April 28th Updates

SHIP LOCATIONS:

• Ship & Group Locations Checked / Updated (4/26, 27, 28)
• JOINT WARRIOR: Last day (4/26)

SHIP LOGS:

April 17

• USS Nitze (DDG-94): reportedly in Red Sea near Suez Canal (Enterprise CSG)

April 18

• FS Courbet (FFG): completes “Rais Hamidou” Exercise with Algerian corvette (type Nanuschka 2) in Mediterranean

April 19

• USS JE Williams (DDG-95): visits NSA in Bahrain, Mina Salmon Pier (Enterprise CSG) (...CSG appears distributed, not in battle formation, only 1-2 escorts at best for CVN, anticipate no important actions versus Iran in near term)

April 20

• USS Elrod (FFG-55): drug siezure in Caribbean

April 22

• USS Pittsburg (SSN-720): currently patrolling Arabian Sea

April 23

• USS Eisenhower (CVN-69): underway for COMPTUEX

April 24

• FS Tonnerre (LHD): @ Dakar, Senegal, delivers fire fighting equipment (...currently on West African deployment)

April 25

• USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44): Visits Durres, Albania; 6^th Fleet Commander meets Albanian leaders on board (Iwo Jima ARG)
• USS New York (LPD-21): Visits La Spezia, Italy; Celebrates Italy's Liberation Day (Iwo Jima ARG)
• USS Simpson (FFG-56): visits Dakar, Senegal
• USS Winston Churchill (DDG-81): added to Eisenhower CSG, currently underway for COMPTUEX (...CSG composition is heavy, 1-CG, 4-DDG, 2-FFG)

April 26

• USS Simpson (FFG-56): Begin SAHARAN EXPRESS 2012 EX

May 1

• USNS Mercy (T-AH-19): Begins “Pacific Partnership 2012” deployment, 4-months, will visit Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia; Japanese LST-4001 Oosumi will assist

GROUND UNITS:

• Ground units locations updated per DOD reports (April 25)
• JOINT WARRIOR: Last day (4/26)
• 3^rd Special Forces Group, 4^th Battalion: confirmed in Afghanistan
• USAF 302 Fighter Squadron transferred to UAE (F-22), joins current 104 Fighter Wing (F-15) in theater (...F-22's would be handy in a fight versus Iran, but because Enterprise CSG is distributed, expect nothing in near term)

April 25th Updates

SHIP LOCATIONS:

• Ship & Group Locations Checked / Updated (4/25)
• BLACKSEAFOREX: Last day (4/24)
• JOINT WARRIOR: Last day (4/26)

SHIP LOGS:

April 23

• USS Underwood (FFG-36): underway for COMPTUEX, preparing for SOUTHCOM deployment

April 24

• USS Independence (LCS-2): visit @ Manzanillo, Mexico



• USS Russell (DDG-59): returns from WESTPAC / CENTCOM deployment

April 25

• FS Guepratte (FFG): Begins Anti-Pirate Patrol “Op Atalante”, relieves FS Aconit



• FS Tonnerre (LHD): visits Cape Verde April 18 to 21, began Corymbe West Africa patrol April 7, relieves FS Siroco (LSD)
• HMS Dauntless (DDG): visited Lisbon, Portugal; End Date for South Atlantic deployment changed to November
• USS Comstock (LSD-45): verify part of USS Peleliu ARG, participated in 12-nautical mile test of 15^th MEU AAV's on (3/27)
• USS Enterprise (CVN-65): Visit @ Jebel Ali, UAE
• USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7): enters Mediterranean
• USS Wasp (LHD-1): Visit @ Port Everglades, FL for FLEET WEEK



GROUND UNITS:

• Ground units locations updated per DOD reports (April 25)
• JOINT WARRIOR: Last day (4/26)

NOTEWORTHY NEWS:

April 24

• RUSSIA: Lease agreement with Kyrgystan signed, and is negotiating agreement to keep Russian troops in Tajikistan (Ria Novosti)
• RUSSIA: Russia reiterates that it may deploy Iskander Ballistic Missiles in Kaliningrad if it feels NATO's ABM system jeopardizes Russia (Ria Novosti)

April 25

• CHAD: French army units (3^rd Marine Infantry Regiment; 6^th Engineer Regiment) participate in Operation Korizo on March 19 to April 15 with Chadian Army and National Guard units (French Defense News)

SHIP LOCATIONS:

• Ship & Group Locations Checked / Updated

SHIP LOGS:
April 22

• USS Michigan (SSGN-727): Port visit @ HMAS Stirling, Australia ...currently on WESTPAC deployment

April 23

• USS Essex (LHD-2): @ Sasebo, Japan; Hull Swap Ceremony with USS BH Richard
• USS Vinson (CVN-70): @ Freemantle, Australia for two days; celebrating ANZAC Day ...returning home



GROUND UNITS:

• Ground units locations updated per DOD reports (April 23)

NOTEWORTHY NEWS:

April 23

• AFGHANISTAN: The US commits to defending Afghanistan for ten years after turning all security over to Kabul (...maybe a rapid reaction force? ...like in Kuwait? ...5-15,000?)

SHIP LOCATIONS:

• Ship & Group Locations Checked / Updated
• BALIKITAN verified started (4/16), runs for 2-weeks
• Russian / PLAAN naval JTF exercises start today, PLAAN carrier possibly participating (MSNBC)

SHIP LOGS:

April 18

• Brazilian frigate BNS Independzencia (F-44) arrives at Norfolk, joining CSG-8 with Spanish FFG, for COMPTUEX (...ETA deployment changed to June / July'12)

April 20

• USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19): in Philippine Sea enroute to Da Nang, Vietnam
• USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7): @ Rota, Spain
• USS Makin Island (LHD-8): @ Aqaba, Jordan
• USS Nimitz (CVN-68): @ San Diego

April 21

• RS VARYAG (CG): arrives in China w/ 3-DDG for wargames (Ria Novosti)

GROUND UNITS:

• Ground units locations updated per DOD reports (4/20)

NOTEWORTHY NEWS:

April 20

• SUDAN: S. Sudan says it's forces have pulled out of Heglig and returned to S. Sudanese territory

April 22

• KOSOVO: Germany and Austria will deploy 700 additional troops to Kosovo on May 1^st ahead of next months contentious elections in Serbia on may 6^th (Yahoo / AP Site)
• SYRIA: UN authorizes up to 300 unarmed military observers be deployed to Syria to monitor truce for 3-months (Yahoo / Reuters site)

SHIP LOCATIONS:

• Ship & Group Locations Checked / Updated

SHIP LOGS:

April 16

• USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7): US Ambassador to Morocco, along with senior Moroccan army officials and commander of US Africa Command, visit 24^th MEU onboard the Iwo Jima

April 19

• USS Columbus (SSN-762): Port visit @ Yokosuka, Japan (...currently on WESTPAC deployment)

April 23

• USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19): port visit scheduled in Da Nang, Vietnam with escorts USS Chafee (DDG) and Safeguard (Salvage) for 1-week visit

GROUND UNITS:

• Ground units locations updated per DOD reports (4/18)
• 4^th Stryker BCT, 2^nd Infantry Division has been slated to deploy to Afghanistan in Fall, 2012 (...replacing 3^rd Stryker BCT, 2^nd Infantry Division)
• JOINT ANTI-TERROR EXERCISE with Russian Air Assault troops and the US Army will take place at Ft. Carson, CO (May 21-31)

NOTEWORTHY NEWS:
April 14

• AFGHANISTAN: France turns over Camp Nijrab to the Afghan Army

April 18

• US Navy test fires a Raytheon Griffin-B guided missile from a RAM launcher, was guided via GPS and Laser, and struck a static target 3km down range

April 19

• INDIA: successfully tests Agni-V Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
• SUDAN: President Bashir of Sudan threatens to teach S. Sudan a “...final lesson by force” and overthrow their government, meanwhile each country claims to be in the midst of a successful offensive versus the other. Sudan claims it's army is in Heglig and is on the verge of freeing it from S. Sudan, and S. Sudan, along with their Darfur J.E.M. allies, claim to be encircling the main Sudanese army base at al-Kharsana, in Kordofan, Sudan. Sudan used it's An-24 transports as bombers, striking a UN refugee camp in S. Sudan. S. Sudan was able to shoot down a Sudanese MIG-29 with it's new air defense systems.
• USS Chicago (SSN) forward deploys to Navy Base Guam, replacing USS Houston (SSN)

SHIP LOCATIONS:

• Ship & Group Locations Checked / Updated
• AFRICAN LION ends today
• CITADEL GALE ends today

SHIP LOGS:

April 14

• USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98): participating in JOINT WARRIOR (Commander, DESRON 26)
• USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO-195): participating in JOINT WARRIOR
• SNS Reina Sophia (FFG): Captures 16-pirates in Arabian Sea, return them to Somalia (...R.Sophia is part of the EU “Op. Atalante' anti-pirate patrol)

April 16

• FS Nivose (FFG): Joins Anti-Pirate patrol in Indian Ocean

April 15

• FS Marne (Supply): Begin escort of MV Sunrise V, sponsored by UN World Food Program, in eastern Indian Ocean

April 18

• HMS Protector (Survey): visited Rothera research base in Antarctica
• SNS Blaz De Lezo (F-103): verified training as part of USS Eisenhower CSG
• USS Essex (LHD-2): @ Sasebo, Japan. Preparing for hull swap with USS BH Richard
• USS Wasp (LHD-1): arrives at New Orleans for FLEET WEEK

GROUND UNITS:

• Ground units locations updated per DOD reports (4/18)
• FRANCE deploys 3-Mirage 200D fighters to Chad from the 133 Nancy-Ochey AB, flying non-stop with mid-air refueling (...currently France has 4-Mirage F1s in theater. Please note, since fighting has broke out in southern Sudan, the Darfur rebels have become rather bold and begun staging raids in Sudan ...and the Darfur rebels main bases of operation are in Chad ...and the main threats to french nationals and the Chad government are pro-Ghaddafi rebels in the north (as if they still exist) and Sudan)

NOTEWORTHY NEWS:

April 16

• UK: Prime Minister changes airwing plan for new carrier, switching from conventional naval version (F-35C) to the jump jet version (F-35B), due to cost overruns for the C-version, as well as the added cost for outfitting the Queen Elizabeth with catapults and landing arresters.

April 17

• RUSSIA: Poland and the Baltic states voiced concerns over Russia's plan to install S-400 ADA missiles and ABM radars in eastern Europe, as well as the earlier announcement to base Iskander short range ballistic missiles in Kaliningrad.

April 18

• INDIA: India delays test launch of new ballistic missile Agni-V due to weather, which is capable of reaching Beijing or Europe. NATO says it doesn't consider India a threat.
• RUSSIA: Russia continues delivery of Tor-M2 air defense systems to Belarus.
• SUDAN: Sudanese army repulses a S. Sudan push near Mairem, in an effort to weaken Sudan's attempt to recapture Heglig.

SHIP LOCATIONS:

• Ship & Group Locations Checked / Updated

SHIP LOGS:

April 13

• USS GHW Bush (USS-77): @ Norfolk, All Hands Call meeting, CNO visits ship, Plan to continue cert training in April – May, then begin maintenance period this Summer
• USS Simpson (FFG-56): in Atlantic off Africa, Damage Control Training (...currently deployed to APS)

April 15

• USS independence (LCS-2): Transitting Panama Canal, transferring to San Diego, CA

April 16

• HMS Westminster (FFG): Major drug bust in Indian Ocean
• USS Mitscher (DDG-57): in Atlantic, Heading to New Orleans with FS Germinal (FFG) for Fleet Week
• USS Nimitz (CVN-68): in Pacific, heading to San Diego to begin training (...if it's deploying, then estimate October Deployment)

GROUND UNITS:

• US Army / US Marine Unit KIAs updated by DOD Reports up to (4/16/2012)
• RUSSIA / BELARUS AIR ASSAULT DRILLS added to grid (April 17 - 19)
• RUSSIA STRATEGIC BOMBING EXERCISE added to grid (April 16 - 20), involves aerial bombing and cruise missile firings at the Litova test range by 40-bombers, near Japan's maritime border.
• US 75^th Ranger Regiment verifed in Logar Province, Afghanistan

NOTEWORTHY NEWS:
April 16

• AFGHANISTAN: Taliban insurgents begin spring offensive (...NATO / Afghan offensive began April 14^th).
• RUSSIA: Russia's Caspian Sea Fleet acquires new stealth gunboat able to engage enemy vessels or clear beachheads for amphibious landings (equiped with 1-A-190 artillery system; 2-AK-306 30mm miniguns; 1-Grad-M 40-tube 122mm MLRS)

April 17

• IRAN: Defense Minister announed progress in development and production of indigenous version of Russia's S-300 ADA system
• RUSSIA: Moscow says they won't cave in to western or domestic pressure to quit it's peacekeeping mission in Transdnestr, Moldova (180^th Motor Rifle Division). Russia might also be deploying a Voronezh missile defense radar in Transdnestr to counter the west's missile defense system. (...I wonder if they'll deploy an S-400 system there too, like they're deploying to Kaliningrad and possibly to their Crimean bases?)
• SUDAN: Sudan says it's willing to risk a full blown war with S. Sudan in order to recapture the Heglig oil fields. S. Sudan militia seen massing on border.

SHIP LOGS:

April 11

• HDMS Absalon (FFG): Danish FFG rescues 12-hostages from Somali Pirates (...part of NATO SNMG-2 patrol group)

April 12

• USS Eisenhower (CVN-69): @ Norfolk, Boots-on-the Deck visit by cmd of Naval Air Service and Naval Air Forces, and deputy undersecretary of the Navy

April 13

• FS Cassard (DDG): escorts USS Enterprise CSG through Hormuz?

April 14

• RS Varyag (CG): leaves Vladivostok w/ 3-DDG, support ships, aircraft, helo and naval infantry for China, prep for JTF EX in Yellow Sea

April 20

• HMS Dragon (DDG) being commissioned

GROUND UNITS:

• US Army / US Marine Unit KIAs updated by DOD Reports up to (4/12/2012)
• UK 12 Mechanized brigade rotates in for six months, replaces UK 20 Armored Brigade. Supported by UK 19 Light Brigade and 102 Logistic.

NOTEWORTHY NEWS:
April 12

• SOMALIA: Kenya and Ethiopia in talks, forming a joint operation to capture Kismayo, Somalia from islamic rebels.

April 13

• VENEZUELA: indications of a future civil war increase. Chavez is likely dying of cancer, and his popularity among the working classes is failing because the economy has been trashed. He is likely to loose the next election. However, Senior aids and the head of the armed forces say they'll only recognize Chavez as president, and political officials say they'll arm his supporters to keep the revolution going, even without him.

April 14

• RUSSIA: decides to shift $20 billion from conventional forces into space / missile forces. Russia considers their strategic space and nuclear assets to be their primary defense ...their attempts to maintain a large well equiped conventional force isn't going so well.

April 15

• N. Korea: just days after the failure of it rocket to achieve orbit, Kim Jong-un stages military parade and speech calling for the “final victory”.
• SYRIA: Syrian army resumes shelling Homs, UN observer team being assembled

SHIP LOCATIONS:

• Ship & Group Locations Checked / Updated
• CITADEL PACIFIC expanded to include CITADEL SHIELD and Exercise SOLID CURTAIN (...currently ACTIVE)
• MALABAR 2012 currently active, no mention of INS Viraat (CV), removed from schedule, only Indian destroyers and frigates participating
• AFRICAN LION 2012 added to grid, USS Iwo Jima ARG participating

SHIP LOGS:

March 3

• FS Vendemiaire (FFG): visits China; Chinese officers visit ship to observe operations; PASSEX(?) with PLAAN Luoyang; observe Hong Kong police marine secruity team exercise boarding a suspect vessel; Fire training with Hong Kong fire service department

March 23

• FS Dixmunde (LHA): Joins Anti-Pirate patrol in Indian Ocean

April 7

• USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7): @ Agadir, Morocco, participating in AFRICAN LION EX (...an MV-22 Osprey crashes during EX, 2-killed, 2-injured)

April 10

• USS Chafee (DDG-90): PASSEX w/ Japanese navy DDG's in S. China Sea (...Chafee is part of the BHR/Essex-ARG)
• USS Simpson (FFG-56): port call @ Cape Verde, SECNAV visits ship (...Simpson is on EUCOM-APS Deployment)

April 11

• USS Cape St. George (CG-71): Gunnery EX in Arabian Sea (...St. George is part of the Lincoln CSG)
• USS Wasp (LHD-1): in Atlantic, en-route to FLEET WEEK events in Port Everglades, FL and New Orleans, LA (...oooooo can I go?)

April 12

• USS Connecticut (SSN-22): Returns to Bremerton, WA from 4-month WESTPAC deployment (...removed from schedule)

April 13

• RS Smetlivy (DDG): actively patrolling Syrian coast, may be replaced in May

GROUND UNITS:

• US Army / US Marine Unit KIAs updated by DOD Reports up to (4/12/2012)

NOTEWORTHY NEWS:
April 12^th

• AFGHANISTAN: French forces transferred control of FOB Surobi to Afghan national forces (...France is in the process of rapidly transitioning all their outlying FOBs to Afghan control, with the intent of leaving Afghanistan in the near term)

April 13

• GUINEA-BISSAU: Army stages coup, interim president and former PM arrested (...second West African coup in a month)

SHIP LOCATIONS:

• CITADEL GALE 2012 Added to Naval Exercises grid
• JOINT WARRIOR updated
• Ship & Group Locations Checked / Updated

SHIP LOGS:

March 23^rd

• FS Dixmude (LHD): in Red Sea, cross deck visit with Sudanese patrol ship Yunbou

March 31^st

• FS Dixmude (LHD): Delivers humanitarian supplies @ Djibouti

April 7^th

• FS Aconit (FFG): Engages group of pirates 600km off Somalia
• FS Marne (Supply): Joins EU Piracy Patrol as FLAGSHIP

April 10^th

• USS Helena (SSN-725): Returns to Norfolk from SOUTHCOM deployment (...was replaced by USS Hartford)

April 11^th

• USS Porter (DDG-78): Arrives @ Gulf of Aden; Joins CTF-151; Begins anti-piracy patrol
• HMS Daring (Type-45 DDG): Attended DIMDEX @ Oman (...is halfway through 7-month deployment)

GROUND UNITS:

• US Army / US Marine Unit KIAs updated by DOD Reports up to (4/10/2012)
• JOINT WARRIOR added to grid

NOTEWORTHY NEWS:

April 7^th

• PAYVAND IRAN NEWS: IRGC says USS Enterprise needs permission to enter Persian Gulf (...well, this could be interesting)

April 10^th

• GLOBAL POST: Philippine warship in standoff with Chinese surveilance ships in S. China Sea ...Philippines attempting to arrest Chinese fishermen operating in Philippine claimed waters.
• KITSAP SUN: USS Seawolf (SSN) returns to sea after 31-month layover at Puget Sound for maintenance & modernization.
• RIA NOVOSTI: Georgia completes first test flight of domestically produced UAV ...and S. Ossetia threatens to shoot it down. Georgia cancelled the cooperation agreement with Israel after the Russia-Georgia war in 2008 , and began a domestic UAV R&D program (...after it became known that Israel helped Russia hack the Georgian drones during the conflict).

April 11^th

• AERO NEWS NETWORK: USAF Strategic Command conducted long range strike exercise on April 4^th in Alaska. Primary participants were 477^th Fighter Group, 3^rd Wing and 673^rd Air Base Wing from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska [F-22's] and [E-3's]. [F-16's] from Misawa, Japan, [B-1's] from Ellsworth AFB, and [KC-135's] from Eielson AFB supported exercise. Eielson AFB also provided aggressor [F-16's].
• RIA NOVOSTI: Iran halts oil delivery's to Germany.

April 12^th

• BETA: SERBIAN Ministry for Kosovo says any “special ops” in N. Kosovo against serbian rebels by Kososvo police will be dangerous, urges dialogue.
• REUTERS: Mali interim leader, sworn in by Supreme Court as part of deal from March 22^nd coup by military, promises to hold elections and oppose Tuareg Rebellion
• REUTERS: SYRIAN cease fire begins (...Syrian Army appears to be behaving).
• REUTERS: SUDAN vows to repeal S. Sudan Army from Heglig oilfield on border. S. Sudan says they seized it last Tuesday, and will hold it until cross border attacks and threats by Sudan end. The US and EU officials fear an escalation of the continuously simmering conflict between the two old foes.

SHIP LOCATIONS Updates:

• Ship & Group Locations Checked / Updated

SHIP LOGS Updates:

• April 4^th
• USS Simpson (FFG-56): conducts Mass Casualty EX (...currently deployed to Africa Patrol.)
• April 5^th
• USS Hartford (SSN-768): begins scheduled “underway period” (...deploying?)
• April 8^th
• USS George Washington (CVN-73): @ Japan, preparing to return to sea (...will be deploying soon? ETA Underway in May, 2012)
• RS Smetlivy (Anti-Sub DDG) leaves Tartus, Syria, begins ops off Syria
• April 9^th
• USS BH Richard (LHD-6): @ Sasebo, Japan; Relieving USS Essex (...transferring Homeport to Japan
• April 10^th
• USS Stennis (CVN-74): @ San Diego (...beginning training? If so, then ETA Deployment in October, 2012.)
• USS Peleliu (LHA-5): @ sea (...training for deployment? If so, then ETA Deployment in August, 2012.)
• USS Essex (LHD-2): @ Sasebo, Japan (...will be returning to US? If so, then ETA @ San Diego in late May or June, 2012)
• HMS Queen Elizabeth (CV): Segmental Blocks under construction, aft blocks being joined; (...Trials in 2016-18? Argentina has 4-years to seize Falklands again!)
• HMS Defender (Type-45 DDG): 2^nd Sea Trials in final week; deliver to Royal Navy in July'12; Operational in 2013
• HMS Duncan (Type-45 DDG): Fitting @ Scotstoun, UK; 1^st Sea Trials begin Fall, 2012.

