Singapore will lead an international flotilla of ships to watch over the pirate-infested waters off Somalia.
Rear-Admiral Bernard Miranda and 28 other Singapore navy, air force and army servicemen will lead the Combined Task Force 151 in the Gulf of Aden and its surrounding waters until March, commanding six vessels from various countries.
They will coordinate counter-piracy operations with naval forces from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
Six other navy personnel from Australia, France, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and South Korea make up the rest of the 35-man command team.
This is the first time a Singaporean is leading a multinational peace support mission since 2002, when a Singaporean army general headed a United Nations peace support mission in Timor Leste.
The Straits Times (Jan 21 2010)
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