Keywords: CTF 151 conducts anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden DVIDS291013.jpg en Petty Officer 1st Class Craig Makynen intelligence specialist stationed aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto looks for surface contacts as the ship gets underway after a recent Seychelles port call USS San Jacinto is part of Combined Task Force 151 a multinational task force established in January 2009 to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission based mandate to actively deter disrupt and suppress piracy in order to protect global maritime security and secure freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations Combined Task Force 151 operates in the Gulf of Aden and the east coast of Somalia where it has had a significant effect disrupting piracy Although the number of piracy attempts has increased over the past year the number of successful attacks has been reduced by 40 percent over this same time 2010-06-14 Petty Officer 2nd Class Ja'lon Rhinehart https //www dvidshub net/image/291013 100614-N-+++++-043 2010-06-17 07 49 GULF OF ADEN AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy Combined Task Force 151 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |