February 23 Weekly Update

SHIP LOGS & OPERATIONS Ship & Group Locations Checked & Updated (February 17 to February 23)

CHINA NONE FRANCE NONE RUSSIA BLACK SEA FLEET (Feb 23) Russia announces plans to re-arm the Fleet once negotiations are concluded with Ukraine (RIA Novosti ) RUSSIAN TASK FORCE TO SYRIA (Feb 18) Task Force Assault ships sent to Syria for possible evacuation of Russian citizens ...ORBAT updated (Rusnavy ) RFS Severomorsk TF (Feb 21) @ Gulf of Aden, participating in NATO Anti-Piracy EX with Italy (Rusnavy ) UNITED KINGDOM HMS Argyll (Frigate) (Feb 18) @ Atlantic, begins Atlantic patrol (Royal Navy ) HMS Bulwark (LPD) (Feb 18) @ Atlantic, begin 5-week FOST training (Royal Navy ) HMS Dauntless (Destroyer) (Feb 22-26) @ Newcastle, UK HMS Illustrious (Carrier) (Feb 18) @ Atlantic, leaves Liverpool, resume training (Royal Navy ) HMS Northumberland (Frigate) (Feb 20) @ Bahrain (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES USS BH Richard ARG-Forward (Feb 17) @ Gulf of Thailand, Non-Combatant Evacuation EX (US Navy ) (Feb 14) @ Gulf of Thailand, Amphibious Assault EX (US Navy ) USS Eisenhower CSG (Feb 21) @ Atlantic, Deploys to EUCOM / CENTCOM (Daily Press ) USS Freedom (LCS-1) (Feb 21) @ Fort Meade, MD, LCS Council declares Freedom will deploy March 1, and be forward deployed to Singapore (US Navy ) USS Kearsarge ARG (Feb 17) @ Atlantic, complete COMPTUEX (US Navy ) USS Nimitz CSG (Escorts) (Feb 20) @ Andaman Sea USS Vinson (CVN-70) (Feb 17-18) @ Pacific, On-loading weapons (US Navy ) USS Wasp (LHD-1) REGIONAL / OTHER – NAVAL LOGS NONE

GROUND UNITS, CONFLICTS & OPERATIONS LOGS US Ground units logs updated per DOD reports, up to (February 17 to February 23)(DOD News Releases ) France, UK, Russia, China Army logs updated per various news releases and open sources

AFRICA MALI (Feb 21) @ Kidal, Islamist carbomb strikes airport fuel depot, 1-killed; @ Gao, Islamists stage several ambushes, 15-rebels killed (Defense Ministry ) (Feb 20) @ Adrar, French troops and Tiger attack helos pursue rebels, kill 12 (Feb 19) @ Adrar, Islamists ambush French para-commandos, artillery counter-fire and airstrike eliminate 2-MG nests and 20-rebels AMERICAS USA – AFRICOM (Feb 22) US announces 100-300 troops and 2-Raptor UAV will deploy to Niger in support of French operations in Mali (RIA Novosti ) ASIA / MIDDLE-EAST SYRIA (Feb 19) Syrian Army pulls units from Golan border to Damascus, abandons border to Islamist rebel units EUROPE NONE

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