Good morning Scott

 

Please find attached a response to your request outlined below.

 

Regards

 

Corporate and Ministerial Services

OCDF, Office of Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force

[1]www.nzdf.mil.nz

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Scott [[2]mailto:[FOI #20218 email]]

Sent: Monday, 15 August 2022 10:30 a.m.

To: Ministerial Services <[3][NZDF request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Control of ships at RIMPAC 2022

 

Dear New Zealand Defence Force,

 

I would like to make a request for information relating to RNZN Captain
Stephen Lenik’s recent control of the Sea Combat Commander Task Force
(CTF) 170 during RIMPAC 2022.

 

This control is referred to in an article published on the NZDF website,
here:

 

[4]https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/nzdf-wraps-...

 

“Captain Stephen Lenik was the first New Zealander in the role as the Sea
Combat Commander of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CTF
170). He was in control of 14 ships, including an autonomous vessel, from
six different nations.”

 

I note that in a 14 July response to an OIA request on the same topic
(OIA-2022-4451), NZDF only listed 8 ships that would be under NZDF
control:

 

“The NZDF is not in command of the carrier strike group. The vessels that
may be controlled by the NZDF as part of RIMPAC 2022 are: JS IZUMO
(Japan), HMCS WINNIPEG (Canada), USS MOBILE BAY (US), BRP ANTONIO LUNA
(Chile), SEJONG THE GREAT (Republic of Korea), JS TAKANAMI (Japan), KD
LEKIR (Malaysia), USS SAMPSON (US)”

 

This response can be accessed here:

 

[5]https://fyi.org.nz/request/19850/respons...

 

As the number of ships controlled by NZDF apparently changed since 14
July, I would like to make a new request for a list of all ships that were
under the control of NZDF during RIMPAC 2022, and their nationalities
(i.e. the 14 ships referred to in the NZDF article, including the
autonomous vessel).

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Scott

 

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