1. US naval forces were also patrolling off the Somali coast to ensure Islamists did not flee by sea.
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2. The USS George Washington aircraft carrier strike group has joined the ROK's naval forces for joint exercises at the Yellow Sea area.
3. The Gulf of Aden off Somalia's coast has become a hotbed for naval forces, with more than 40 ships from 22 countries patrolling its waters for pirates.
4. Admiral Fitzgerald is the commander of United States naval forces in Europe and is also commander of US naval forces in Africa.
5. Iranian forces seized 15 British naval personnel on March 23 for entering its territorial waters, but Britain argued its sailors had never strayed from Iraqi waters.
6. BEIJING - Although aircraft carriers have been in service in many naval forces for decades, the debut of China's first aircraft carrier drew worldwide attention.
7. He alerted the naval forces there of the impending peril facing the inhabitants of the besieged foreign concessions in Tientsin.
8. Richards also praised the cooperation between British naval forces and Chinese naval forces in combating piracy in the Indian Ocean and off the African coast.
9. International naval forces have stepped up their enforcement of the waters off East Africa in an effort to thwart a growing pirate trade.
10. The upcoming maneuvers are expected to enhance joint interoperability of marines and naval forces, a defense ministry official said.