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