Change of Command Ceremony for Combined Maritime Forces Task Force 151 on Anti-Piracy Held in Bahrain
MANAMA 30 January 2024 – Philippine Ambassador Anne Jalando-on Louis (2nd row, 6th from left) with Captain Mateo Carido (2nd row, 3rd from left), outgoing Task Force 151 Commander, Rear Admiral Antonio Braz de Souza (2nd row, 3rd from right), incoming CTF151 Commander, and Commodore Mark Anderson (2nd row, 4th from left), Commander of the Philippine Navy Fleet Marine Ready Force, Brazilian Ambassador Adriano Silva Pucci (2nd row, 5th from right), Turkish Ambassador Esin Cakil (2nd row, 4th from right), and Mr. Koji Nato (2nd row, 5th from left), Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Japan.
On the first row are the members of the outgoing PHL-led CTF151 from the following countries: Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Brazil, Türkiye, Singapore, Jordan, Italy, Spain, Australia, Kuwait, and Oman.
A Change of Command Ceremony for the CMF Task Force 151 on Anti-Piracy was held at the US Naval Forces Central Command Headquarters in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain on 23 January 2024. During the ceremony, Captain Mateo Carido of the Philippine Navy (leftmost) turned over command of CTF 151 to Rear Admiral Antonio Braz de Souza (rightmost) of the Brazilian Navy in the presence of Commodore Mark Anderson (center) of the British Royal Navy and Deputy Commander of the CMF.
The Philippine Navy assumed command of CTF 151 on 23 August 2023 from the Republic of Korea. CTF 151 is one of the Task Forces under the CMF with the mandate of combating and suppressing piracy in the region through engagement and collaboration with various stakeholders.
Ambassador Anne Jalando-on Louis (2nd from right) with outgoing Task Force 151 Commander Captain Mateo Carido (rightmost), Commodore Mark Anderson (3rd from right), Deputy Commander of the CMF, incoming CTF 151 Commander Rear Admiral Antonio Braz de Souza (3rd from left) of the Brazilian Navy, and Brazilian Ambassador Adriano Silva Pucci (leftmost) during the cake-cutting ceremony to mark the change of command of CTF 151 from the Philippine Navy to the Brazilian Navy on 23 January 2024. END
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