Le BCR VAR en ZMOI 2017 - TF53
Après une longue remise en recondition, le bâtiment de commandement et de ravitaillement (BCR) Var a appareillé mardi 24 avril pour effectuer ses essais de ravitaillement à la mer (RAM) avant d’entrer en stage de mise en condition opérationnelle (MECO) puis de partir en mission en Zone Maritime Océan Indien (ZMOI).
Après une période d’arrêt technique majeur (ATM), le Var est sorti 3 jours en mer et a pu conduire 5 RAM grâce au concours du patrouilleur de haute mer (PHM) Commandant Bouan et de la frégate type La Fayette (FLF) Guépratte. 4 RAM liquides et 1 RAM ont pu être menés, permettant ainsi de tester le nouveau matériel et les mats de RAM.
La TF 53 vue par les Américains
Under Kaiser, the task force was responsible for 23 combat logistic ships and 15 aircraft, the delivery of more than $600 million of fuel and ammunition, and 80,000 pallets of material to units throughout the region.
As MSCCENT area commander, he had tactical command of six government-owned special mission support vessels and 45 U.S.- and foreign-flagged commercial vessels, delivering over 24 million barrels of fuel and more than 13,000 tons of munitions supporting operations in Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.
TF 53 coordinates replenishment-at-sea efforts and delivers passengers, mail, cargo, ammunition, provisions and fuel throughout the 5th Fleet area of operations via air, land and sea modes, helping to ensure Sailors aboard ships have what they need to complete their missions. TF 53 was established in 1992 to perform operational logistical coordination and given tactical control over all assigned logistics forces.
NAVCENT is responsible for approximately 2.5 million square miles of area including the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, North Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea.
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