4th SAF team joins anti-piracy mission in Gulf of Aden
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Radm Ng Chee Peng (left) handed over the state flag to Task Group Commander - Col Frederick Chew at the Changi Naval Base. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
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The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
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The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
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A member of the armed forces waves goodbye to his family through one of the ship's portholes as the navy shop left the harbour yesterday. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
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Task Group Comander, Col Frederick Chew (extreme left) with his officers waving a goodbye to family members as the navy ship leaves the harbour yesterday. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
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The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
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The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
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The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
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The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
Radm Ng Chee Peng (left) handed over the state flag to Task Group Commander - Col Frederick Chew at the Changi Naval Base. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
A member of the armed forces waves goodbye to his family through one of the ship's portholes as the navy shop left the harbour yesterday. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
Task Group Comander, Col Frederick Chew (extreme left) with his officers waving a goodbye to family members as the navy ship leaves the harbour yesterday. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is deploying a 145-strong task group to the Gulf of Aden (GoA) from Sept to Dec 2012 in support of international counter-piracy efforts there. This is the SAF's fourth deployment of a task group to the GoA. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
SINGAPORE is answering the call of duty - for the fourth time - to support international counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden.
A 145-strong group from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) left on Tuesday for a three-month stint.
The Republic of Singapore Navy's stealth frigate RSS Intrepid, with a Sikorsky S70B Seahawk naval helicopter 145 personnel on board, set off for the pirate-infested area in the waters off Somalia.
Under the ambit of the multinational Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, the team will conduct area surveillance and patrols, as well as respond to calls for help from ships encountering pirate attacks.
