Sunday, February 9, 2014

February 01-08 Weekly Log Updates


WEEKLY LOG UPDATE
February 01 – 08
NAVAL OPERATIONS
CHINA
15th ESCORT TASK FORC
    NO NEWS
16th ESCORT TASK FORCE
    NO NEWS
PLAN Changbaishan (LPD)
·         (Feb 03) @ Pacific; Changbaishan battle group enter west pacific via Lombak Straits (Peoples Daily)
·         (Jan 29) @ Indian Ocean; Changbaishan battle group enter Indian Ocean and begin 10-day combat exercises
FRANCE
WEST AFRICA CORYMBE TASK FORCE
·         NO NEWS
FS Corbet (Frigate)
·         (Feb 2) @ Mediterranean; French frigate FS Corbet conducts tactical training with Brazilian frigate União off coast of Toulon, France, União is currently en route back home after participating in UNIFIL naval patrol (MOD)
FS Mistral (Amphibious Assault Ship)
·         (Feb 3) @ Atlantic; French assault ship is training in Atlantic in preparation for an upcoming Joan de Arc deployment in March (MOD)
RUSSIA
MEDITERRANEAN TASK FORCE
    NO NEWS
UNITED KINGDOM
HMS Montrose (Frigate)
·         (Feb 6) @ Mediterranean; UK frigate has been working with Danish ship HDMS Ebsen Snare and Norwegian ship HNOMS Helge Ingstad since mid-January in preparation for escorting the ro-ro ships Taiko and Ark Future tasked with transporting Syrian chemical weapons components (UK-RN)
HMS Somerset (Frigate)
    (Feb 5) @ Red Sea; Frigate refueled with USNS Laramie, then transits the Suez Canal (UK-RN)
HMAS Melbourne (Australian Frigate)
·         (Feb 7) @ Indian Ocean off Tanzania; frigate seizes and destroys 353kg of suspected heroin (GOV)
UNITED STATES
US CARRIER STRIKE GROUPS
USS Stennis (CVN-74)
·         (Feb 6) @ Bremerton; Carrier will the first to install the new Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Services system (CANES) ()
USS Truman CSG
·         (Feb 2) @ Gulf of Oman; USN and French carrier groups conclude 5-weeks of combined operations
 
US AMPHIBIOUS READY GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS
USS Mount Whitney (LLC-20) & USS Taylor (FFG-50)
    (Feb 5) @ Black Sea; USN Command Ship Mount Whitney and frigate USS Taylor (FFG-50) arrive to patrol and train with regional partners, and provide offshore presence during Olympics
USS Bataan ARG
·         (Feb 8) @ Norfolk, Bataan ARG deploys to US 5th and 6th Fleet AOR (USN)
USS BH Richard ARG
    (Feb 5) @ Pearl Harbor; US Navy announces the USS Green Bay (LPD-20) will replace USS Denver (LPD-9) in Summer, 2014, USS Peleliu (LHD-5) will proceed to 7th Fleet AOR to mitigate any gap in amphibious capability (USN)
    (Feb 5) @ Okinawa; USS Denver (LPD-9) onloads marines and equipment in preparation for exercise Cobra Gold’2014 in Thailand (USN)
PCU America (LHA-6)
·         (Jan 31) @ Pascagoula; the USN’s newest assault ship has completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of , delivery is planned for spring, 2014 (USN)
 
US WARSHIPS
USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) & USS John McCain (DDG-56)
·         (Feb 4) @ Japan; USN Destroyers Curtis Wilbur and John McCain arrive at Tomakomai, Japan for the Sapporo Ice Festival (USN)
USS Elrod (FFG-55)
    (Feb 6) @ Mediterranean; frigate conducts PASSEX and a series of sea drills with Royal Moroccan Navy Sigma-class corvette Allal Ben Abellah (FMMM-615) (USN)
    (Feb 2) @ Morocco; USN Frigate arrives at Tangiers for port visit, and plans to host tours and exchanges (USN)
USS Halyburton (FFG-40)
·         (Feb 6) @ Caribbean; frigate assists in rescue crashed Panamanian helicopter during Operation Martello anti-drug patrol (USN)
USS Kidd (DDG-100)
·         (Jan 7 – Feb 2) @ Western Pacific; USN destroyer completes Oceania Maritime Security Initiative with US Coast Guard near Marshall Islands and Nauru (USN)  
OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS
EU – OPERATION ATALANTA (CTF-465)
    NO NEWS
NATO – OPERATION OCEAN SHIELD (CTF-508) (Patrolled by NATO-SNMG-2)
    NO NEWS
NATO – SNMG-1
    NO NEWS
INDIA
·         (Feb 7) @ Indian Ocean; an Indian MIG-29 made the first ever landing on the newly refit carrier during its commissioning trials (RIA Novosti)
ITALY
·         (Feb 7) @ S. Africa; ITS Cavour carrier battle group arrives at Cape Town, S. Africa (DIFESA)
 
GROUND OPERATIONS
AFRICA
NONE
AMERICAS
NONE
ASIA / PACIFIC
NONE
EUROPE
NONE

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