July 27 Weekly Update

WEEKLY LOG UPDATE July 21 – July 27

NAVAL OPERATIONS

CHINA 14th ESCORT TASK FORCE (July 22) @ Gulf of Aden; DDG-Harbin escorts WFP freighter K Princess (Peoples Daily ) PLAN Peace Ark (Hospital Ship) (July 18) @ Gulf of Aden; Peace Ark welcomes exchange group from S. Korean DDG-Wang Geon (Peoples Daily ) FRANCE FS Tonnere (LHD) (July 10) @ Djibouti; onload supplies and fuel (Defense ) FS Ventose (Frigate) (July 18) @ Lesser Antilles; seize sailing boat and 400kg of cocaine (Defense ) RUSSIA NONE UNITED KINGDOM HMS Defender (Destroyer) (July 24) @ Portsmouth; Japanese sailors from JDS Kashima visit ship during 4-day port visit (Royal Navy ) HMS Sutherland (Frigate) (July 23) @ Britannia Royal Naval College, Ship visits BRNC to provide tour of active warship to cadets, currently training and patrolling around UK (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES US CARRIER GROUPS USS G. Washington CSG (July 23) @ Coral Sea; Australian dignitaries and US Ambassador visit ship during TALISMAN SABER (US Navy ) (July 22) @ Coral Sea; complete Air Defense exercise with Australian forces during TALISMAN SABER US COMMAND SHIPS NONE US AMPHIBIOUS GROUPS USS BH Richard ARG (July 22) @ Coral Sea; complete Air Defense exercise with Australian forces during TALISMAN SABER (US Navy ) (July 20-21) @ Coral Sea; participate in beach assault exercise with 31st MEU, MV-22 Osprey, and LCAC (US Navy ) USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) (July 22) @ Tarawa, ship crew host food preparation training and inspections (US Navy ) USS Wasp (LHD-1) (July 18) @ Norfolk; Change of command ceremony, Capt. Teets relieves Capt. Boardman (US Navy ) US WARSHIPS USS Albuquerque (SSN-706) (July 23) @ Saipan, port visit (US Navy ) USS Asheville (SSN-758) (July 24) @ Yokosuka, Japan; port visit for rest and resupply (US Navy ) USS Lassen (DDG-82) (July 19) @ Coral Sea; participate in torpedo exercise with Australian submarine during TALISMAN SABER 2013 (US Navy ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS NONE

GROUND OPERATIONS

AFRICA NONE AMERICAS NONE ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (July 22) US 10th Mountain Division, 1st Brigade – KIA @ Andar (Non-Combat) (DOD ) RUSSIA – BELARUS (Sept) ZAPAD 2013 Bilateral exercise in Belarus, Russia's Western Military District, Barents and Baltic Sea includes 2,500-Russian and 10,400-Belorussian troops, 60-Aircraft and 250-armored vehicles (RIA Novosti ) EUROPE NONE