March 23 Weekly Update

 

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

CHINA SOUTH SEA FLEET (Mar 19) S. Sea Fleet conducting Exercises in S. China Sea, Ships include LPD – Jinggangshan, DDG – Lanzhou, FFG – Hengshui, FFG – Yulin (Peoples Daily ) (Peoples Daily ) FRANCE FS Aquitaine (Frigate) (Mar 20) @ Caribbean, Joint training with FS Germinal ...on Long-Duration patrol (Defense Ministry ) FS Germinal (Frigate) (Mar 20) @ Caribbean, Joint training with FS Aquitaine ...on Caribbean patrol (Defense Ministry) FS Courbet (Frigate) (Mar 9-13) @ Seychelles, Anti-Piracy training with Seychelles Coastguard (Defense Ministry ) FS Mistral (LHD) (Mar 4-7) @ Gabon, Amphibious Exercise with Gabonese and French FFG troops off Libreville (Defense Ministry ) FS Tonnerre TF (Jeanne de Arc Task Force) (Mar 19) @ Straights of Gibraltar, Amphibious EX RUSSIA MEDITERRANEAN TASK FORCE (Mar 21) Russia denies planning to move it's resupply base to Beirut (RIA Novosti ) (Mar 17) Russia plans to maintain 5-6 warships (CG & FFG with Support) at all times, commanded by 25-Officers from the Black Sea Fleet HQ (RIA Novosti ) (RIA Novosti ) UNITED KINGDOM HMS Argyll (Frigate) (Mar 18) @ Atlantic off Cape Verde, rescue fisherman on Japanese trawler Wakashio Maru (MOD ) HMS Dragon (Destroyer) (Mar 19) @ Portsmouth, Deploys to Middle East for 7-Months (Royal Navy ) HMS Edinburgh (Destroyer) (Mar 21) @ Atlantic, returning home by end of month (Royal Navy ) HMS Kent (Frigate) (Mar 25) @ Portsmouth, UK, Begin Indian Ocean Deployment (Royal Navy ) HMS Monmouth (Frigate) (Mar 20) @ Arabian Gulf, reaches 5-mth mark (Royal Navy ) HMS Northumberland (Frigate) (Mar 19) @ Gulf of Oman, intercept drug boat (MOD ) HMS Somerset (Frigate) (Mar 21) @ Devonport, UK, rejoins fleet after 9-month refit (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) (Mar 22) SECDEF cancels SOUTHCOM deployment (US Navy ) USS BH Richard ARG-FORWARD (Mar 21) @ White Beach, Okinawa, completes CERTEX (US Navy ) (Mar 15) @ Philippine Sea off Okinawa, conduct NEO drill ...on WESTPAC Deployment (US Navy ) USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) FORWARD (Mar 16) @ Kure, Japan (US Navy ) USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) (Mar 20) @ Busan, SK, participating in FOAL EAGLE 2013 (US Navy ) USS Eisenhower CSG (Mar 15) @ Red Sea, arrive in 5th Fleet AOR, will relieve Stennis CSG in CENTCOM(US Navy ) USS Frank Cable (AS-40) (Mar 22) @ Cebu, Philippines (US Navy ) USS Freedom (LCS-1) (Mar 20) @ Pacific, enter 7th Fleet AOR ...on WESTPAC Deployment (US Navy ) USS Jefferson City (SSN-759) (Mar 23) SECDEF cancels WESTPAC deployment (US Navy) USS Kauffman (FFG-59) (Mar 22) SECDEF cancels SOUTHCOM deployment (US Navy ) USS Kearsarge ARG (Mar 20) @ Atlantic, Italian AV-8B Harrier II onboard, delivering to Italy after PMI, 1st time an Italian pilot flies off US Carrier after maintenance (US Navy ) USS Providence (SSN-719) (Mar 19) @ Groton, Conn, returns from CENTCOM deployment (US Navy ) USS Reagan (CVN-76) (Mar 21) @ San Diego, completes homeport change from Bremerton, WA (Mar 18) @ Bremerton, WA, completes PIA, heading back to San Diego (US Navy ) USS Rentz (FFG-46) (Mar 23) SECDEF cancels WESTPAC deployment (US Navy) USS Stennis CSG (Mar 22) Conclude OEF air support missions, relieved by IKECSG (US Navy ) (Mar 16) DDG J. Dunham @ Suez Canal, enter 6th Fleet AOR (US Navy ) (Mar 14-17) CSG @ Jebel Ali, Dubai (US Navy ) (Mar 11-14) DDG Farragut @ Bar, Montenegro (US Navy ) USS Thach (FFG-43) (Mar 23) SOUTHCOM deployment cut short, will return in April (US Navy ) REGIONAL / OTHER – NAVAL LOGS FGS Augsburg (Frigate) (Mar 18) @ Wilhelmshaven, Germany, deploy to Indian Ocean for EU Op Atalante anti-piracy patrol (German Navy ) FGS Karlsruhe (Frigate) (Feb 9) Update: @ Salalah, Oman, Stand Down and Flight crew swap for 1+ week; @ Djibouti, Resupply; Protection Team escorts “Carolina Scan” to Kimayo, Somalia; halfway through deployment (German Navy ) ITS Cavour (Carrier) (Mar 19-22) SCTI Conference onboard, discussing use of carriers in cost-saving joint sharing strategic resources (Italy-MOD-Navy ) ITS San Marco (LHD) (Mar 14-19) @ Tanzania, joint training with Tanzanian Navy (Amphibious & Anti-Piracy) (Italy-MOD )

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

AFRICA NONE AMERICAS NONE ASIA / MIDDLE-EAST AFGHANISTAN (Mar 16) US 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd CAB – KIA @ Kandahar (DOD ) RUSSIA (Mar 24-30) @ Karelia, Russia, AF Exercise LAGODA-2013, includes 70-aircraft and 1,000-troops (RIA Novosti ) AF fighters includes (MIG-25RB; MIG-31; SU-24M; SU-24MR; SU-27; MI-8; MI-24) SYRIA (Mar 21) Russia denies planning to move it's resupply base to Beirut (RIA Novosti ) (Mar 19) Russia accuses rebels of firing chemical armed rocket N. of Aleppo (RIA Novosti ) EUROPE KOSOVO (Mar 12) FRANCE - 1st Hunter Regiment replaces 4th Dragon Regiment (Defense Ministry )

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