September 22-28 Weekly Log Update

WEEKLY LOG UPDATE September 22 – 28

NAVAL OPERATIONS

CHINA PLAN Peace Ark (Hospital Ship) (Sept 24) @ Sihanoukville, Cambodia; port visit providing medical services for 1-week (Peoples Daily ) FRANCE FS Aconite (Frigate) (Sept 20) @ Indian Ocean; joins Task Force-150 (MOD ) RUSSIA MEDITERRANIAN TASK FORCE (Sept 26) @ Latakia, Syria; LST-N. Filchenkov visits for one day, escorted into port by Syrian missile boats (RIA Novosti ) UNITED KINGDOM HMS Daring (Destroyer) (Sept 26) @ Pacific, en-route to Sydney, Australia for International Fleet Review (Oct 3-11) (Royal Navy ) HMS Duncan (Destroyer) (Sept 26) @ Portsmouth NB; Formally commissioned, continuing Sea Trials (Royal Navy ) HMS Illustrious (Carrier) (Sept 25) @ Gulf of Oman; replenish with RFA Ft. Victoria and Ft. Austin (Royal Navy ) HMS Lancaster (Frigate) (Sept 21) @ Belize; visited for Independence Day festivities and parade (Royal Navy ) HMS Monmouth (Frigate) (Sept 27 – Oct 2) @ Cardiff, Wales; port visit during ships 20th anniversary (Royal Navy ) HMS Portland (Frigate) (Sept 26) @ Belfast; 5-day port visit in support of an engineering exhibition (Royal Navy ) HMAS Melbourne (Australian Frigate) (Sept 24) @ Gulf of Aden, begins Horn of Africa patrol (MOD ) HMAS Newcastle (Australian Frigate) (Sept 24) @ Gulf of Aden; hands over patrol duties to HMAS Melbourne (FFG), returning home (MOD) HMAS Stuart (Australian Frigate) (Sept 20) @ Garden Island, Australia; complete joint training with SPS Cantabria (SUP) and HMNZS Te Mana (FFG) (Armada) HMNZS Te Mana (New Zealand Frigate) (Sept 20) @ Garden Island, Australia; complete joint training with HMAS Stuart (FFG) and SPS Cantabria (SUP) (Armada) UNITED STATES US CARRIER GROUPS USS Truman CSG (Sept 24) @ Arabian Gulf; CG-Gettysburg provided humanitarian assistance to drifting fishing dhow (US Navy ) USS Washington CSG (Sept 26) @ Philippine Sea; DDG-Prebble replenishes with USNS Charles Drew, patrolling with CSG (Sept 25) @ Pacific; participates in large force exercise with USAF squadrons based in Japan and Okinawa (US Navy ) (Sept 25) @ Philippine Sea; CG-Antietam patrolling with CSG US AMPHIBIOUS GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS USS BH Richard ARG (Sept 25) @ Okinawa; BHR off-loads 31st MEU (US Navy ) US WARSHIPS USS Chosin (CG-65) (Sept 25) @ Newcastle, Australia; port visit, includes preparing for International Fleet Review at Sydney (US Navy ) USS Hampton (SSN-767) (Sept 24) @ Yokosuka, Japan; port visit during WESTPAC deployment (US Navy ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS GERMANY FGS Niedersachsen (Frigate) (Sept 16) @ Indian Ocean off Somalia; renders medical assistance to crew member on Italian merchant ship Jolly Perla (Bundeswehr ) INDIA INS Vikramaditya (Carrier) (Sept 25) Russia will turn over Carrier to India on (Nov 15), is expected to arrive in Mumbai, India in (Feb, 2014) (RIA Novosti ) NASEEM AL BAHR 2013 (Sept 13) @ N. Arabian Sea; Bi-Lateral Naval Exercise NASEEM AL BAHR 2013 with Indian and Omani Navies begins (Indian Navy ) ...(Indian ships include DDG – Mysore, FFG – Tabar and Tarkash. And SUP – Aditya; Omani ships include CRV – Al Muazzar, Al Mussandam and Al Naja, LST – Temsah, and Omani RAF fighters) ITALY ITS Cavour (Carrier) (Sept 26 – Oct 6) @ Tyrrhenian Sea; Flagship for NATO-EX BRILLIANT MARINER 2013, in conjunction with Italy's MARE APERTO 13, includes Carrier, 12-FFGs, 1-Amphib, 1-SUP, 7-MCM, 2-SSNs. (NATO ) NETHERLANDS HNLMS Rotterdam (Amphibious Transport Ship) (Sept 13) @ Dakar, Senegal; Training West African military personnel, Hydrographic survey teams map harbors and coastlines (MOD ) SPAIN SPS Cantabria (Supply) (Oct 4-11) @ Sydney, Australia; participates in INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW 2013 (Armada ) (Sept 21) @ Coral Sea; participates in multinational exercise TRITON CENTENARY 13 (Armada) (Sept 20) @ Garden Island, Australia; complete joint training with HMAS Stuart (FFG) and HMNZS Te Mana (FFG) (Armada)