GROUND UNITS Updates:

• US Army / US Marine Unit KIAs updated by DOD Reports up to (4/9/2012), verify units in the field

NOTEWORTHY NEWS:

• April 5^th
• SPX
• USAF B-2 bomber completes 18.5 hour North Pole test flight to validate new navigation avionicsApril 9^th
• Debka
• US Navy & GCC Air Power exercise began April 8^th to April 15^th opposite Iran
• Ria Novosti
• Russia deploying S-400 Air Defense Battalion to Baltic Fleet Navy Base in Kaliningrad
• ABM Capable, 400km range, 30km ceiling
• April 10^th
• Reuters
• MALI: Civilians protest rebellion in N. Mali by islamist Taureg rebels, request foreign assistance
• Ria Novosti
• Russia agrees that NK violating UN if it launches satelite
• Russia testing new thermobaric rocket for it's TOS-1 Buratino & TOS-1A Soltsepek MLRS systems
• 90kg warhead, 6km range; TOS-1 carries 30 rockets; TOS-1A carries 24 rockets

SHIP LOCATIONS Updates:

• (April) - CITADEL PACIFIC 2012, US Navy Base Security EX
• BALIKITAN 2012, US Navy / Phil Navy EX, undetermined date
• Locations updated

SHIP LOGS Updates:

• (4/4) – USS Makin Island (LHD-8), Arabian Sea, Insertion exercises
• (4/4) – USS Momsen (DDG-92) @ UAE (USS Lincoln CSG)
• (4/4) – HMS Dauntless (D33) Deploys to S. Pacific Patrol
• (4/4) – HMS York (DDG), Gunnery EX off Cape Wrath, Scotland
• (4/4) – FS Ch. Paul & Forbin (DDG) test ASM interception @ Island of Levant, (De Gaulle CSG)
• (4/5) – USS Swift (HSV-2) @ Croatia, kids tour ship
• (4/5) – USS Louisville (SSN-724) @ Malaysia
• (4/5) – USS Essex (LHD-2) leaves Okinawa for Sasebo, relieved by USS BH Richard, transfer LPD/LSD to BHR
• (4/5) – RNS Smetlivy (DDG) Deployed to Mediterranean, dock @ Syria, conduct patrols and EX in E. Mediterranean
• (4/6) – USS Elrod (FFG-55) in caribbean, intercepts drug boat in late March
• (4/6) – FS Dixmunde (LHD) @ Djibouti, Amphibious EX
• (4/6) – INS Vikramaditya (CV) to begin Sea Trials in White / Barents Seas in May, Deadline to deliver to India is December, 2012
• (4/6) – RNS Admiral Tributs (DDG) @ Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 6-days, returning from Indian Ocean pirate patrol
• (4/9 - 4/16) – USS Vinson (CVN-70), MALABAR 2012 with Indian Navy
• (4/9 - 4/16) – INS Virat (CV), MALABAR 2012 (Attendance needs to be verified)

GROUND UNITS Updates:

• US Army / Marine Unit KIAs updated by DOD Reports up to (4/6)

Capital Ships Locations updated, Hyperlinks added to MALABAR Exercise. Capital Ships Schedules and Logs page applied and updated

Hi, Welcome to Geo-Strat.

This is a site in construction. Updating is ongoing as I figure this out.

The purpose of the site is to present various types of Military data on capital units from the major world powers. I'd like to develop this into a continuously updated multi-page site presenting my current unit tracking info ...but let's see what happens. I've been frustrated by several HTML editors, so please be patient.

Info acquired via public sources, ORBAT & Composition updating is on-going

Some dating is approximate, but kept as up-to-date as possible

Some Army dating is per casualty reports, some per Deployment orders, out of date units are removed if timelines not known

Info primarily restricted to major world powers, but some regional powers included where noted