April 6-12 Weekly News & Log Updates

WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE April 6 – 12

NAVAL-MARINE OPERATIONS

CHINA 16th ESCORT TASK FORCE ·         NO NEWS MH370 – MISSING AIRLINER SEARCH ·         (Apr 6) @ Indian Ocean; Chinese flotilla continues search for missing airliner (People's Daily) …units include o    PLAN Haikou (DDG) o    PLAN Haixun 01 (Rescue Ship) o    PLAN Jianggangshan (LPD) o    PLAN Kunlunshan (LPD) o    PLAN Qiandaohu (Supply) PLAN Changbaishan (Landing Ship) ·         (Apr 8) @ Zhanjiang; Chinese assault ship returns from multinational naval exercise KOMODO 2014 in Indonesia (People's Daily) FRANCE WEST AFRICA CORYMBE TASK FORCE ·         Task Force:  Jean de Arc Task Force JEAN DE ARC TASK FORCE ·         Task Force: FS Mistral (Assault Ship); FS La Fayette (Frigate) ·         (Apr 1) @ Gulf of Guinea; French frigate FS La Fayette participates in Exercise NEMO 14.2 with Togo and Benin (MOD) FS Charles De Gaulle (Carrier) ·         (Apr 1) @ Mediterranean; French carrier conducts training off coast of Corsica, including joint training with French army NH90 transport helicopters from FS Tonnerre, currently conducting trials (MOD) FS Jean Bart (Destroyer) ·         (Apr 8) @ N. Arabian Sea; French destroyer integrates into USS Bush CSG (MOD) FS Nivose (Frigate) ·         (Mar 29) @ Indian Ocean; French patrol frigate intercepts five illegal fishing ships in Mozambique Cannel (MOD) RUSSIA MEDITERRANEAN TASK FORCE ·         NO NEWS RFS Marshal Shaposhnikov (Udaloy Class Destroyer) ·         (Apr 8) @ Straits of Malacca; Russian destroyer task force enters Indian Ocean, en-route to Karachi, Pakistan (RIA Novosti) ·         (Mar 29 – Apr 3) @ S. China Sea; Russian destroyer task force participates in multinational naval exercise KOMODO 2014 (RIA Novosti) …units include o    RFS Marshal Shaposhnikov (DDG) o    RFS Irkut (Tanker) o    RFS Alatau (Services Ship) UNITED KINGDOM HMS Portland (Frigate) ·         (Apr 11) @ South Africa; UK frigate visits Cape Town for 3-days following anti-submarine training with S. African sub Charlotte Maxeke (Royal Navy) ·         (Apr 10) @ Angola; UK frigate visits Luanda, conducts capability demonstration with senior military leaders (Royal Navy) ·         (Apr 7) @ Sao Tome; UK frigate visits ST&P, welcomes Prime Minister aboard (Royal Navy) HMS Queen Elizabeth (Carrier) ·         (Apr 8) UK sailors intern on USN carrier USS Truman during strike operations in Arabian Gulf, gaining flight deck experience (Royal Navy)   AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE FORCES HMAS Success (Supply Ship) ·         (Apr 12) Indian Ocean; Australian supply ship continues search for MH370, welcomes Chinese commander of PLAN Haikou (destroyer) aboard (GOV.AU) UNITED STATES US CARRIER STRIKE GROUPS ·         NO NEWS US AMPHIBIOUS READY GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS USS America (LHA-6) ·         (Apr 10) @ Pascagoula, MS; US Navy accepts delivery of new America Class LHA assault ship (USN)     US WARSHIPS USS Donald Cook (DDG) ·         (Apr 10) @ Black Sea; USN destroyer enters Black Sea, Russia complains that it may violate treaties (RIA Novosti) USS Lake Erie (CG-70) ·         (Apr 10) @ Japan; USN cruiser visits Osaka, Japan during WESTPAC patrol (USN) USS McClusky (FFG-41) ·         (Apr 10) @ San Diego; USN frigate departs for 4th Fleet deployment to USSOUTHCOM-Operation Martillo anti-drug patrol (USN) USS Ramage (DDG-61) ·         (Apr 7) @ Israel; USN destroyer visits Haifa, sailors participate in COMREL to Melav Retiree Center (USN) USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) ·         (Apr 12) @ Washington; US Navy christens new next-generation Zumwalt Class destroyer, a limited run technology demonstrator class of advanced stealth land attack destroyers designed to operate in hostile littoral waters (USN) USNS Spearhead (JHSV-1) ·         (Apr 11) @ Ghana; USN and USMC forces complete 3-week law enforcement exercises as part of AMLEP initiative (USN) OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS EU – OPERATION ATALANTA (CTF-465) ·         (Apr 10) @ Gulf of Oman; Korean destroyer ROKS Kang Gam Chan commander visits Spanish frigate SPS C. Colon during joint exercises (NATO) ·         (Mar 30) @ Gulf of Aden; ATALANTA commander welcomes Japanese task force commander from destroyer JS Samadare onboard French landing ship FS Siroco (MOD) NATO – OPERATION OCEAN SHIELD (CTF-508) (Patrolled by NATO-SNMG-2) ·         NO NEWS NATO – SNMG-1 ·         NO NEWS NATO – SNMG-2 ·         SEE OPERATION OCEAN SHIELD GERMANY ·         (Apr 11) @ Senegal; German EAV task force completes visit at Dakar. EAV is heading to Ghana, then Lagos, Nigeria next, and will be joined by Turkish ships TCG Gediz (Frigate) and TCG Heybeliada (Corvette) (Bundesmarine)

AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS

AFRICA NO NEWS AMERICAS USA ·         (Apr 8) DOD announces adjustments to Strategic Force Structure to comply with the new START treaty, and will be implemented by 2018 (DOD) ASIA / PACIFIC NO NEWS EUROPE NO NEWS