GROUND OPERATIONS

AFRICA NONE AMERICAS NONE ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (Sept 26) US 101st Airborne Division, 4th Brigade – KIA @ Paktia Province (DOD ) (Sept 24) US XVIII Airborne Corps HQ – DEPLOYING in Winter, 2013 for 1-year (DOD ) (Sept 24) US 1st Armored Division, 3rd Armored Brigade – DEPLOYING in Winter, 2013 for 1-year (DOD ) (Sept 24) US 4th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade – DEPLOYING in Winter, 2013 for 1-year (DOD ) (Sept 24) US 10th Mountain Division, HQ – DEPLOYING in Winter, 2013 for 1-year (DOD ) (Sept 24) US 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade – DEPLOYING in Winter, 2013 for 1-year (DOD ) (Sept 24) US 101st Airborne Division, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade – DEPLOYING in Winter, 2013 for 1-year (DOD ) (Sept 20) US 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Brigade – KIA @ Pul-E-Alam (DOD ) (Sept 19) US 19th Special Forces Group, 2nd Battalion – KIA @ Gardez, Paktia Province (DOD ) (Sept 19) US 19th Special Forces Group, 5th Battalion – KIA @ Gardez, Paktia Province (DOD ) RUSSIA (Sept 25) Russia unveils new Tank Support fighting vehicle (Modified T-72) dubbed “Terminator-2”, is armed with 2-30mm cannons, 4-130mm anti-tank missiles, 1-7.62mm MG and 2-81mm smoke grenade launchers (RIA Novosti with PIC) EUROPE NONE

September 15 - 21 Weekly Log Update

WEEKLY LOG UPDATE September 15 – 21

NAVAL OPERATIONS

CHINA PLAN Jinggangshan (LPD – Amphibious Assault Ship) (Sept 15) @ Gulf of Aden; LPD-Jinggagshan Commander meets NATO-SNMG-1 Commander on-board flagship (NATO ) PLAN Liaoning (Carrier) (Sept 21) @ Qingdao; Carrier returns to port after 3-month period of tests and flight deck certs, including 100-sorties of J-15 fighter jets (Peoples Daily ) FRANCE EXERCISE GABIAN 2013 (Sept 23-26) @ Mediterranean; Ex GABIAN 2013 French naval combat exercise (MOD ), participants include LHD – FS Mistral DDG – FS Cassard DDG – FS Forbin DDG – FS Jean Bart DDG – FS Jean de Vienne FFG – FS Cmd Birot FFG – FS Guepratte FFG – FS Jacoubet FFG – FS La Fayette MCM – FS Capricorn SUP – FS Var FS Germinal (Frigate) (Sept 13-16) @ Ghana; Visit during CORYME patrol (MOD ) (Sept 10-12) @ Lome, Togo; port visit and training with Togoese Navy (MOD ) FS Nivose (Frigate) (Aug 30 – Sept 6) @ Mozambique; conducts joint naval exercise OXIDE 2013 with Mozambique and S. Africa (MOD ) FS Primauguet (Destroyer) (Sept 2) @ Baltic Sea; participate in EX NORTHERN COAST 2013 for 12-days with German FGS Karlsrue (FFG) and Frankfurt Am Main (Supply), and Danish FFG Absalon (MOD ) FS Provence (FREMM Frigate) (Sept 18) @ Lorient; third FREMM Frigate launched by DCNS, technical systems being installed next (MOD ) FS Tonnerre (LHD) (Sept 20) @ Toulon; sets sail for Lebanon to provide for next rotation of French troops for UNIFIL (MOD ) FS Vendemiaire (Frigate) (Sept 3-4) @ Wapole Island, Frigate resupplies island with fuel for maritime surveillance and public service missions (MOD ) RUSSIA RFS Kuznetsov (Carrier) (Sept 19) @ Severomorsk, leave port for 5-days of naval drills in Barents Sea, includes 30-warships, 50-Armored vehicles and 2,500-troops, exercises include air defense drills, anti-sub missions, live-fire drills, and an amphibious assault (RIANovosti ) RFS Varyag (Cruiser) (Oct) @ Gulf of Aden, may divert to Mediterranean Task Force (Sept 18) @ Vladivostok; departs for Indian Ocean deployment (RIA Novosti ) UNITED KINGDOM HMS Bulwark (Assault Ship) (Sept 20) @ Red Sea?; Naval Exercise with Saudi Royal Navy (MOD ) HMS Illustrious (Carrier) (Sept 20) @ Red Sea?; Naval Exercise with Saudi Royal Navy (MOD ) HMS Montrose (Frigate) (Aug 26) @ Souda Bay, Greece; crew visits WWII cemetery (MOD ) HMS Westminster (Frigate) (Sept 20) @ Red Sea?; Naval Exercise with Saudi Royal Navy (MOD ) UNITED STATES US CARRIER GROUPS USS Roosevelt (CVN-71) (Sept 14) @ Atlantic; complete flight deck certification (US Navy ) USS Washington CSG (Sept 15) @ Pacific; host Japanese government officials (US Navy ) (Sept 14) @ Pacific; CVW-5 flies on-board, ready for Fall Deployment (US Navy ) PCU JF Kennedy (CVN-79) (Sept 13) US Carrier contract award delayed, may delay construction of JFK (Defense News ) US AMPHIBIOUS GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS USS BH Richard ARG (Sept 18) @ Hong Kong; ARG visits China (Peoples Daily PIC ) USS Boxer ARG (Sept 16) @ Subic Bay, Philippines; Boxer & LPD-New Orleans visit, prepare for 3-week long bi-lateral exercise AMPHIBIOUS LANDING EXERCISE 2013 (US Navy ) (Aug 28) @ Pacific; LPD-New Orleans completes 3M 1.4 assessments during WESTPAC deployment (US Navy ) US WARSHIPS USS Cowpens (CG-63) (Sept 17) @ San Diego; Deploys for WESTPAC patrol (US Navy ) USS Higgins (DDG-76) (Sept 16) @ Guam; port visit, COMREL visit to Oceanview Middle School by 8-sailors (US Navy ) USS Mahan (DDG-72) (Sept 14) @ Norfolk, return from 6th Fleet deployment USS Rentz (FFG-46) (Sept 19) @ Mayport, US; transfer $78 million of confiscated cocaine to USCGC Forward (US Navy ) (Sept 15) @ Cartegena, Columbia; UNITAS 2013 ends (US Navy ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS GERMANY FGS Karlsrue (Frigate) (Sept 2) @ Baltic Sea; participate in EX NORTHERN COAST 2013 for 12-days with French FS Primauguet (DDG) and Frankfurt Am Main (Supply), and Danish FFG Absalon (MOD ) INDIA INS Vikramaditya (Carrier) (Sept 17) Carrier completes Sea Trials in Russia, will be delivered in November (Times of India ) NORWAY HnoMS F. Nansen (Frigate) (Sept 15) @ Gulf of Aden; NATO-SNMG-1 meets 15th ETF Commander (NATO ) SPAIN SPS Juan Carlos I (LHD) (Sept 18) @ Cadiz, Spain; Adm. Bolibar assumes command of EUROMARFOR on board the LH (Armada ) (Sept 17) @ Cadiz, Spain; Her Majesty the Queen presents the Battle Ensign of the LHD (Armada )

