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