May 25th Weekly Update

WORLD SUPERPOWER NAVAL OPERATIONS AND UPDATES (May 19 – 25)

CHINA EAST SEA FLEET (May 22) E. Sea Fleet Landing Ship Brigade conducts live fire amphibious assault training (Peoples Daily PIC ) HUAIHUA TASK FORCE (May 21) Huaihua TF @ Fujian, province, Ships return to port, finishing 16-days of training in W. Pacific (Peoples Daily ) FRANCE FS Dupleix (Destroyer) (May 24) @ Mediterranean, complete Franco-Algerian Ex “RAIS HAMIDOU 2013” (Defense ) FS Somme (Supply / Command) (May 20)@ Socotra Island, refuel SPS Numancia (Defense ) FS Vendemiaire (Patrol Frigate) (May 6-10) @ Vladivostok, Russia, attending 68th Anniversary of end of WWII (Defense ) RUSSIA MEDITERRANEAN TASK FORCE (May 21) LST-Azov and LST-N. Filchenkov joins Task Force from Black Sea Fleet (RIA Novosti ) UNITED KINGDOM HMAS Canberra (LHD) (May 11) @ Melbourne, Finishing final touches and cable work, Prep for for Sea Trials this year and being operational in 2014 (NEWS, Data & PICS ) HMS Bulwark (LPD) (May 24-28) @ Liverpool, UK for the Battle of the Atlantic 70th Anniversary (Royal Navy ) HMS Daring (Destroyer) (May 27) @ Portsmouth, UK, begin Far East deployment (Royal Navy ) HMS Lancaster (Frigate) (May 28) @ Portsmouth, UK, Depart for Atlantic Deployment for 6-months (Royal Navy ) HMS Portland (Frigate) (May 17-20) @ Portland / Weymouth, UK, crew conducts home town visit and parade, is returning to Plymouth to continue Sea Trials, will begin BOST training in June (Royal Navy ) HMS Richmond (Frigate) (May 22) @ Cape Verde, nearing end of FOST training, conducting anti-drug exercise with Cape Verde CG, will soon undertake comprehensive maintenance, then deploy later this year (Royal Navy ) HMS Trenchant (Attack Submarine) (May 22) @ Devenport, UK, returns from 335-Day Indian Ocean deployment (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES USS Bataan (LHD-5) (May 23) @ Norfolk, returning from 1-week pre-deployment training with USMC (US Navy PIC ) USS BH Richard ARG (May 23) @ Sasebo, Japan preparing for 3M Certifications (US navy PIC ) (May 21) LSD-Tortuga @ Jakarta, Indonesia, begin CARAT'13 joint exercises with USS Safeguard (Salv) and Momsen (DDG) (US Navy )(US Navy PIC ) USS GHW Bush (CVN-77) (May 24) @ Norfolk, return to homeport after 2-week defense testing (New torpedo self defense system, UCAS, etc...) (US Navy ) USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) (May 24) @ Yokosuka, Japan, Rest & Relax visit, planning friendship activities with JS Uzushio (US Navy ) USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) (May 16) @ Shimoda, Japan for the cities 74th Annual Black Ship Festival (US Navy ) USS Frank Cable (AS-40) (May 18) @ Guam, end 3-week repair period, 12-reservists from US assisted (US Navy ) USS Gravely (DDG-107) (May 20) @ Mediterranean Sea, conducted PASSEX with Egyptian Frigate Toushka, ...currently deployed to 6th Fleet (US Navy ) USS Kearsarge ARG (May 22) @ Red Sea, refuel with USNS Laramie (T-AO-203) (US Navy PIC ) USS Momsen (DDG-92) (May 23) @ Jakarta, Indonesia, participate in CARAT 2013 with USS Safeguard (Salv) and Tortuga (LSD) (US Navy PIC ) USS Monterey (CG-61) (May 16) @ Bahrain, SECNAV visits ship (US Navy ) USS Mt. Whitney (LCC-20) (May 22) @ Mediterranean Sea (US Navy PIC ) USS Nimitz CSG (May 23) @ S. China Sea (US Navy PIC ) (May 22) @ S. China Sea, US Ambassador to Singapore visits ship (US Navy PIC ) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) (May 6-30) @ Bahrain, IMCMEX-13 Command Ship, international mine countermeasures exercise with 30-nations participating (US Navy ) USS Roosevelt (CVN-71) (May 22) @ Newport News, VA, On-loading equipment, in final months of Refueling (US Navy PIC ) USS Vinson (CVN-70) (May 21) @ Coronado, CA, completes Mid-Cycle Material Assessment (US Navy ) USS Washington (CVN-73) (May 22-23) @ Yokosuka, Japan, Japanese students, employees and government workers tour ship (US Navy PIC )(US Navy PIC )(US Navy PIC ) (May 17) @ Yokosuka, Japan, Combat Systems Department completes 2-week C5RA Readiness Assessment (US Navy ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS INS RANVIJAY TASK FORCE NEXT VISIT = Vietnam (May 25) Ranvijay TF @ Port Klang, Malaysia for 5-days, deployed to S. China Sea and W. Pacific (Bernami ) DDG – INS Ranvijay (Destroyer – FLAGSHIP) FFG – INS Satpura (Stealth Frigate) CRG – INS Kirch (Missile Corvette) SUP – INS Shankti (Supply Ship) SPS Cantabria (Supply Ship) (May 19) @ Sydney, Australia, new temporary homeport until November, completed 4-weeks of at-sea training with 2-RAN Frigates (Armada ) (May 4) @ Darwin, Australia, en-route to temporary homeport of Sydney during duration of 1-year deployment and integration with Australian Navy (Armada )(Deployment Details ) SPS Numancia (Frigate) (May 20) @ Socotra Island on patrol (Defense)

WORLD SUPERPOWER GROUND OPERATIONS AND UPDATES (May 19 – 25)

AFRICA SOMALIA (May 23) @ Beledweyn, 10-killed when Al-Shabaab fighters attack village, Ethiopian troops respond, drive them Islamists away (UPI ) AMERICAS USA - 1st Fleet (May 13-24) @ Norfolk, US Fleet Forces Command preparing for upcoming HURREX 2013 and CITADEL GALE 2013 fleet exercises (US Navy ) USA – WESTPAC (May 20) @ Pearl Harbor, Japanese Naval ships visit for 5-days, en route to San Diego for Ex DAWN BLITZ with US Navy / Marines (US Navy ) DDG – JS Atago DDH – JS Hyuga LST – JS Shimokita ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (May 16) US 29th Infantry Brigade (NG-Guam) – KIA @ Kabul (DOD ) RUSSIA – NORTH CAUCASUS (May 20) @ Dagestan twin blasts kill-3, Injure-40 (RIA Novosti ) EUROPE UK – CYPRUS (May 24) @ CYPRUS, UK Royal Welsh Regiment concludes 2-week Exercise “LION STAR” along the Episkopi coast (MOD )

MAPPING UPDATES (May 19 - 25)

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