
Bulkeley, assigned to CMF's counter-piracy mission Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 was directed to intercept Guanabara, supported by the Turkish warship TCG Giresun of NATO's counter-piracy Task Force 508.Emphasis mine. What is Bulkeley's "specialist boarding team?" I am not familiar with this new term. Is this Navy Special Warfare Command? SWOs in VBSS? SOF? Marines?
Following confirmation from Guanabara's master that the suspected pirates were aboard and his crew had taken refuge in the ship's 'citadel,' Bulkeley's specialist boarding team, supported overhead by its embarked SH-60 helicopter, secured the Bahamian-flagged vessel and detained four men.
There was no exchange of fire at any time during the operation to release the MV Guanabara.
Who are these mysterious pirate fighters of the Indian Ocean? Inquiring minds would like to know.
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