GROUND OPERATIONS

AFRICA NONE AMERICAS NONE ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (Sept 19) US 10th Mountain Division, 4th Brigade – KIA @ Laghman Province (DOD ) EUROPE NONE

September 8-14 Weekly Log Update

WEEKLY LOG UPDATE September 8 – 14

NAVAL OPERATIONS

CHINA PLAN Jinggangshan (LPD – Amphibious Assault Ship) (Sept 11) @ Gulf of Aden; Special Troops conduct combat training (Peoples Daily ) PLAN Lanzhou Task Force (Sept 11) @ N. of Bismark Archipelago; Task Force crosses equator, en-route to Valparaiso, Chile (Peoples Daily ) (Sept 5) @ Bashi Channel, Task Force enters west Pacific (Peoples Daily) PLAN Liaoning (Carrier) (Sept 11) China's MOD states that more carriers are planned to be built domestically, at least two would be needed to maintain a carrier on standby at all times, and more are needed if heavy combat is expected (Peoples Daily ) PLAN Peace Ark (Hospital Ship) (Sept 10) @ Jakarta, Indonesia; medical tour visit (Peoples Daily ) PLAN Qingdao Task Force (Sept 11) @ Pearl Harbor, USA; Task Force departs Pearl harbor, continuing Pacific patrol (Peoples Daily ) PLAN Yiyang Training Task Force (Sept 10) @ Zhejiang; Frigates Yiyang and Changzhou return from 16-day training cruise (Peoples Daily ) PLAN Zheng He (Training) (Sept 9) Return to home port following 40-day training cruise (Peoples Daily ) FRANCE FS Dixmude (LHD – Amphibious Assault Ship) (Sept 10) @ Calvi, France; conduct mass evacuation exercise with civilians and 2nd REP (MOD ) FS Germinal (Frigate) (Sept 4-7) @ Gabon, train with french army in Gabon and Gabonese navy, welcome doctors and dignitaries on-board (MOD ) FS Somme (Supply / Command Ship) (Aug 30) @ Indian Ocean; refuel HMAS Newcastle (Frigate) (Navy ) RUSSIA MEDITERRANEAN TASK FORCE (Sept 16) @ Mediterranean; CG-Moskva relieves DDG-Adm. Panteleyev as FLAGSHIP, begins patrol near Syria (Sept 14) @ Bosporous; DDG-Smetlivy and LST-N. Filchenkov transit straits en-route to Syria (Sept 10) @ Straits of Gibraltar; CG-Moskva enters Mediterranean UNITED KINGDOM HMS Argyll (Frigate) (Sept 12) @ Devenport, UK; return from Atlantic patrol, deployment ENDS (Royal Navy ) HMS Bulwark (Assault Ship) (Sept 12) @ Suez Canal; COUGAR'13 TF Transit canal en-route for next exercise zone in Arabian Gulf (Royal Navy ) HMS Daring (Destroyer) (Sept 11) @ Pacific, testing ABM capabilities with USS Chafee (DDG) during 9-month Far East deployment (Defense News ) HMS Dragon (Destroyer) (Sept 10) @ Arabian Gulf; Air control exercise with USAF, RAF, USS Ponce (Sea Base) and Shoup (DDG) (Royal Navy ) HMS Illustrious (Carrier) (Sept 12) @ Suez Canal; COUGAR'13 TF Transit canal en-route for next exercise zone in Arabian Gulf (Royal Navy ) (Sept 9) @ Palermo, Sicily; port call for 3-days, crew climbs Mt. Etna (Royal Navy ) (Sept 6) @ Souda Bay, Crete; at port for fuel and supplies, host Hellenic Chief of Naval Operations V-Adm. Apostolakis (Royal Navy ) HMS Montrose (Frigate) (Sept 12) @ Arabian Gulf, conducting anti-piracy / drug patrol, waiting for remaining ships of COUGAR'13 TF(Royal Navy ) HMS Northumberland (Frigate) (Sept 13-16) @ Whitehill Point, UK; visiting namesake county for various local events (Royal Navy ) HMS Queen Elizabeth (Carrier) (Sept 10) First Sea Lord