Bruce Williams (Royal Navy officer)

Commodore Williams (standing). French Navy contre-amiral Alain Hinden (seated). 4 April 2007.

Bruce Nicholas Bromley Williams CBE is a Rear Admiral in the British Royal Navy.

As Commander UK Task Group, having previously had command of Combined Task Force 58 (Northern Gulf / Southern Iraq) In late 2006 he was assigned to the command of Combined Task Force 150, a multinational squadron of ships serving under the US Fifth Fleet assigned to Maritime Security Operations in the Indian Ocean. During this command, which coincided with the war in Somalia between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), backed by the forces of Ethiopia against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), Commodore Williams led the task force performing naval interdiction off the Somali coast of during the Battle of Ras Kamboni in January 2007 to prevent the escape of wanted terrorists associated with Al Qaeda.^[1]

Commodore Williams turned over command of Task Force 150 to French Navy Rear Admiral Alain Hinden on 4 April 2007.^[2]

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.

Completing his appointment as Commander UK Task Group in 2008 he became Deputy Commandant of the UK Joint Services Command & Staff College, before being promoted to Rear Admiral in 2009 and taking up the appointment as Chief of Staff to NATO's Maritime Headquarters in Naples.

References

1. "Combined Task Force 150 Maintains Presence Off East Coast of Africa". United States Navy. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
2. U.S. Navy NewsStand