June 1st Weekly Update

WORLD SUPERPOWER NAVAL OPERATIONS AND UPDATES (May 26 – June 1)

CHINA QINGDAO TASK FORCE (May 25) Qingdao TF @ Qingdao, depart for blue-water training in W. Pacific DDG – PLAN Qingdao (FLAGSHIP) FFG – PLAN Linyi SUP – PLAN Hongze Lake FRANCE SEA SHARK 2013 Anti-Submarine Exercise (May 22-29) @ Mediterranean, major annual anti-submarine exercise SEA SHARK 2013 (Defense ) LHD – FS Dixmunde DDG – Chevalier Paul DDG – FS Dupleix DDG – FS Forbin DDG – FS Jean de Vienne FFG – FS EV Jacoubet SUP – FS Marne FS Latouche-Treville (Destroyer) (May 31) @ Conakry, Guinea training with Guinean Navy (Defense ) RUSSIA NONE UNITED KINGDOM HMS Argyll (Frigate) (May 30) @ Simon's Town, S. Africa for 2-week mid-deployment maintenance (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES USS Bremerton (SSN-698) (May 30) @ Pearl Harbor, END 7-Month Deployment (US Navy ) USS Freedom (LCS-1) (May 30) @ Singapore, Frocking ceremony (US Navy PIC ) USS Kearsarge ARG (May 29) @ Gulf of Oman, replenish with USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3) (US Navy PIC )(US Navy PIC ) USS Mt. Whitney (LCC-20) (May 30) @ Lisbon, Portugal, concludes 4-day visit (US Navy PIC ) USS Nimitz CSG (May 30) CG-Chosin @ E. China Sea, awards ceremony (US Navy PIC ) (May 30) @ Phang Nga, Thailand, COMSERV visit to Ban Tae public school (US Navy ) (May 29) @ Phuket, Thailand, sailors participate in exhibition game with British International School basketball team (US Navy ) USS Okane (DDG-77) (May 21) @ Oahu, Hawaii, ship maneuvers off coast (US Navy PIC ) USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) (May 31) @ Manila, Philippines ...on WESTPAC Deployment since Sept, 2012 (US Navy ) USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) (Jun 1) @ Samoa, arrived at Apia for first mission on Pacific Partnership deployment (US Navy ) USS Shiloh (CG-67) (May 30) @ Zhanjiang, China for port visit (US Navy ) USS Washington (CVN-73) (May 26) @ Yokosuka, Japan, CVN hosts Royal New Zealand sailors from HMNZS Te Mana (FFG) (US Navy ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS NONE

WORLD SUPERPOWER GROUND OPERATIONS AND UPDATES (May 26 – June 1)

AFRICA MALI (May 30) Current deployment map of forces in Mali (Defense Ministry Archive ) AMERICAS NONE ASIA / PACIFIC NONE EUROPE NONE

MAPPING UPDATES (May 26 – June 1)

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