August 17th Weekly Update

WEEKLY LOG UPDATE August 11 – August 17

NAVAL OPERATIONS

CHINA PLAN Jinggangshan (LPD) (Aug 9) @ Sea; conduct anti-hijacking drills (Peoples Daily PIC ) FRANCE FS Germinal (Frigate) (Aug 9) @ Cape Verde; assist in search for missing man who fell off fishing boat (MD ) RUSSIA NONE UNITED KINGDOM HMS Bulwark (Amphibious Landing Ship) (Aug 12) @ Portsmouth, UK; depart for COUGAR 2013 Deployment (Royal Navy ) HMS Illustrious (Helicopter Carrier) (Aug 12) @ Portsmouth, UK; depart for Mediterranean and Gulf COUGAR '13 deployment COUGAR 2013 UNITS HMS Bulwark (Amphibious Assault Ship) HMS Illustrious (Helicopter Carrier) HMS Montrose (Frigate) HMS Westminster (Frigate) RFA Cardigan Bay (Landing Ship) RFA Diligence (Repair Ship) RFA Fort Austin (Fleet Stores Ship) RFA Fort Victoria (Fleet Stores Ship) RFA Lyme Bay (Landing Ship) RFA Mounts Bay (Landing Ship) HMS Lancaster (Frigate) (Aug 15) @ Jamaica; visit for Emancipation Day (Royal Navy ) (Aug 14) @ Caribbean near Puerto Rico; crew seizes 680kg of cocaine from speedboat (Royal Navy ) HMS Montrose (Frigate) (Aug 13) @ Plymouth, UK; sails for 7-month COUGAR 2013 and Indian Ocean Deployment (Royal Navy ) HMS Westminster (Frigate) (Aug 13) @ Portsmouth, UK; sails for COUGAR 2013 deployment (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES US CARRIER GROUPS USS GHW Bush CSG (Aug 13) @ Atlantic; CG-Philippine Sea conducts Maritime Interdiction training (US Navy ) USS Truman CSG (Aug 11) @ Mediterranean; visited by US and foreign flag and general officers from throughout Europe (US Navy ) US AMPHIBIOUS GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS USS Mt. Whitney (LCC-20) (Aug 13) @ Theoule-sur-Mer, France for WWII commemorative events honoring the liberation of southern France (US Navy ) USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) (Aug 16) @ Pearl Harbor; port visit after completing PP13 (US Navy ) (Aug 13) @ Honiara, Solomon Islands; final port visit concluded (US Navy ) USS Wasp (LHD-1) (Aug 12) @ Atlantic; Dev. Testing-II of two F-35B VTOL fighters (US Navy ) US WARSHIPS USS Lassen (DDG-82) (Aug 14) @ Sydney, Australia; arrive for port visit (US Navy ) USS Rentz (FFG-46) (Aug 10?) @ Pacific N. of Galapagos Islands; seize 2,123 lbs of cocaine from fishing vessel (US Navy ) USS Samuel B Roberts (FFG-58) (Aug 16) @ Durres, Albania; port visit for rest, tours and COMREL projects (US Navy ) USS Stout (DDG-55) (Aug 18) @ Norfolk; Deploys to 6th Fleet for BMD operations (US Navy ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS INS Vikrant (Carrier) (Aug 12) @ Cochin Shipyard, Kochi, India; India's first domestically produced carrier is christened and launched (Indian Navy )

GROUND OPERATIONS

AFRICA EGYPT (Aug 15) US cancels joint military exercises, >500-killed (Aug 14) Riot police clear two pro-morsi camps, >149-killed AMERICAS NONE ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (Aug 11) US 101st Airborne Division, 4th Brigade – KIA @ Paktia Province (DOD ) EUROPE NONE