October 12th Weekly Log Update

WEEKLY LOG UPDATE October 6 – 12

NAVAL OPERATIONS

CHINA PLAN Qingdao TF (Oct 11) @ Auckland, New Zealand; port visit during Pacific deployment (Peoples Daily) FRANCE FS Aconit (Frigate) (Oct 10) @ Bahrain; port visit after being guided into harbor by HMS Shoreham in counter-mine escort exercise (Royal Navy) FS Germinal (Frigate) (Oct 4) Complete CORYMBE deployment, replaced by FS PM l'Her (MOD) FS La Motte-Picquet (Destroyer) (Oct 7) @ North Sea near Scotland; participate in Exercise JOINT WARRIOR 2013 (MOD) FS Vendemiaire (Frigate) (Oct 9) @ Sydney, Australia; participate in International Fleet Review (MOD) RUSSIA MEDITERRANEAN TASK FORCE (Oct 9) @ Baltiisk, Kaliningrad; RFS Azov returning to Mediterranean Task Force after participating in ZAPAD 2013, will make port visit at Ceuta, Spain, then return to Sevestopol in November (RIA Novosti) UNITED KINGDOM COUGAR 2013 DEPLOYMENT (Oct 11) @ Arabian Gulf; HMS Quorn (MCM) guides HMS Bulwark and Illustrious through simulated minefield in Exercise SEA KHANJAR (Royal Navy) (Oct 10) @ Gulf of Oman; HMS Westminster visited by UK Ambassador to Oman (Royal Navy) HMS Clyde (Falklands Patrol) (Oct 8) @ Johnson's Harbor, Falklands; 8-sailors assist farmers in removing old fencing (Royal Navy ) HMS Daring (Destroyer) (Oct 11) @ Sydney, Australia; leave port, continue Far East deployment (Royal Navy ) HMS Dragon (Destroyer) (Oct 9) @ E. Mediterranean; Patrolling UK base areas and participating in local exercises (Royal Navy ) HMS Kent (Frigate) (Oct 9) @ Portsmouth, UK; Returns from Indian Ocean Deployment (Royal Navy ) HMS Lancaster (Frigate) (Oct 10) @ W. Caribbean; seize 400kg of cocaine and 1.2 tons of marijuana in separate actions (Royal Navy ) HMS Queen Elizabeth (Carrier) (Oct 8) @ Atlantic; RAF & Royal Navy Engineers train on F-35 STOVL fighters on USS Wasp for 18-Days (Royal Navy ) HMAS Newcastle (Frigate) (Oct 13) @ Sydney, Australia; End deployment RFA Ft. Victoria (Supply Ship) (Oct 11) @ Indian Ocean; provided medical assistance to chef of MV Restorer (Royal Navy) UNITED STATES US CARRIER GROUPS USS Washington CSG (Oct 7) @ Busan, SK; depart after 4-day visit (US Navy) US AMPHIBIOUS GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS NONE US WARSHIPS USS Higgins (DDG-76) (Oct 7) @ San Diego; return from WESTPAC / CENTCOM deployment (US Navy) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS GERMANY FGS Niedersachsen (Frigate) (Oct 8) @ Djibouti; Swap 2-Sea Lynx helicopters half-way through deployment (Bundeswehr ) NETHERLANDS HNLMS Johann de Witt (Amphibious Transport) (Oct 4) @ Indian Ocean; Op Atalanta commanders meet onboard ship (NATO) HNLMS Rotterdam (Amphibious Transport) (Oct 9) @ Achiase, Ghana; UK 45 Commando participate in 7-day AFRICAN WINDS jungle training (Royal Navy ) SPAIN SPS Alvaro de Bazan (Frigate) (Oct 9) @ Ferrol, Spain; depart for SNMG-2 as FLAGSHIP, relieves SPS Blaz de Lezo (Armada ) SPS Cantabria (Supply) (Oct 10) @ Coral Sea; participate in TRITON CENTENARY 2013, carrying out 11-replenishment’s (Armada)

GROUND OPERATIONS

AFRICA NONE AMERICAS NONE ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (Oct 10) UK 7th Armored Brigade assumes command of TF Helmand, starting Op. Herrick-19 (MOD ) (Oct 6) US 75th Ranger Regiment – KIA @ Zhari District (IED) (DOD) (Oct 5) US 1st Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade – KIA @ Zabul Province (DOD) (Sept 15) US 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Brigade – Security patrols @ Kashmiri Bala SYRIA (Oct 7) Hizballah units (about 1,500 troops out of 3,500) begin returning home in Lebanon, signifying victory for Syria, Iran and Russia (Debka) EUROPE FRANCE – CHAD (Oct 2) 1st Tirailleurs Reg, with 1st Spahis Reg of Valencia and 1st Naval Artillery Reg take command of Epervier Force in Chad (MOD)