January 19th Weekly Update

SHIP LOGS & OPERATIONS:

Ship & Group Locations Checked & Updated (January 6 to 19)

SHIP LOGS:

HMS Edinburgh (DDG)

• (Jan 7) depart Simon's Town, S. Africa after 2-weeks of maintenance, heading back to Falklands Islands (Royal Navy )

HMS Monmouth (FFG)

• (Jan 16) Conduct joint training with HMS Atherstone in Persian Gulf (Royal Navy )
• (Jan 1) visited Bahrain, conducted Board and Search EX at training center (Royal Navy )

HMS Northumberland (FFG)

• (Jan 9) visited Dar es Salam, Tanzania (Royal Navy )

HMS St. Albans (FFG)

• (Jan 17) Assists floundering fishing boat off S. UK (Royal Navy )

RUSSIAN TASK FORCE TO SYRIA

• (Dec 27) LSTs N. Filchenkov and Azov pass Turkish Straits
• (Dec 24) LSTs N. Filchenkov and Azov depart Novocherkassk

USS BH Richard ARG-Forward

• (Jan 15) USS Germantown (LSD-42) Departs Japan for WESTPAC Spring Deployment (US Navy )
• (Jan 14) USS Tortuga (LSD-46) Departs Japan for WESTPAC Spring Deployment

USS Boxer (LHD-4)

• (Jan 11) Holds change of command ceremony while underway in Pacific (US Navy )

USS Bremerton (SSN-698)

• (Dec 29) arrives at Guam during WESTPAC deployment (US Navy )

USS Gary (FFG-51)

• (Jan 4) Seizes $22m of drugs and sinks boat during Op. Martillo patrol (US Navy )

USS G.H.W. Bush (CVN-77)

• (Jan 15) Ammo onload in Atlantic
• (Jan 7) depart Norfolk, in Atlantic conducting carrier qualifications

USS Gonzalez (DDG-66)

• (Jan 4) departs Norfolk for 5^th Fleet deployment (US Navy )

USS Nimitz CSG

• (Jan 14) DDG's Higgins, Stockdale and WP Lawrence deploy to CENTCOM (FOX-5 )
• (Jan 9) DDG Shoup Deploys to CENTCOM, Nimitz in port for maintenance, will join in a couple months (Herald )

USS Thach (FFG-43)

• (Jan 8) departs San Diego for 4^th Fleet deployment (US Navy )

USS Truman CSG

• (Jan 14) begins COMPTUEX in Atlantic, includes Canadian and German ships, ORBAT updated (US Navy )

GROUND UNITS LOGS & OPERATIONS:

US Ground units logs updated per DOD reports, up to (January 6 to 12) (DOD News Releases )

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

LOG UPDATES:

AFGHANISTAN

• (Jan 17) US / Kyrgyzstan continue talks to keep Transit Center open (RIA Novosti )
• (Jan 16) UK The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, 1^st Battalion – KIA @ Lashkar Gah District, Helmand Province (Jan 14 ambush)
• (Jan 16) UK Welsh Guards return to UK from 6-month patrol, Parade in Wales, UK (MOD )
• (Jan 16) US 2^nd Infantry Division, 4^th Stryker – KIA @ Panjwai District, Kandahar Province
• (Jan 10) US 3^rd Infantry Division, 1^st Brigade – KIA @ Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province

MALI

• (Jan 19) Mali army recaptures Diabaly
• (Jan 18) Activities...
• Banamba on alert, reinforced with 100-Malian troops as civilians report an Islamist convoy has left Diabaly for Banamba; FRANCE SOF close in on Diabaly (Yahoo )
• Mali captures Konna after 48-hr battle
• 2-5,000-Islamists fighters / irregulars (current estimate)
• Al Qaeda offers to exchange 2-US hostages for two jailed terrorists (Debka )
• 1-US Hostage found dead, 2-escape (NBC )
• (Jan 17) Algerian AF helicopters attack gas plant, 15-Islamists and 34-hostages killed; AU-reinforcements arrive
• 100-troops (Togo)
• Battalion 1 (Nigeria)
• (Jan 16) Activities...
• Mali begins reinforcing Banamba;
• Islamists attack Sahara gas plant in Algeria
• 100-French Marines w/ 18-vehicles hold Markala bridge
• (Jan 15) FRANCE plans to deploy 2,500 troops to Mali (FOX News )
• FRANCE deploys it's Ivory Coast garrison to Mali by truck convoy
• FRANCE orders the evacuation of French citizens from Segou
• (Jan 14) Islamists capture Diabaly, security forces escape to Dogofri
• (Jan 13) US military verified providing transportation and communications assistance
• (Jan 10) FRANCE begins operation to retake N. Mali from Islamist militant groups. (FOX News )
• French AF jets and attack helicopters based in Chad begin bombing Islamist facilities and formations N of Mopti, reports of French Helo being downed and pilot killed
• French AF bomb Islamist HQ in Gao
• 1,000-AU Troops arrive (Burkina Faso, Niger)
• UK offers Transport aircraft
• 400-French SOF secure Bamako from Islamist retaliation strikes
• (Jan 9) Islamists capture Konna, 30-miles N of governments LOC near Mopti, where Army forces are gathering

SOMALIA

• (Jan 19) US recognizes Somali government (Yahoo )
• (Jan 17) Somali Islamist group Al-Shabbab executes French hostage Allex after botched raid to free him last Thursday (FOX News )

MAPPING UPDATES

• Mapping file damaged, being recreated :(
• MALI Updated