April 6th Weekly Update

SHIP LOGS & OPERATIONS Ship & Group Locations Checked & Updated (March 31 to April 6)

CHINA None FRANCE FS Aquitaine (Frigate) (Mar 23-28) @ Havana, Cuba (Defense Ministry ) FS Tonnerre – Jeanne de Arc Task Force (Apr 1-2) @ Gulf of Aqaba, EX MERCY with Jordan at Camp Al Humaima (Defense Ministry ) (Mar 30-Apr 4) @ Aqaba, Jordan (Mar 26) @ Bay of Jounieh, Beirut, EX CEDAR BLUE with Lebanon (Defense Ministry ) (Mar 23) @ Beirut, Lebanon (Defense Ministry ) RUSSIA NONE UNITED KINGDOM HMS Argyll (Frigate) (Apr 3) @ Cape Verde, Counter-Narcotics Drills with CVLET (Royal Navy ) HMS Monmouth (Frigate) HMS Dragon (Destroyer) (Apr 4) @ Gibraltar (Royal Navy ) HMS Kent (Frigate) (Apr 4) @ Tripoli, Libya () UNITED STATES USS Alexandria (SSN-757) (Apr 3) @ Groton, Conn, return from EUCOM deployment (US Navy ) USS Asheville (SSN-758) USS BH Richard ARG-FORWARD (Apr 5-17) LSD-Tortuga @ Philippines for BALIKATAN 2013 with USNS Lt. Jack Lummus (T-AK-3011), Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) and MV Capt. Steven L. Bennett (US Navy ) (US Navy ) USS Charlotte (SSN-766) (Apr 2) @ Pearl Harbor, deploys to WESTPAC for 6-months (US Navy ) USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) (Apr 2) @ Pearl Harbor, HA, Deploys to WESTPAC (US Navy ) USS Eisenhower CSG (Mar 30) CG @ Strait of Hormus USS Kearsarge ARG (Apr 1) LPD @ Souda Bay, Greece (US Navy ) USS Nimitz CSG (Apr 3) CG Princeton deploys (US Navy ) (Mar 30) @ Everett, WA, sets sail for Sustainment Training EX, preping for deployment (US Navy ) USS Peleliu ARG (Mar 25) @ Jebel Ali, Dudbai, UAE, 4-day visit (US Navy ) USS Stennis CSG (Apr 1) @ Singapore (US Navy ) REGIONAL / OTHER – NAVAL LOGS None

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 AMERICAS NONE ASIA / MIDDLE-EAST KOREA (Apr 3) @ Guam, US Army deploying THAAD system () RUSSIA (Feb 26) @ Sea of Japan, TU-22M Backfire Bomber simulated cruise missile launch on US Navy CG on ABM patrol (Freebeacon ) EUROPE NONE

MAPPING UPDATES

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