July 13th Weekly Update

WEEKLY LOG UPDATE June 30 – July 13

WORLD NAVAL OPERATIONS AND UPDATES

CHINA 14th ESCORT TASK FORCE (July 9) @ Gulf of Aden, TF completes 600th escort mission (People's Daily ) PLAN Peace Ark (Hospital Ship) (Jul 11) @ Gulf of Aden, replenishing with 14th ETF supply ship (Peoples Daily ) FRANCE FS Latouche-Treville (Destroyer) (July 9) completes West African patrol, returning to France (Defense ) FS Somme (Supply) (Jul 5) @ Djibouti; Train with Djiboutian Navy (Defense ) RUSSIA PACIFIC FLEET (July 13) @ Sea of Okhotsk; snap combat readiness drill (RIA Novosti ) (July 11) @ Vladivostok; JOINT SEA 2013 concludes (People's Daily ) (July 9) @ Vladivostok; JOINT SEA 2013, PLAN and Russian warships depart for naval drills; including anchorage air defense, maritime supply, diver detection, joint escort and the rescue of hijacked vessels (People's Daily PIC ) (People's Daily ) (July 5-12) @ Vladivostok; 7-PLAN ships arrive for major naval exercise JOINT SEA 2013, focusing on maritime defense, escorts, and SAR, 12-Russian ships participating (People's Daily )(People's Daily ) RFS Varyag (CG) [FLAG] PLAN 4-DDG PLAN 2-FFG PLAN 1-Supply UNITED KINGDOM HMS Argyll (Frigate) (July 11) @ S. Georgia Island, sailors recreate trek of Sir Ernest Shakleton's journey on the island (Royal Navy ) HMS Diamond (Destroyer) (July 8) @ Devonport for BOST training (Royal Navy ) HMS Lancaster (Frigate) (July 8) @ British Virgin Islands, en route to Anguilla (Royal Navy ) (July 2) @ Turks and Caicos Islands (Royal Navy ) HMS Somerset (Frigate) (July 4) @ Isle of Man for 3-day visit for the opening of the Tynwald, currently in OST training (Royal Navy ) HMS Sutherland (Frigate) (July 3) @ Plymouth; returned from Brest, France for FRUKUS naval exercises (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES US CARRIER GROUPS USS Eisenhower CSG (Jul 3) @ Norfolk, returns from deployment (US Navy ) USS GHW Bush (CVN-77) (July 10) @ Atlantic off Virginia; completes first-ever arrested landing of unmanned X-47B UCAS (US Navy ) USS Nimitz CSG (Jul 5) @ Jebel Ali, UAE for rest and Liberty tours (US Navy ) USS Washington CSG (July 13) USS G. Washington is first carrier installed with Radar Signature Reduction System on hull (US Navy ) (Jul 7) @ Pacific, completes CORE Training-I while underway (US Navy ) (Jul 5) @ Marianas Islands, welcome government representatives aboard (US Navy ) US COMMAND SHIPS USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) (July 12) @ Tasman Sea; FASTPAC team conducts medical evacuation drill (US Navy PIC ) (July 7) @ Darwin; flagship completes 6-day visit (US Navy ) US AMPHIBIOUS GROUPS USS BH Richard ARG (July 9) @ Brisbane, Australia; BHR arrives for TALISMAN SABER 2013 bilateral exercise (US Navy ) (July 5) @ Darwin, Australia; US Ambassador to Australia visits LSD-Germantown (US Navy ) (Jul 4) @ Coral Sea, BHR transits site of Battle of Coral Sea (US Navy ) (Jul 4) @ Darwin, Australia, LSD-Germantown arrives, conducts Bio-Security Inspection before scheduled operations (US Navy ) USS Kearsarge ARG (July 9) @ Red Sea; Kearsarge replenishes with USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) (US Navy PIC ) (Jul 4) @ Red Sea, Kearsarge conducts flag ceremony (US Navy PIC ) (Jul 4) @ Arabian Sea, LSD-Carter Hall conducts “Steel Beach” Picnic (US Navy PIC ) USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) (July 13) @ Majuro, Marshall Islands; Pacific Partnership visit concludes (US Navy ) (July 9) @ Ennurirr Island; Engineers rebuild water storage units for residents (US Navy ) (Jul 4) @ Majuro, Marshall Islands; President of Marshall Islands visits (US Navy PIC ) US WARSHIPS USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) (July 11) @ Naples, Italy; post visit, C6F V. Adm. Pandolfe visits ship (US Navy ) (Jun 14) DEPLOY to EUCOM Patrol USS Chosin (CG-65) (July 11) @ W. China Sea (Jul 2) @ Busan, SK; COMREL to Jinhae Hope Home (US Navy PIC ) USS De Wert (FFG-45) (July 12) @ Mayport, FL; Deploy to 5th & 6th Fleet as part of NATO Patrol (US Navy ) USS Freedom (LCS-1) (July 12) @ Singapore, Deputy PM of Singapore visits ship (US Navy ) USS Gravely (DDG-107) (July 7) @ Souda Bay, Greece; Change of command ceremony, Cmdr Kennedy relieves Cmdr Dry, transferring to Surface Warfare Officer School as engineering instructor (US Navy ) USS McCampbell (DDG-85) (July 12) @ Yokosuka, Japan; Change of Command Ceremony, Cmdr. Calfee relieves Cmdr. Dixon (US Navy PIC ) USS Momsen (DDG-92) (Jul 4) @ Saipan, sailors participate in local Liberation Day parade (US Navy ) USS Monterrey (CG-61) (July 3) @ Bahrain for port visit (US Navy PIC ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS INS Viraat (Carrier) (Jul 7) currently undergoing life-extension refit, planning to operate until 2016 (Times of India) INS Vikramaditya (Carrier) (Jul 4) @ White Sea; begin Acceptance Sea Trials (Times of India ) INS Vikrant (Carrier) (Jul 7) @ Cochin Shipyards; Planning to launch (Aug 12), conduct trials in 2016 and be operational in 2018 (Times of India) ITS Garibaldi (Carrier) (Jul 4) @ Monfalcone; celebrates 30-years of service (Marina ) ITS Zeffiro (Frigate) (Jul 5) @ off coast of Somalia, on anti-pirate patrol for 1.5 months, visited by CTF-465 commander, Portuguese Commodore Palma on Alvares Cabral (FFG-FLAG) (Marina ) SPS Numancia (FFG) (July 10) @ Indian Ocean; searching for survivors from sunken merchant ship Albedo after pirate attack off coast of Somalia (Armada ) (Jul 2) @ Djibouti; Chief of Defense Staff Adm. Sanchez visits (Armada )

