CHINA
PLAN Jinggangshan (Amphibious Landing Ship)
- (Aug 21) @ Gulf of Aden; conduct joint
escort missions with 14th Escort Task Force (Peoples
Daily )
PLAN Peace Ark (Hospital Ship)
- (Aug 19) @ Chittagong, Bangladesh; ship
arrives for 7-day medical services port visit (Peoples
Daily )
PLAN Qindao Task Force
- (Aug 20) @ Qingdao, China; Qingdao TF leaves
for tour of Pacific, will visit USA, Australia and New Zealand
(Peoples
Daily )
TASK FORCE
UNITS:
PLAN Qingdao
(Destroyer)
PLAN Linyi (Frigate)
PLAN Hongzehu
(Supply)
FRANCE
FS CD Gaulle (Carrier)
- (Aug 24) @ Toulon, France; May be tasked
with responding to SYRIA CRISIS (Yahoo)
FS Guepratte (Stealth Frigate)
- (Aug 15) End participation in Indian Ocean
Operation Atalante Anti-Piracy patrol (DM
)
RUSSIA
NONE
UNITED
KINGDOM
HMS Argyll (Frigate)
(Aug 22) @ Panama
Canal; cross into Caribbean, begin return trip home (Royal
Navy )
HMS Bulwark (LPD –
Amphibious Assault Ship)
(Aug 23) @
Lisbon, Portugal; depart with detachment of Portuguese marines
(Royal
Navy )
HMS Dragon (Destroyer)
(Aug 22) @
Arabian Gulf, off Bahrain; link up with 4-MCM for joint training
(Royal
Navy )
(Aug 21) @
Arabian Gulf; Surface Contact Exercise with USAF and RAF (Royal
Navy )
HMS Illustrious
(Helicopter Carrier)
(Aug 21) @
Mediterranean; refuel with french tanker FS Somme (Royal
Navy )
HMS Westminster
(Frigate)
(Aug 19) @
Gibraltar; arrive amid diplomatic squabble over controversial
border control reef (Express
)
UNITED
STATES
US CARRIER
GROUPS
USS Roosevelt (CVN-71)
(Aug 19) @
Newport News; Conducting Fast Cruise in preparation for
returning to the fleet, execute simulated Sea & Anchor
detail (US
Navy )(US
Navy )
USS Stennis (CVN-74)
(Aug 5) Carrier
identified as possible candidate for budget mothballing (WTKR
)
USS Truman CSG
(Aug 24) @ Red
Sea, SYRIA CRISIS, could be tasked with striking Syria in
response to use of WMDs (Yahoo
)
(Aug 5) Carrier
identified as possible candidate for budget mothballing (WTKR
)
USS Washington CSG
(Aug 23) @
Yokosuka, Japan; return to Home Port, END 1st half of
2013 patrol (Stars
& Stripes )
(Aug 20) @
Philippine Sea; host guests from Japan while at sea (US
Navy )
(Aug 5) Carrier
identified as possible candidate for budget mothballing (WTKR
)
US AMPHIBIOUS
GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS
USS BH Richard ARG
(Aug 22) @
Darwin, Australia; LPD-Denver arrives following successful
CERTEX in Coral Sea (US
Navy )
(Aug 20) @
Sydney, Australia; BHR depart after 4-day visit (US
Navy )
USS Boxer ARG
(Aug 23) @ San
Diego; deploy for 5th and 7th Fleet AOR
(US
Navy )
USS Mt. Whitney
(LCC-20)
(Aug 17) @
Theoule-Sur-Mer, France; conclude port visit (US
Navy )
US WARSHIPS
USS Albuquerque
(SSN-706)
(Aug 21) @ Point
Loma, CA, USA; return home from WESTPAC patrol (US
Navy )
USS Mahan (DDG-72)
(Aug 24) @
Mediterranean; currently en-route home, diverted to SYRIA CRISIS
in response to use of WMDs along with 3-DDGs (Yahoo)
USS Momsen (DDG-92)
OTHER
REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS
SPS Blas de
Lezo (Frigate)
(Aug
4) @ Ferrol Naval Base; return from 2-month SNMG-2 patrol
(Armada
)
SPS
Numancia (Frigate)
(Aug 21) @ Rota, Spain; returns
from Op. Atalanta Anti-Piracy patrol in Indian Ocean (Armada
)
|
AFRICA
NONE
AMERICAS
USA – CENTCOM
- (Aug 18) US 1st Armored Division,
501st Aviation Regiment – KIA @ Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Non-Combat Illness)
USA – WESTPAC / KOREA
- (Aug 19) @ South Korea; ULCHI FREEDOM
GUARDIAN 2013 joint exercises begin, will mobilize 50,000 SK
troops and 30,000 US troops for 12-days (RIA
Novosti )
ASIA /
PACIFIC
AFGHANISTAN
- (Aug 20) 3rd Special Forces
Group, 3rd Battalion – KIA @ Wardak Province (DOD
)
RUSSIA
- (Aug 19) @ Nizhny Novgorod & Tver
Regions, Russia; begin 4-day joint Russian AF and French AF
tactical drills (RIA
Novosti )
SYRIA
- (Aug 25) US, UK, France, Saudi, Qatar,
Turkey, Italy, Canada reportedly prepare for punitive strike on
Syria following chemical attack, Russia places forces on alert
(Debka
)(Yahoo)
- (Aug 21) @ Damascus; rebels claim army
attacked eastern suburb with chemical weapons (BBC
)
EUROPE
NONE |
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