May 4th Weekly Update

WORLD SUPERPOWER NAVAL OPERATIONS AND UPDATES (April 28 – May 4)

CHINA 14th ESCORT TASK FORCE (Apr 26) @ Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for 4-days of rest & replenishment (People's Daily ) FRANCE FS Latouche-Treville (Destroyer) (Apr 24-30) @ Benin, Training with Benin Navy (Defense Ministry ) (Apr 21-22) @ Ivory Coast, conduct aviation exercises with french army helos, and PASSEX with Belgian Godetia (Defense Ministry ) FS Tonnerre – Jeane de Arc Deployment (Apr 26) @ Seychelles, exercise with Seychelles TOPAZ Coast Guard patrol (Defense Ministry ) (Apr 16) depart Djibouti (Defense Ministry ) RUSSIA MEDITERRANEAN TASK FORCE (May 1) LST-Azov @ Haifa, Israel for resupply and rest, and guided tours of the ship (RIA Novosti ) UNITED KINGDOM HMS Bulwark (LPD) (May 24-28) @ Liverpool, UK for the Battle of the Atlantic 70th Anniversary (Royal Navy ) (Apr 29) @ North Sea, Coordinated with HNLMS Rotterdam (LSD) for JOINT WARRIOR, celebrate 40th anniversary of UK & Netherlands Joint Amphibious coordination, plan to visit Rotterdam, Netherlands next month HMS Dragon (Destroyer) (May 2) @ Gulf of Aden, conduct live fire exercises (Royal Navy ) (Apr 29) @ Arabian Sea, replenish and coordinate with USS Eisenhower CSG (Royal Navy ) HMS Illustrious (Carrier) (May 7) @ London for Battle of Atlantic 70th Anniversary, 6-day visit (Royal Navy ) (Apr 29) @ Dublin, Ireland following exercise (Royal Navy ) HMS Sutherland (Frigate) (Apr 30) @ Invergordon, UK following exercise, 5-sailors are racing the ship back to Plymouth on foot for charity (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES USNS Swift (HSV-2) (May 1) @ Key West, FL, begin 4th Fleet patrol for counter-drug Operation Martillo (US Navy ) USS Chosin (CG-65) (Apr 30) @ Pearl Harbor, HA, deploy for WESTPAC patrol (US Navy ) USS Eisenhower CSG (Apr 23) @ Manama, Bahrain for rest, MWR, and COMREL projects (US Navy ) USS Lake Champlain (CG) (Apr 28) @ Vancouver, Canada (People's Daily ) USS Monterey (CG-61) (Apr 28) @ Porto Palermo, Albania, conduct surveillance exercises with Albanian Navy (US Navy ) (Apr 26) @ Livorno, Italy for 3-days, host luncheon and tour for Italian Rear Admiral Dragone (US Navy ) USS Nimitz CSG (May 3) CSG enters 7th Fleet AOR (US Navy ) (May 2) DDG-Stockdale @ sea, Change of Command (US Navy ) (Apr 30) DDG-WP Lawrence @ Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE, leaves port after R&R visit (US Navy ) USS Peleliu ARG (May 3) @ Pearl Harbor, final port call before returning home (US Navy ) USS Reuben James (FFG-57) (May 3) @ Pearl Harbor, HA, returns from final WESTPAC deployment, will be decommissioned this summer (US Navy ) USS Stennis CSG (Apr 29) @ San Diego, CA, return from WESTPAC / CENTCOM deployment (US Navy ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS FGS Bremen (Frigate) (Apr 29) @ North Sea, participate in JOINT WARRIOR 2013 (German Navy ) SPS Mendez Nunez (Frigate) (Apr 25) @ Ferrol, Spain, arrive home, end anti-piracy patrol (Armada )

WORLD SUPERPOWER GROUND OPERATIONS AND UPDATES (April 28 – May 4)

AFRICA NONE AMERICAS USA – CENTCOM (May 3) 376th Air Exped Wing @ 60km W of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, USAF KC-135 Tanker crashes (RIA Novosti ) (May 2) US 4th Infantry Division, 1st Brigade – KIA @ Camp Buerhing, Kuwait (DOD ) ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (May 1) US 1st Special Forces Group, 4th Battalion – KIA @ Arian KOREA (May 2) US DOD releases report on Military and Security Developments involving North Korea (DOD ) RUSSIA – CUACASUS (May 2) Moscow says 73-militants were killed in 2013 (Jan – March), and 83-detained, both numbers are lower than during the same period in 2012 (RIA Novosti ) (May 1) @ Dagestan, assailants open fire on police car, 3-killed, 2-injured (Ria Novosti ); 2-teens were killed when they picked up a package bomb (RIA Novosti ) SYRIA (May 3) Israel confirms airstrike in Syria on missile shipment bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon (RIA Novosti ) EUROPE NONE

MAPPING UPDATES (April 7 - 13)

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