December 1st Weekly Update

SHIP LOGS & EXERCISES:

Ship & Group Locations Checked & Updated (November 25 to December 1)

ACTIVE EXERCISES:

CARAT 2012 (October to December) in WESTPAC

SHIP LOGS:

HMS Bulwark (LPD)

• (Nov 30) returns to UK (Royal Navy )

HMS Illustrious (CV)

• (Nov 27) at Gibraltar, Hellfire testing by 2 Apaches from 656 Squadron AAC (Royal Navy )
• (Nov 30) returns to UK (Royal Navy )

HMS Northumberland (FFG)

• (Nov 26) in Red Sea, replaces Sutherland, begins Anti-Piracy patrol (Royal Navy )

RFA Argus (Supply)

• (Nov 27) at Kingston, Jamaica delivering hurricane supplies (Royal Navy )

RFS Shaposhnikov TF

• (Nov 28 – Dec 2) at Mumbai, India (Rusnavy.com )

USS Carr (FFG-52)

• (Nov 30) Offloads $114.1 million of marijuana at Mayport, Operation Martillo deployment ends ...removed from log (US Navy )

USS Eisenhower CSG

• (Nov 29) in Red Sea

USS Stennis CSG

• (Nov 24) departs Bahrain after 4-day visit (US Navy )

USS Swift (HSV-2)

• (Nov 24) at Sekondi, Ghana conducting APS 2012 training (US Navy )

USS Vandegrift (FFG-48)

• (Nov 28) returns to San Diego from WESTPAC deployment ...removed from log (US Navy )

GROUND UNITS LOGS & EXERCISES:

US Ground units logs updated per DOD reports, up to (November 25 to December 1) (DOD News Releases )

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

ACTIVE EXERCISES:

• None Noted

UNIT LOGS:

US

• 10^th Mountain Division, 1^st Brigade – Deploying by Spring, 2013
• 101^st Airborne Division, HQ – Deploying by Spring, 2013
• 101^st Airborne Division, 4^th Brigade – Deploying by Spring, 2013

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

EGYPT

• (Dec 1) As protests continue against Pres. Mursi's expanded powers, and the pro-sharia constitutional ratification process continues, islamists demonstrate in Cairo in favor of Mursi's efforts, second civil uprising at risk of breaking out (Yahoo )

MALI

• (Nov 28) Islamist rebels Ansar Dine have pushed a secular Tuareg group NMLA out of Lere, and now controls the Mauritania and Niger borders (Yahoo )
• (Dec 1) France wants UN resolution on Mali action by December 20 (Yahoo )

MAPPING UPDATES

• None, Mapping file damaged