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)