An aero pilot becomes second in command of EUNAVFOR Med
(B2) The European operation against smugglers in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED / Sophia) has a new deputy commander. The handover ceremony took place this Friday (26 February) at the Operation Headquarters (OHQ) in Rome.
It is a fighter pilot, Rear Admiral Gilles Humeau, who takes over from his counterpart Hervé Bléjean. To his credit the interdiction and surveillance operations in the former Yugoslavia from 1993 to 1999. Read in detail: Handover to EUNAVFOR Med at the Deputy Command of the Operation
Currently at the General Secretariat for the Sea, Gilles Humeau also sailed on the BPC Mistral, notably as number 2 during the evacuation operation "Balliste" in Lebanon in 2006. Previously, he had commanded the 16F squadron and led the training, instruction and mission preparation center (CEIPM) in Landivisiau.
The operation is still led by a senior Italian officer, Vice Admiral Enrico Credendino.
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