March 1st Weekly Update

SHIP LOGS & OPERATIONS Ship & Group Locations Checked & Updated (February 24 to March 2)

CHINA NONE FRANCE FS Chevalier Paul (Destroyer) (Feb 25) @ Indian Ocean, integrated into Stennis CSG air defense system (Jan 28 – Feb 19) (Defense Ministry ) FS Courbet (Frigate) (Feb 20) @ Djibouti, conduct air defense and boarding exercises (Defense Ministry ) RUSSIA BLACK SEA FLEET (Feb 26) Russia plans to support regular Mediterranean deployments beginning in 2015 (Rusnavy ) RFS Severomorsk TF (Feb 26) DDG Severomorsk @ Gulf of Aden, Anti-Piracy EX with ITS San Marco (Rusnavy ) UNITED KINGDOM HMS Argyll (Frigate) (Feb 26) @ Lisbon, Portugal (Royal Navy ) HMS Illustrious (Carrier) (Feb 26) @ Irish Sea, training helicopter squadrons 22 RAF & 848 NAS (Royal Navy ) HMS Northumberland (Frigate) (Feb 27) @ Abu Dhabi, UAE for International Defense Exhibition (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES USS Barry (DDG-52) (Feb 23 – Mar 8) @ Sicily, NATO Ex PROUD MANTA 2013 (US Navy ) USS BH Richard ARG-Forward (Feb 22) @ Gulf of Thailand, completes COBRA GOLD 2013 (US Navy ) USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) (Feb 27) @ S. China Sea (US Navy ) USS Freedom (LCS-1) (Feb 27) WESTPAC announces Freedom will deploy, Initial schedule set (US Navy ) REGIONAL / OTHER – NAVAL LOGS ITS San Marco (LHD) (Feb 26) @ Gulf of Aden, Anti-Piracy EX with RFS Severomorsk (Rusnavy )

GROUND UNITS, CONFLICTS & OPERATIONS LOGS US Ground units logs updated per DOD reports, up to (February 24 to March 2)(DOD News Releases ) France, UK, Russia, China Army logs updated per various news releases and open sources

AFRICA MALI (Feb 25) @ Tessalit, French AF airstrikes continue, Mali begin riverine patrols on Niger River (Defense Ministry ) (Feb 22) @ Gao, Rebels fire 3-BM21 rockets at city, later French army patrols discover 30-122mm rockets N. of Gao AMERICAS NONE ASIA / MIDDLE-EAST AFGHANISTAN (Feb 22) US 1st Marine Division, RCT-7 – KIA @ Helmand Province (DOD ) ISRAEL (Feb 25) Israel and USA complete successful test of Arrow-3 MDS (RIA Novosti ) SYRIA (Feb 28) US sends non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels (BBC ) EUROPE NONE

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