November 3rd Weekly Update

SHIP LOGS & EXERCISES:

Ship & Group Locations Checked & Updated (October 28 to November 3)

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

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

SHIP LOGS:

HMS Clyde (Patrol)

• (Nov 2) rescues injured yachtswoman off South George (Royal Navy )

HMS Dauntless (DDG)

• (Oct 30) returns to UK, deployment ENDS, removed from log (Royal Navy )

HMS Monmouth (FFG)

• (Oct 30) Visiting Souda Bay, Crete

HMS Sutherland (FFG)

• (Nov 2) visited Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Royal Navy )

HMS Trenchant (SSN)

• (Nov 1) visiting Diego Garcia for 6-days

INS Viraat (CV)

• (Nov 3) at Kochi for 3-month refit (The Hindu )

RFS Marshall Shaposhnikov (DDG)

• (Nov 2) departs Vladivostok for Indian Ocean anti-piracy patrol, plans to participate in SAREX with India at Mumbai, and make port calls at Thailand, S. Korea, Djibouti and Seychelles (Rusnavy.com )

RFS Marshall Ustinov (CG)

• (Oct 26) placing in Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center for overhaul, planning to refloat in May'13 (Rusnavy.com )

RFS Novocherkassk (LST)

• (Oct 29) departs Greece, continues Mediterranean deployment (Rusnavy.com )

RFS Smetlivy (DDG)

• (Nov 2) visiting Malta (Naval Today )

USS Bataan (LHD-5)

• (Nov 2) arrives at Mayport, FL for “Week of Valor” (US Navy )

USS Bonhomme Richard ARG

• (Oct 29) ARG visiting Hong Kong (US Navy )

USS Bremerton (SSN-698)

• (Oct 29) begins WESTPAC deployment (US Navy )

USS Carr (FFG-52)

• (Oct 25) Recovered 1,719 pounds of cocaine during Operation Martillo patrol in Caribbean (US Navy )

USS Enterprise CSG

• (Oct 30) Scheduled to return to US on November 4^th from final deployment (US Navy )
• (Oct 31) visiting Mayport, FL, off-loading equipment and helicopter squadron

USS Ft. McHenry (LSD-43)

• (Nov 1) departs Durres, Albania after 5-day visit (US Navy )

USS Gary (FFG-51)

• (Oct 28) visiting Golfito, Costa Rica (US Navy )

USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

• (Nov 1) conducting COMPTUEX

USS Peleliu ARG

• (Oct 30) arrives in 5^th Fleet AOR (US Navy )

USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15)

• (Oct 29) rescues fisherman off coast of Bahrain (US Navy )

USS Underwood (FFG-36)

• (Oct 26) depart Roatan, Honduras (US Navy )
• (Oct 30) returns to Mayport, FL from final deployment (US Navy ) ...removed from log

USS Washington CSG

• (Nov 1) in East China Sea
• (Nov 2) FFG Vandegrift commanding officer removed due to wardroom officers misconduct during visit to Vladivostok, Russia (US Navy )

USS Wasp (LHD-1) HURRICANE SANDY RESPONSE FLAGSHIP

• (Oct 29) Emergency sortie from Norfolk ahead of Hurricane Sandy, Response Sortie formed by DOD (DOD )
• (Nov 1) positioning 5-miles off Brooklyn, providing Hurricane Sandy assistance, on-load 26^th MEU (DOD )

GROUND UNITS LOGS & EXERCISES:

US Ground units logs updated per DOD reports, up to (October 28 to November 3) (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:

UK

• Royal Gurkha Rifles, 1^st Battalion – KIA @ Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand, Afghanistan (Oct 30) (MOD )

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

CHINA

• (Oct 31) PLAN patrol ships force Japanese Coast Guard ships to leave the disputed Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands (Rusnavy.com )

SOMALIA

• (Nov 2) Uganda threatens to pull it's 6,000 troops from Somalia if the UN accepts a report that they support rebels in North Kivu, Congo (Yahoo )

SYRIA

• (Oct 30) FSA assassinates top Syrian AF General (RIA Novosti )

MAPPING UPDATES

• Indian Ocean / WESTPAC
• Mediterranean