Adm. Sir George Zambellas states next summer's launch of carrier will signal a new national awakening (Royal Navy ) HMS Richmond (Frigate) (Sept 12) @ Georgetown, Ascension Island; short visit during Atlantic Patrol (Royal Navy ) HMS Somerset (Frigate) (Sept 13) @ River Dart, UK; celebrating HMS Britannia arrival in 1863 (Royal Navy) HMS Westminster (Frigate) (Sept 12) @ Suez Canal; COUGAR'13 TF Transit canal en-route for next exercise zone in Arabian Gulf (Royal Navy ) HMAS Ballarat (Frigate) (Sept 11) @ Sunda Strait; memorial for sinking of HMAS Perth during WWII (Navy ) HMAS Newcastle (Frigate) (Aug 30) @ Indian Ocean; refuel with FS Somme (supply) (Navy ) (Aug 18-25) @ Gulf of Aden; conduct Focused Operation SOUTHERN LOOK (Navy ) HMCS Preserver (AOR-510) (Sept 11) @ Pacific, refuel USS Rentz (FFG) during UNITAS 2013 (US Navy ) HMCS Toronto (Frigate) (Aug 27) @ Arabian Sea; USS Truman provides medical assistance to Canadian sailor (US Navy ) RFA Ft. Victoria (Supply Ship) (Sept 10) @ Gulf of Aden, assumes command of CTF-151 anti-piracy patrol in Indian Ocean (Royal Navy ) RFA Wave Knight (Supply Ship) (Sept 12) @ Caribbean; seizes 1,300kg of marijuana bales from drug boat (MOD ) UNITED STATES US CARRIER GROUPS USS Nimitz CSG (Sept 10) @ Arabian Gulf; DDG-Shoup Air control exercise with USAF, RAF, USS Ponce (Sea Base) HMS Dragon (DDG) (Royal Navy ) USS Truman CSG (Aug 27) @ Arabian Sea; provide medical assistance to Canadian sailor from HMCS Toronto (US Navy ) USS Vinson (CVN-70) (Sept 9) @ Coronado, USA; Commander in Chief of China's Peoples Liberation Army visits ship (US Navy ) US AMPHIBIOUS GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS USS BH Richard ARG (Sept 12) @ Darwin, Australia; LPD-Denver departs port following participation in Ex Koolendong with 31st MEU (US Navy ) USS Boxer ARG (Sept 5) @ Pacific; enter 7th Fleet AOR (US Navy ) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) (Sept 10) @ Arabian Gulf; Air control exercise with USAF, RAF, HMS Dragon and USS Shoup (DDG) (Royal Navy ) US WARSHIPS USS Chafee (DDG-90) (Sept 11) @ Pacific near Hawaii?; testing ABM systems with HMS Daring (DDG) (Defense News ) USS Charlotte (SSN-766) (Sept 12) @ Yokosuka, Japan; port visit for rest during WESTPAC deployment (US Navy ) USS Freedom (LCS-1) (Sept 7) @ S. China Sea; VBSS training with Brunei Navy during SEACAT 2013 (US Navy ) USS Hampton (SSN-767) (Sept 6) @ Subic Bay, Philippines; port visit during deployment to WESTPAC (US Navy ) USS Rentz (FFG-46) (Sept 11) @ Pacific, refuel with HMCS Preserver (AOR-510) during UNITAS 2013 (US Navy ) (Sept 8-15) @ Cartegena, Colombia; participate in UNITAS 2013 multilateral naval exercise with 19-central / South American navies (US Navy ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS GERMANY FGS Augsburg (Frigate) (Aug 30) @ Wilhelmshaven, Germany; Return from Indian Ocean Atalanta mission (Marine ) FGS Niedersachsen (Frigate) (Sept 12) @ Mombassa, Somalia; escort MV Rozen (WFP supply ship) (Bundeswehr ) NETHERLANDS HNLMS Johan de Witt (Assault Ship) (Sept 5) @ off Mogadishu, Somalia: Somali President visits ship meeting senior EU officials (MOD ) (Aug 27) @ off Somalia; Host EU Senior Maritime Security Course for African personnel (MOD )

GROUND OPERATIONS

AFRICA NONE AMERICAS NONE ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (Sept 13) UK The Rifles Regiment, 4th Battalion – complete clearance operation with Afghan 3/215 Brigade @ Gereshk (MOD ) (Sept 5) US 10th Mountain Division, 4th Brigade – Training Afghan Army Artillery units @ Kapisa Province (Sept 3) US 101st Airborne Division, 4th Brigade – Operating @ FOB Salerno (Sept 2) US 101st Airborne Division, 4th Brigade – Provide security for 1438th Eng. Co. @ Gardez Pass, Paktia Province CHINA (Sept 1-22) @ Hetian Prefecture, China; begin joint air exercise SHAHEEN 2 with Pakistan (Defense News ) RUSSIA – BELARUS (Sept 20-26) @ Belarus; ZAPAD 2013 joint military exercise begins (RIA Novosti ) RUSSIA – UKRAINE (Sept 10) Ukraine confirms Russia provided notification that its closing it's carrier pilot training center at Nitka Center AB at Crimea (RIA Novosti ) SYRIA (Sept 12) Syria agrees to join UN Chemical weapons convention and submit arms data (BBC ) (Sept 9) Russia urges Syria to transfer WMD's to UN for cataloging and destruction (BBC ) EUROPE UK (Sept 11) Royal Navy examining options to expand Type-45 (DDG) capabilities to include ABM defense (Defense News ) (Sept 11) Royal Navy unveils latest design of new Type-26 Frigate “Global Combat Ship” (Royal Navy )

September 7 Weekly Log Update

WEEKLY LOG UPDATE September 1 – 7

NAVAL OPERATIONS

CHINA 14th ESCORT TASK FORCE (Sept 5) @ Singapore for 6-day visit, en-route back to home port (Peoples Dily PIC ) PLAN Jinggangshan (LPD – Amphibious Assault Ship) (Sept 6) @ Red Sea; 15th ETF patrolling, possibly heading to SYRIA (Debka) PLAN Lanzhou Task Force (Sept 3) @ Sanya Harbor, China; Task force deploys to S. America, plans to visit Chile, Brazil and Argentina (Peoples Daily ) TASK FORCE: PLAN Lanzhou – DDG PLAN Liuzhou – FFG PLAN Boyanghu – OILER PLAN Peace Ark (Hospital Ship) (Sept 3) @ Thilawa Port, Myanmar; completes 6-day port visit (Peoples Daily ) PLAN Qingdao TF (Sept 9) @ Pearl Harbor, US; SAR EX with US Navy (Sept 6) @ Pearl Harbor, US; arrives for port visit (US Navy ) FRANCE FS Charles de Gaulle (Carrier) (Aug 27) @ Toulon, currently at home port, preparing to sortie out if needed for the SYRIAN CRISIS (Challenges ) FS Chevalier Paul (Destroyer) (Aug 29) @ Toulon, FR; depart for training in Mediterranean, may be responding to SYRIA CRISIS (Yahoo) FS Dixmude (LHD – Amphibious Assault Ship) (Aug 29) @ Toulon, FR; depart for training in Mediterranean, may be responding to SYRIA CRISIS (Yahoo) FS Germinal (Frigate) (Aug 27-29) @ Sao Tome & Principe; port visit to train STP Coast Guardsmen (MOD ) RUSSIA RFS Pyotr Veliky (Battle Cruiser) (Sept 3) @ Murmansk, Russia; a North Fleet Naval Task force departs for East Arctic, enter Barents Sea for exercises at Novossibirsk Islands (RIA Novosti ) TASK FORCE UNITS: RFS Pyotr Veliky (BCGN) <FLAGSHIP> RFS Kondopoga (LST) RFS O. Gornyak (LST) Unidentified Support Ships MEDITERRANEAN TASK FORCE (Sept 12-14) @ Sevastopol; DDG-Smetlivvy is deploying to MED TASK FORCE (RIA Novosti ) (Sept 5) @ Bosphorus Straits; INTEL-Priazovye, LST-Minsk & Novocherkassk transit straits en-route to Mediterranean (Defense News ) Russia advises that the Mediterranean Task Force has been boosted in case Russian citizens need to be evacuated from Syria (RIA Novosti ) (Sept 4) Russia says it's planning to rotate the ships... (RIA Novosti ) CURRENT TASK FORCE: RFS Adm. Panteleyev – DDG (Pacific) <FLAGSHIP> RFS Neustrashimmy – FFG (Black) RFS Adm. Nevelsky – LST RFS Alex. Shabalin – LST TASK FORCE UNITS ARRIVING (SEPT 5-6) RFS Minsk – LST (Black) RFS Novocherkassk – LST (Black) RFS Priazovye – INTEL (Black) (These units may replace Nuestrashimmy, Nevelsky, Shabalin) TASK FORCE UNITS ARRIVING (SEPT 17) RFS Moskva – CG (Black) (Replaces Panteleyev as FLAGSHIP) TASK FORCE UNITS ARRIVING (SEPT 29) RFS Ivanovets – Tarantul Class Guided Missile Corvette RFS Shtil – Nanuchka Class Guided Missile Corvette OPTIONAL TASK FORCE UNITS: RFS Smetlivvy – Kashin Class FFG (Black) RFS N. Filchenkov – LST (Black) (Sept 3) Russia says it has no plans to expand the Task Force (RIA Novosti ) (Sept 2) Russia is sending Black Sea Fleet reconnaissance ship SSV-201 Priazovye to Eastern Mediterranean to monitor the situation during SYRIAN CRISIS (Yahoo ) UNITED KINGDOM HMS Argyll (Frigate) (Sept 2) @ Key West, FL; port visit after seizing 6-tons of contraband in counter-drug smuggling operation (Royal Navy ) HMS Dragon (Destroyer) (Sept 6) @ Arabian Gulf, continuing patrols (Royal Navy PIC ) HMS Illustrious (Carrier) (Sept 6) @ Adriatic Sea; hosts Albanian President Nishani during Ex ALBANIAN LION (Royal Navy ) HMS Iron Duke (Frigate) (Sept 2) @ Atlantic off Hampshire; conducting sea trials and weapons test after refit (Royal Nay ) HMS Lancaster (Frigate) (Sept 3) @ Puerto Rico; port visit for maintenance and rest, at deployment halfway point (Royal Navy ) HMS Monmouth (Frigate) (Sept 12) @ London, depart (Sept 9-13) @ London, UK; Future Maritime Operations Conference (Sept 7) @ London, UK; arrive for international maritime event (Royal Navy) HMS Northumberland (Frigate) (Aug 29 – Sept 1) @ Bournemouth Air Festival with HMS Blyth and Brocklesby (MCM) (Royal Navy ) HMS Queen Elizabeth (Carrier) (Sept 2) UK MOD attempts to renegotiate the contract to produce the 2-carriers to control spending, plan to operate the first carrier in 2018, and will determine the fate of the second carrier in 2015 defense review (Defense News ) HMS Sutherland (Frigate) (Sept 15) @ London, depart (Sept 9-13) @ London, UK; Future Maritime Operations Conference (Sept 6) @ London, UK; arrive for international maritime event (Royal Navy ) HMS Westminster (Frigate) (Sept 3) @ Mediterranean; Anti-Submarine exercises with ITS F. Mimbelli (DDG) and ITS S. Pelosi (SSK?) (Royal Navy ) RFS Wave Knight (Supply Ship) (Sept 2) @ Caribbean: working alongside USCGC Forward and Tampa in counter-drug operations (Royal Navy ) UNITED STATES US CARRIER GROUPS USS Nimitz CSG (Sept 4) @ Red Sea, (US Navy PIC ) (Sept 2) @ Red Sea; CSG moves into strike position if needed in the SYRIAN CRISIS (ABC ) USS Truman CSG (Sept 4) @ Gulf of Oman, conduct replenishment at sea with USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8) (US Navy PIC ) US AMPHIBIOUS GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS USS BH Richard ARG (Sept 5) @ Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; BHR is participating in Ex Koolendong (Sept 4) @ Solomon Sea; LSD-Germantown conducting joint force operations (US Navy PIC ) (Aug 31) @ Darwin, Australia; depart Darwin after off-loading 31st MEU, participating in Ex. Koolendong 2013 (US Navy ) USS Boxer ARG (Aug 30) @ Kaneohe; ARG conducting amphibious exercises off Hawaii (US Navy PIC ) (Aug 25-29) @ Pacific; professors from Naval Postgraduate School come aboard to train crew with their Regional Security Education Program (US Navy ) USS Kearsarge ARG (Sept 4) @ Haifa, Israel; LPD-San Antonio arrives for routine port visit (US Navy ) (Sept 3) @ Gulf of Oman; LSD-Carter Hall conducting operations (US Navy PIC ) (Sept 2) @ Mediterranean; LPD-San Antonio reportedly diverted to E. Mediterranean in response to SYRIA CRISIS, has Marine fast response team and MV-22 Ospreys on-board, may act as SAR team US WARSHIPS USS Freedom (LCS-1) (Sept 3) @ S. China Sea; conduct boarding training with Royal Malaysian Navy as part of SEACAT 2013 (US Navy ) (Sept 2) @ Singapore; get underway with USNS M. Perry (T-AKE-9), USNS Rappahannock (T-AO-204) and P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft to participate in SEACAT 2013, multinational naval exercise in South China Sea (US Navy )(US Navy ) USS Gary (FFG-51) (Aug 26-29) @ Pacific off California; embark USCG-LEDET Team-101 for training and anti-drug operations (US Navy ) USS Mahan (DDG-72) (Sept 3) @ Mediterranean on patrol (US Navy PIC ) USS Ramage (DDG-61) (Sept 3) @ Mediterranean, on 6th Fleet patrol (US Navy PIC ) USS Stout (DDG-55) (Sept 4) @ Souda Bay, Crete; port visit during 6th Fleet deployment (US Navy PIC ) USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) (Aug 18) @ Arabian Gulf; assist 3-person Saudi vessel in distress, provide medical assistance (US Navy ) USS Tucson (SSN-770) (Sept 5) @ Pearl Harbor; depart for WESTPAC Deployment (US Navy ) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS ITALY ITS F. Mimbelli (Destroyer) (Sept 3) @ Mediterranean; anti-submarine exercise with HMS Westminster (FFG) (Royal Navy) SPAIN SPS Cantabria (Supply) (Sept 5) @ Coral Sea; depart for 3-week training exercise with Frigates HMAS Stuart and HMNZS Te Mana (Armada )

GROUND OPERATIONS

AFRICA NONE AMERICAS NONE ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (Aug 31) US 10th Mountain Division, 10th CAB – Operating @ Bagram AB (Aug 28) US 101st Airborne Division, 4th Brigade – Road repairs @ Khost Province (Aug 22) US 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Brigade – Presence Patrols @ FOB Fenty, Nangarhar Province (Aug 21) US 101st Airborne Division, 4th Brigade – Combat Patrols @ Saberi District SYRIA (Sept 4) France plans to put military action to parliament for vote; US Senate panel approves vote for use of force (Sept 3) Israel & US conduct joint ABM intercept test in Mediterranean (Debka); (Sept 2) France releases declassified data on Syria Chemical Weapons Program, and on events surrounding attack on Aug 21 (MOD ) (Sept 1) Iranian delegation visits Damascus, propose transferring WMD's to Iran to prevent strike (Debka) (Aug 29) France admits to preparing for action in Syria, sending an LHD and DDG, and having fighter-bombers within striking distance (Yahoo ) EUROPE NONE