The Combined Task Force 152 or CTF-152 is a multinational naval task force, set up in 2004 to coordinate security operations in the Persian Gulf and is one of three task forces operated by Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). [1] In July 2007 a crew from the destroyer USS O'Kane, attached to CTF-152, boarded a North Korean ship suspected of smuggling. [2] CTF 152 cooperates with the naval and coast guard forces of different nations of the Persian Gulf region, and its command is rotated among member nations. Bahrain was the first Gulf Cooperation Council state to take command of the task force, in 2008.
From | Commander | Dates | Ref |
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![]() | Rear Admiral Ray Spicer | ? – June 2006 | [3] |
![]() | Rear Admiral Salvatore Ruzittu | June 2006 – ? | [3] |
![]() | Rear Admiral William E. Gortney | ? – March 2008 | |
![]() | Commodore Abdullah al-Mansoori | March 2008 – June 2008 | [4] |
![]() | Commodore Peter Hudson | June 2008 – September 2008 | [5] |
![]() | Rear Admiral James P. Wisecup | September 2008 – | |
![]() | Commodore Tim Lowe | – November 2009 | [6] |
![]() | Commodore Tareq Khalfan al-Zaabi | November 2009 – May 2010 | [6] [7] |
![]() | Rear Admiral Jassim al-Ansari | May 2010 – August 2010 | [8] [9] |
![]() | Commodore Abdullah Dashti | August 2010 – ? | [8] [9] |
![]() | Rear Admiral Jassim al Ansari | ? – January 2011 | [8] [9] |
![]() | Commodore Isa al-Doseri | January 2011 – | [9] |
![]() | Commodore Nayef al-Askar | February 2016 – September 2016 | [10] |
![]() | Commodore Abdelkader Al-Marahleh | September 2016 – September 2017 | [11] |
![]() | Captain Abdullah al-Bader | September 2017 – September 2018 | [12] [13] |
![]() | Captain Saleh Alfodary | September 2018 – Feb 28, 2019 | [14] [15] |
![]() | Feb 28, 2019 – Aug 29, 2019 | ||
![]() | Aug 29, 2019 – Feb 29, 2020 | ||
![]() | Commander Omar Alodat | Feb 29, 2020 – Aug 31, 2020 | |
![]() | Captain Ali bin Madi Al-Qahtani | Aug 31, 2020 – Sep 2, 2020 | [16] |
![]() | Colonel Ebraheem Al-Dawai | Sep 2, 2020 – | [17] |