June 8th Weekly Update

WORLD SUPERPOWER NAVAL OPERATIONS AND UPDATES (June 2 – 8)

CHINA QINGDAO TASK FORCE (Jun 6) Qingdao TF @ Pacific, conducts replenishment training (Peoples Daily PIC ) PLAN Liaoning (Carrier) (Jun 5) China releases interior photos of the new carrier (Peoples Daily ) FRANCE FS Cmdt Bouan (Frigate) (Jun 24) @ Central Mediterranean, participating in fishery operation THON ROUGE 2013 (Defense ) FS Guepratte (Frigate) (May 30-31) @ Tanzania, Training with Tanzanian Navy (Defense ) (May 20) @ Somali coast, piracy patrol, check fishing boats (Defense ) FS Latouche-Treville (Destroyer) (Jun 5) @ Gulf of Guinea, intercept pirates harassing ships (Defense ) FS Tonnerre ARG (Jun 7) @ Indian Ocean, Mid-term review and previous action, ARG heading to S. China Sea for next phase (Defense ) RUSSIA NONE UNITED KINGDOM HMS Bulwark (LPD) (Jun 7) @ Plymouth, UK, Hosts FAMILY DAY (Royal Navy ) HMS Duncan (Destroyer) (Jun 7) @ Portsmouth, UK, Sails for sea trials (Royal Navy ) HMS Kent (Frigate) (Jun 4) @ Arabian Sea off coast of Oman, air defense exercises with USAF F-16's HMS Lancaster (Frigate) (Jun 6) @ Bermuda (Royal Navy ) RFA Wave Knight (Support) (Jun 6) @ Bermuda (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES USS Asheville (SSN-758) (Jun 8) @ Manilla, Philippine for rest and resupplies (Peoples Daily ) USS Bataan (LHD-5) (Jun 6) @ Atlantic, conducting routine training with USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) and USNS Big Horn (T-AO-198) (US Navy PIC ) USS BH Richard ARG (Jun 5) LSD-Tortuga @ Sattahip, Thailand, participating in CARAT 2013 Thailand Phase, in cooking exchange with Pattaya Marriot Hotel (US Navy PIC ) (Jun 3) LSD-Tortuga @ Sattahip, Thailand, arrive for CARAT 2013 (US Navy PIC ) USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) (Jun 6) @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, COMREL to Rumah Anak Yatim Qaseh Home for Children (US Navy PIC ) USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) (Jun 5) @ Pacific off S. California, conducting unit-level training (US Navy PIC ) USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) (Jun 4) @ S. China Sea, Battle of Midway memorial service (US Navy ) USS Eisenhower CSG (May 29) @ Dubai, UAE, COMREL project at American School of Dubai (US Navy ) USS Frank Cable (AS-40) (Jun 7) @ Subic Bay, Philippine for rest and resupplies (Peoples Daily ) (Jun 4) @ Guam, conducting berthing fire drill (US Navy PIC ) USS Freedom (LCS-1) (Jun 7) @ Singapore, US Ambassador to ASEAN visits (US Navy PIC ) USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) (Jun 6) @ Tanzania, VBSS Team training and PASSEX with Tanzanian Navy (US Navy ) USS Kearsarge ARG (Jun 6) @ Gulf of Aqaba, conducting amphibious operations (US Navy PIC ) (Jun 4) @ Jordan, 26th MEU participates in EAGER LION 2013, includes deployment to Syrian border, may leave equipment forward deployed (Debka ) USS Mt. Whitney (LCC-20) (Jun 5) @ Baltic Sea, Battle of Midway memorial service (US Navy PIC ) USS Monterey (CG-61) (Jun 5) @ Arabian Gulf (US Navy PIC ) USS Nimitz CSG (Jun 4) @ Indian Ocean, Battle of Midway memorial service (US Navy ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS SPS Cantabria (Supply Ship) (May 24) @ Jervis Bay, drills with HMAS Melbourne (FFG), visit by Chief of the Australian Armed Forces Gen. Hurley by helicopter (Armada )

WORLD SUPERPOWER GROUND OPERATIONS AND UPDATES (June 2 – 8)

AFRICA MALI AMERICAS USA – CENTCOM (re: Jordan / Syria) (Jun 4) @ Jordan, 26th MEU participates in EAGER LION 2013, includes deployment to Syrian border, may leave equipment forward deployed (Debka ) USA – EUCOM (Jun 3-14) @ Estonia / Latvia / Lithuania, NATO Exercise SABRE STRIKE 2013, Brigade level command post EX (RIA Novosti ) USA – WESTPAC (Jun 7) @ Sattahip, Thailand, CARAT 2013 Thailand Phase underway (US Navy PIC )(US Navy PIC ) (Jun 3-7) @ Pochentong AB, Cambodia, USAF & Cambodian AF host PACIFIC AIRLIFT RALLY 2013 (Peoples Daily ) ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (Jun 7) US 10th Mountain Division, 4th Brigade – DEPLOYING IN SUMMER, 2013 (DOD ) (Jun 2) US 5th Special Forces Group, 2nd Battalion – KIA @ Lashkar Gah (DOD ) (Jun 1) US 1st Armored Division, 1st Stryker Brigade – KIA @ Maiwand (DOD ) (Jun 1) US 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Brigade – KIA @ Wardak Province (DOD ) (Jun 1) US 10th Mountain Division, 2nd Brigade – KIA @ Sharan (DOD ) EUROPE FRANCE (Jun 3) BALTIC 2013 Air Patrol @ Siauliai, Lithuania, French AF 2-Mirage F1 CR fighters intercept Russian Ilyushin-20 “Coot-A”, escort until hand-off with Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighters ...Baltic air defense patrol began April 30 (Defense ) UK – GERMANY (Jun 7) UK 20th Armored Brigade @ Grafenwohr, Germany, begin Ex. BAVARIAN CHARGER (UK-MOD )

MAPPING UPDATES (June 2 – 8)

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