November 10th Weekly Update

SHIP LOGS & EXERCISES:

Ship & Group Locations Checked & Updated (November 4 to November 10)

ACTIVE EXERCISES:

COUGAR 2012 (October to November) @ Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas

INDIAEX 2012 (October 19 to November 13) @ Mumbai, India

CARAT 2012 (October to December) in WESTPAC

• (Nov 8) Brunei Phase underway

CUTLASS EXPRESS 2012 (November 1 to 8) Joint anti-piracy EX off East Africa

IONIEX-2012 (November 5 to 10) Joint Russian-Italian Naval EX in Mediterranean

• (Nov 9) Sea Phase begins (Rusnavy.com )

MAVI BALINA 2012 (November 5 to 10?) Trilateral training exercise in eastern Mediterranean with Turkey, Pakistan and US Navy

• (Nov 5) Exercise begins (US Navy )

SHIP LOGS:

FS Floreal (FFG)

• (Nov 3) as of (Oct 26) has participated in European piracy patrol in Indian Ocean (Defense Minitry )

FS Siroco (LST)

• (Nov 9) on (Oct 17-22) and (Oct 27 – Nov 2) visited Port-Gentil, Gabon to participate in amphibious operations course (Defense Ministry )

HMS Diamond (DDG)

• (Nov 9) Escorts IKECSG in Arabian Sea (Royal Navy )

HMS Dragon (DDG)

• (Nov 9) visiting Fowey, UK for 3-days, currently undertaking OST training, preparing for new years deployment (Royal Navy )

HMS Queen Elizabeth (CV)

• (Nov 5) Aft section being towed down the Clyde, beginning 600-mile trip to Rosyth for attaching (Royal Navy )

RFA Argus (Support)

• (Nov 9) visited St. Vincent, celebrated 33years of independence (Royal Navy )

RFS Moskva (CG)

• (Nov 9) The Black Sea Fleet will be sending a task force to the Gulf of Aden led by the Moskva, and including units currently in Mediterranean (Rusnavy.com )

USS Bataan (LHD-5)

• (Nov 8) Sec of Navy Mabus visits ship during reception for UF Gators vs. Georgetown Hoyas game

USS Bonhomme Richard ARG

• (Nov 5) off-loading 31^st MEU equipment at Okinawa

USS Boise (SSN-764)

• (Nov 8) returns from EUCOM deployment (US Navy )

USS Carr (FFG-52)

• (Nov 7) assists Panamanian fishing vessel in East Pacific (US Navy )

USS Enterprise CSG

• (Nov 4) Returns to Norfolk, Deployment ENDS

USS Iwo Jima ARG

• (Nov 9) in Mediterranean

USS Jacksonville (SSN-699)

• (Nov 5) Departs Pearl Harbor for 6-month deployment to WESTPAC (US Navy )

USS Mustin (DDG-89)

• (Nov 9) added to Washington CSG in Philippine Sea

USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

• (Nov 8) in Pacific participating in JTFEX

USS T. Roosevelt (CVN-71)

• (Nov 5) Fast Cruise completed with full complement (US Navy )
• (Nov 6) Wardroom-3 reopened for first time in 3-years (US Navy )

USS Washington CSG

• (Nov 5) CSG in Philippine Sea

USS Wasp (LHD-1) HURRICANE SANDY RESPONSE FLAGSHIP

• (Nov 4) Task Force arrives off NY and NJ, begin damage assessments and ferrying supplies (US Navy )
• (Nov 5) DOD Task Force Update (DOD )
• (Nov 6) DOD Task Force Update (DOD )
• (Nov 7) DOD Task Force Update (DOD ), USS San Antonio and Carter Hall repositioned due to storm, Wasp remains at anchor at Breezy Point, NY
• (Nov 8) DOD Task Force Update (DOD )
• (Nov 9) DOD Task Force Update (DOD ), 26^th MEU relocating generators via helicopter

GROUND UNITS LOGS & EXERCISES:

US Ground units logs updated per DOD reports, up to (November 4 to 10) (DOD News Releases )

France, UK, Russia, China Army logs updated per various news releases and open sources

ACTIVE EXERCISES:

AUSTERE CHALLENGE EXERCISE (October 21 – November 11) in Israel

• (Oct 21) EX Begins (RIA Novosti )

UNIT LOGS:

US

• 2^nd Infantry Division, 3^rd Stryker Brigade – KIA @ Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

NEWS that makes me go Hmmmm......

IRAN

• (Nov 9) Iranian SU-25 fighters intercepted US Predator drone 16nm off Iranian coast, fire on but miss, and follow before returning to Iranian airspace, Washington lodges protest (Yahoo )

LIBYA

• (Nov 7) Rival militias battle in Tripoli, and a car bomb is detonated at police station in Benghazi (Yahoo )

MALI

• (Nov 9) Burkina Faso Foreign Affairs Minister says war in Mali inevitable, and ECOWAS must act (Yahoo ); News battle plan being submitted to UNSC includes Mali troops supported by foreign air power to drive Islamists from N. Mali (Yahoo )

SOMALIA

• (Nov 9) Somali Al-Shabaab Islamist rebels escape to N. Somali autonomous region Puntland, camp in mountains west of Bossaso, an area known for rough terrain (Yahoo )

SYRIA

• (Nov 4) 5,000 Lebanese Hizballah fighters, including heavy artillery and Chinese WS-1 Katyusha mobile rocket launcher systems (302mm) join fight against FSA rebels at Homs, Syria, and is being used to seal off rebel supply routes through the Lebanese border
• (Nov 5) IDF Golani Brigade Patrol commander jeep shot up while on patrol along the Syrian border by long-distance small arms fire. IDF and IAF on high alert. Syrian rebels capture Syrian border town of Quneitra
• (Nov 6) Israel warns Syria to desist from violating the Golan or Israeli border areas. Any further violations will be opposed (Debka )
• (Nov 9) 8,000 Syrian refugees flee fighting, cross into Turkey, in last 24 hours; Rebels capture Ras al-Ain along Turkish border (Yahoo )
• (Nov 10) Israel fires warning shots into Syria after mortar shells hit Israeli occupied Golan (Yahoo )

MAPPING UPDATES

• Atlantic
• Indian Ocean / WESTPAC
• Mediterranean
• Somalia
• Syria