Task Force 152 13 December 2009

1. Task Force 152 13 December 2009 Overall Classification UNCLASSIFIED

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. GCC Leadership Emerging in CTF 152 • 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 UK Lead UAE Lead 09 NOV 2009 US/ UK Lead BAHLead 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

6. CTF 152 Staff – UAE Lead

7. 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

8. 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

9. Wide-area MIP

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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 Crisis Response: MV PETER PAUL HMS KENT KENT helicopter MV Peter Paul and MOB position 27 02N 052 02E. USS BENFOLD RFA LYME BAY MV PETER PAUL sailor with BENFOLD CMC M/V Peter Paul: 24-25 October 2009 Sailor recovered after being in the water without a floatation device for 6 hrs 45 min

13. 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 MEDEVAC’d to Doha hospital

14. CTF 152 is a dynamic, regionally significant, rapidly growing task force in one of the world’s most strategically significant areas.

15. Questions?

16. CMF Command Structure