April 2008 Activation was between 04-22 April 2008 with Turkey in command.

The April 2008 Activation of BLACKSEAFOR included serialized training program during sea transits and port visits to following ports: Batumi (Georgia), Novorossiysk (Russian Federation) and Sevastopol (Ukraine).

The focus of the April 2008 Activation was to further improve interoperability among naval forces, to review and experiment of the Sub-Concepts for Surface Search and Rescue (BSN-03), Peace Support Operations (BSN–08), CBRN Defense at Black Sea and Harbors (BSN-12), BSF Rules of Engagement (BSN-13) and BSF Seamanship Procedures Draft (BSN-14), to continue PC to PC communication system experimentations. Nevertheless, the scope of the training encompassed further exercising of the adopted BSN Sub Concepts in order to improve the level of training and interoperability within the force.

The BLACKSEAFOR April 2008 Activation lasted for 19 days, of which 6 days was scheduled training at sea and 13 days in port.

APRIL 2008 ACTIVATION (04-22 APRIL 2008)

Commanding Navy	:	Turkish Navy
OPBLACKSEAFOR	:	Radm. (Lh) Mücahit ŞİŞLİOĞLU (Turkey)
COMBLACKSEAFOR	:	Capt. Levent GÖRGEÇ (Turkey)
Participating Units	:

Nation	Ship	Type
Bulgaria	BGS SMELI	Frigate
Georgia	-	-
Romania	ROS HORIA MACELLARIU	Corvette
Russian Federation	RFS TSEZAR KUNIKOV	Amphibious
Turkey	TCG TURGUTREIS	Frigate
Ukraine	UPS TERNOPIL	Corvette