(Defense News) Megan Eckstein - The multinational Combined Maritime Forces in the Middle East will stand up a new Combined Task Force-153 to specifically address maritime threats in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The U.S. Navy will lead the task force initially, but will quickly hand leadership over to a regional partner. U.S. Navy Vice-Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. 5th Fleet and Naval Forces Central Command, said CTF-153 will operate from the Suez Canal through the Bab el-Mandeb strait and to the Yemen-Oman border and will address human trafficking and smuggling of illegal weapons and drugs.
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