March 30th Weekly Update

SHIP LOGS & OPERATIONS Ship & Group Locations Checked & Updated (March 24 to 30)

CHINA SOUTH SEA FLEET (Mar 29) S. Fleet: Jinggangshan TF @ S. China Sea, en-route to W. Pacific for patrol / training (Peoples Daily ) 13th NAVAL ESCORT TASK FORCE (Mar 28) 13th ETF – PLAN Hengyang (FFG) @ Malta, 5-day visit (Peoples Daily ) FRANCE FS Aquitaine (Frigate) (Mar 3-20) @ Caribbean, Activity update... (Defense Ministry ) RUSSIA NONE UNITED KINGDOM HMS Edinburgh (Destroyer) (Mar 28) @ Portsmouth, UK, Deployment ends (Royal Navy ) HMS Monmouth (Frigate) (Mar 26) @ Arabian Gulf, conduct “Approach and Assist” visits with local fishing vessels (Royal Navy ) HMS Richmond (Frigate) (Mar 25) @ Atlantic off UK SW coast , Test Sea Wolf missiles (Royal Navy ) HMS St. Albans (Frigate) (Mar 27) @ Norway, final shoot using current MOD 0 gun, will install new MOD 1 4.5” Kryten gun during refit (Royal Navy ) HMS Trenchant (Hunter-Killer Sub) (Mar 26) @ Indian Ocean, reach 9-month mark, continue on patrol (Royal Navy ) RFA Fort Victoria (Support) (Mar 28) @ Arabian Gulf, heading to Indian Ocean, begin service as CTF-151 Flagship for 3-months (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES USS Asheville (SSN-758) (Mar 26) @ NB Point Loma, CA, Deploy to WESTPAC for 6-months (US Navy ) USS Boxer (LHD-4) (Mar 20) @ Pacific off S. California, training with VMA-214 and VMM-166; On-loading ammo USS Eisenhower CSG (Mar 24) @ Arabian Sea, begin OEF combat sorties (US Navy ) USS Essex (LHD-2) (Mar 24) @ San Diego, enter drydock for 18-month refit, will return to fleet in 2014 USS Freedom (LCS-1) (Mar 29) @ Guam (US Navy ) USS Kearsarge ARG (Mar 26) @ Straits of Gibraltar USS Reagan (CVN-76) (Mar 25) CG Chancellorsville @ San Diego, begin training exercise USS Reuben James (FFG-57) (Mar 25) @ Manilla, Philippines (Peoples Daily ) USS Stennis CSG (Mar 28) DDG WS Churchill @ Norfolk, end deployment to CENTCOM (US Navy ) (Mar 27) CSG @ 7th Fleet AOR (Mar 27) DDG Dunham @ Funchal, Portugal (Mar 26) DDG WS Churchill & Farragut @ Atlantic, en-route to homeport REGIONAL / OTHER – NAVAL LOGS FGS Hesse (Frigate) (Mar 25) @ Mediterranean on SNMG-1 patrol, completed 2nd recon mission (German Navy ) ITS San Marco (LHD) (Mar 22) @ Hobyo, Somalia, Providing medical assistance to local population (Italian Navy )

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 MALI (Mar 27) UK training personnel from The Irish Regiment (1 Batt), 45 Commando and 29 Commando, and from Irish Defense Force begin arriving in Mali to form 40-man training team (UK-MOD ) AMERICAS NONE ASIA / MIDDLE-EAST AFGHANISTAN (Mar 27) US 101st Airborne Division, 1st BCT – KIA @ Shinwar District, Nangarhar Province (DOD ) (Mar 25) UK The Mercian Reg, 1 Batt – KIA @ Nad 'Ali District (UK-MOD ) (Mar 21) US 1st Special Forces Group, 4th Batt – KIA in Paktia (transferred to Landstuhl, Germany) (DOD ) KOREA (Mar 30) NK states entering “state of war” with SK (BBC ) (RIA Novosti ) (Mar 29) NK places strategic rocket forces on standby to strike US/SK targets (RIA Novosti ) (Mar 28) USAF B-2 Stealth Bombers fly training mission to SK (RIA Novosti ) RUSSIA (Mar 29) @ Anapa, Putin attends snap military exercise testing Black Sea Army / Naval units before Olympics (RIA Novosti ) SYRIA (Mar 28) Saudi Arabia supplying Smerch & Hurricane 220mm MLRS launchers to syrian rebels in a bid to capture Nairab AB near Aleppo (Debka ) EUROPE FRANCE – CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (Mar 29) CAR – Seleka Rebels seize control in Bangui, president flees as fighting in capital simmers, mining contracts with S. Africa and China under review (BBC ) (Mar 24) CAR – French forces reinforce positions in capital to protect french nationals and assets during rebel advance (Defense Ministry )

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