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ARABIAN GULF (Feb. 23, 2023) A United Arab Emirates Armed Forces Bell 407 conducts deck landing qualifications aboard expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) in the Arabian Gulf, Feb. 23, 2023. Puller is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region.

Feb. 28, 2023

U.S. Navy Ship Supports UAE Pilot Training in Arabian Gulf

MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S. Navy ship served as a training platform for helicopter pilots from the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, Feb. 22-24.

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Feb. 27, 2023

U.S. Navy, 50 Partners Start International Maritime Exercise 2023

MANAMA, Bahrain —

MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) commenced the Middle East region’s largest maritime exercise, Feb. 26.

ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 25, 2023) Illicit drugs interdicted by USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146) sit on the deck of a fishing vessel during an inventory by U.S. Coast Guard personnel operating in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 25, 2023.

Feb. 26, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Interdicts Illegal Drugs Shipment in Arabian Sea

MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S. Coast Guard ship seized illegal drugs worth $20 million in U.S. street value from a fishing vessel with four mariners transiting international waters in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 25.

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Feb. 23, 2023

U.S., Bahrain Establish Working Group to Operationalize Unmanned Fleet

MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) established a working group for operationalizing unmanned systems with the Kingdom of Bahrain, Feb. 23.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, hang up their unit flag during exercise Intrepid Maven 23.2, Feb. 19, 2023. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between USMARCENT and the IDF designed to improve interoperability, strengthen partner-nation relationships in the U.S. Central Command area of operations and improve both individual and bilateral unit readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kolby Leger)

Feb. 21, 2023

Exercise Intrepid Maven 23.2 Begins in Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel — Approximately 200 Marines and Sailors, alongside partnering infantry and artillery elements of the Israeli Defense Force, are participating in Exercise Intrepid Maven 23.2, set to occur at various locations within Israel from 19 February to 1 March, 2023. Exercise Intrepid Maven is a U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command conceptualized and implemented exercise series designed in late 2021, with the first iteration having occurred in Jordan in March 2022. The series, to include IM 23.2, is designed to strengthen partnerships, produce training opportunities, contribute to interoperability and improve conditions for regional security.

U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, U.S. Transportation Command commander, U.S. Navy Fleet Master Chief Petty Officer Donald O. Myrick, U.S. Transportation Command senior enlisted leader, Col. George Buch, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Louis Ludwig, 386 AEW command chief, pose for a photo in front of "The Rock" at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 10, 2023. As the theatre gateway, AASAB is the entry and exit point for U.S. Central Command, meaning all personnel and cargo must pass through Kuwait prior to moving to their respective areas of operations. This mission directly enables USTRANSCOM’s mission of projecting and sustaining credible combat power globally at a time and place of this Nation’s choosing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Larsen)

Feb. 14, 2023

USTRANSCOM command team witnesses AASAB mobility efforts in action

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, KUWAIT — U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, and U.S. Navy Fleet Master Chief Donald Myrick, command senior enlisted leader for USTRANSCOM, made a stop at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 10, 2023, to see the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing actively support the USTRANSCOM mission of conducting globally integrated mobility operations.

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Feb. 8, 2023

U.S. Transportation Command’s Top Leader Visits U.S. 5th Fleet

MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) hosted the top leader of U.S. Transportation Command at U.S. 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, Feb. 7, during a trip to the Middle East.

230201-N-EG592-1034 MANAMA, Bahrain (Feb. 1, 2023) Members of the Lebanese Navy rehearse vessel boarding procedures at a U.S. Coast Guard indoor training facility in Manama, Bahrain, Feb. 1.

Feb. 2, 2023

U.S. Hosts Lebanese Navy for Vessel Boarding Course in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) concluded a five-day vessel boarding course for the Lebanese Navy on Feb. 2 at the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain.