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Crisis Response MV PETER PAUL

• M/V Peter Paul 24-25 October 2009

• USS BENFOLD searched overnight for
  man-in-the-water
• Alert P-3 aircraft launched from Bahrain
• KENT launched helicopter at extreme limits of
  range
• RFA LYME BAY and USS BENFOLD made best speed in
  order to provide gas to KENT helo

• Sailor recovered after being in the water
• without a floatation device
• for 6 hrs 45 min

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Crisis Response M/V SALEM I
M/V SALEM I sends MAYDAY call via VHF
bridge-to-bridge radio
M/V SALEM I
CTF 152 associated support units establish
communications and determine nature of distress
but uanble to assist due to water depth
CTF 152 watch calls CTF 152 staff officer, LtCol
Ibrahim Al Shamlaan
Lt Col Ibrahim contacts Qatar NOC two
helicopters and a naval vessel dispatched
Injured crewmember safely MEDEVACd to Doha
hospital
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CTF 152 is a dynamic, regionally significant,
rapidly growing task force in one of the worlds
most strategically significant areas.
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Questions?
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CMF Command Structure