Operation CATALYST: Image Gallery
04 July 2006
Australian Staff accept the handover of command from USS McFaul
The Commander designate of coalition naval elements in the Northern Arabian Gulf, Commodore Peter Lockwood and his Australian Staff accept the handover of command from US Marine Corps Brigadier General Carl B. Jensen. Commodore Lockwood is the second Australian Naval officer to command the Task Force, named Task Force 158.
The 22 Australian Naval Officers and Sailors have taken their posts on USS McFaul, where the handover took place.
The Task Force is responsible for protecting Iraqi sovereign waters and the country’s oil terminals in the Northern Gulf. Task Force 158 is responsible for Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Northern waters and is made up of coalition and Iraqi ships.
One of the vessels under Commodore Lockwood’s command is Australia’s other contribution to the Task Force, HMAS BALLARAT, an ANZAC Class Frigate. The ship which was commissioned in 2004 is on its first deployment to the Middle East.
| 20060623adf8107930_371 Commodore Peter Lockwood welcomes US Marine Corps Brigadier General Carl B. Jensen aboard USS McFaul. (Date taken: 23 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060623adf8107930_382 The incoming and outgoing Commanders of TF158. Commodore Peter Lockwood and Marine Corps Brigadier General Carl B. Jensen exchange pleasentries on the forecastle of USS McFaul before beginning their hand over. (Date taken: 23 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060623adf8107930_388 Commodore Peter Lockwood thanks US Marine Corps Brigadier General Carl B. Jensen for the job he has done as Commander of TF158 before beginning their command hand over. They stand on the forecastle of USS McFaul, the ship from which the Commodore will command the Coalition Task Force. (Date taken: 23 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060623adf8107930_393 Commodore Peter Lockwood (Commander Task Force 158) and US Marine Corps Brigadier General Carl B. Jensen pleasentries on the forecastle of USS McFaul. Brigadier General Jensen could not speak highly enough of the qualities the Royal Australian Navy bring to the coalition in the region. (Date taken: 23 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060623adf8107930_439 Commodore Peter Lockwood (Commander Task Force 158) and US Marine Corps Brigadier General Carl B. Discuss Maritime Security Operations (MSO) as well as the Football World Cup in the State room of USS McFaul. Commodore Lockwood has just assumed responsibility for commanding the coalition fleet in the Northern Arabian Gulf. (Date taken: 23 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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