WORLD SUPERPOWER GROUND OPERATIONS AND UPDATES

AFRICA EGYPT (Jul 7) Russia fears Egypt on verge of civil war as tensions continue to escalate (RIA Novosti ) (Jul 6) Interim President Mansour in discussions with rival parties concerning the appointment of Elbaradei as PM, faction protests continue (BBC) (Jul 5) @ Cairo, Muslim Brotherhood protests Morsi's detention, demands his reinstatement, rival factions battle in Cairo streets (Jul 3) Protests continue, Morsi defiant but taken prisoner by Army, clashes at Cairo University, Army seizes media, tanks move on capital () (Jul 1) Army gives rival factions 48-hours to resolve the current crisis before it intervenes (BBC ) AMERICAS USA – CENTCOM (July 11) DOD announces Fall, 2013 OEF deployments (DOD ) 1st Cavalry Division, Combat Aviation Brigade 1st Infantry Division, Combat Aviation Brigade 10th Mountain Division, 3rd Brigade USA – EUCOM (July 8) @ Odessa, Ukraine; SEA BREEZE 2013 naval exercise begins (US Navy ) USA – WESTPAC / PACOM (July 15 – Aug 6) @ Coral Sea; Exer. TALISMAN SABER 2013, includes 18,000 US and 9,000 Australian troops (US Navy ) ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (Jun 28) US 101st Airborne Division, HQ Battalion – KIA @ Bagram (non-combat) (DOD ) KOREA (Jul 7) NK and SK agree to reopen joint industrial zone (RIA Novosti ) RUSSIA (July 14) @ Amur Region, Snap Combat Readiness Drills, TU-95MS Bear-H bombers of the 6952nd Air Base participate, includes 160,000-troops, 1,000-armored vehicles, 130-aircraft, 70-warships (RIA Novosti ) SYRIA (Jul 6) Syrian National Coalition, main western back opposition group, elects new leader (RIA Novosti ) EUROPE NONE