Cleveland Completes Maritime Infrastructure Protection Exercise: "USS Cleveland (LPD 7) completed a multinational maritime infrastructure protection exercise in the Arabian Gulf Jan. 13.
Twenty-two ships from five nations took part in the four-day exercise, STAKENET PLUS, which focused heavily on wide area maritime infrastructure protection (WAMIP) operations. The operations were conducted under the tactical control of United Arab Emirates Army Col. Tareq K. Al Zaabi, the current commander of Combined Task Force 152.
'STAKENET developed the ability of navies from different countries to work together and protect critical maritime infrastructure anywhere in a given area of responsibility,'"
