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WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE
June 15-21
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NAVAL-MARINE OPERATIONS
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CHINA
16th
ESCORT TASK FORCE
17th ESCORT TASK FORCE
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NO NEWS
FRANCE
WEST AFRICA
CORYMBE TASK FORCE
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Task
Force: FS Cmdt Blaison
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NO NEWS
JEAN DE ARC TASK FORCE
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Task Force: FS Mistral (Assault Ship); FS La
Fayette (Frigate)
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NO NEWS
FS Cdt Bouan (Frigate)
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(Jun 2-18)
Frigate participates in RESEVAC exercises with 2nd Foreign Legion
Parachute Regiment (MOD.FR)
FS Jean Bart
(Destroyer)
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(Jun 16) @
Portugal; French destroyer conducted exercises with Portuguese AF Squadron
201 (F-16) (MOD.FR)
FS La Motte-Picquet
(Destroyer)
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(Jun 20) @
Atlantic; French destroyer joins anti-submarine exercise DEEP BLUE with UK
Royal Navy, including HMS Illustrious (carrier), HMS Richmond and Westminster
(frigates) (MOD.FR)
FS Latouche-Treville
(Destroyer)
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(Jun 10-13) @
Brest; French destroyer participates in intern training “Internships Leis”,
includes anti-air, anti-piracy, anti-missile threat training (MOD.FR)
FS Montcalm (Destroyer)
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(Jun 7) @
Spain; French destroyer joins EUROMARFOR at Rota NB with Spanish frigate SPS
Santa Maria and Portuguese frigate Vasco De Gama; Task Force begins exercise
ERM-14 at Casablanca, Morocco with the frigate Sultan Moulay Ismail (MOD.FR)
FS Vendemiaire
(frigate)
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(Jun 11-12) @
New Caledonia; French frigate participates in amphibious exercise NARVIK at
Baie des Citrons (MOD.FR)
FS Ventose (Frigate)
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(May 20) @
Grenada; French frigate conducts PASSEX with Grenada Coast Guard patrol boat,
then visited Saint Georges, capital of Grenada (MOD.FR)
RUSSIA
NO NEWS
UNITED KINGDOM
HMS Argyll (Frigate)
HMS Defender (Destroyer)
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(Jun 15) @
Cyprus; UK destroyers HMS Defender and Diamond meet at Cyprus for Father’s
Day (MOD.UK)
HMS Illustrious (Carrier)
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(Jun 16) @
Atlantic; UK carrier and 820 NAS begin DEEP BLUE 2014 anti-sub exercise off
Cornish coast (MOD.UK)
HMS Iron Duke (Frigate)
HMS Lancaster (Frigate)
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(Jun 19) @
Atlantic; UK frigate spends 2-months training 702 NAS, submariners and
warfare officers (MOD.UK)
HMS Montrose (Frigate)
UNITED STATES
US CARRIER STRIKE
GROUPS
USS Nimtz (CVN-68)
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(Jun 13-16) @
Canada; USN carrer visits Victoria, BC, crew participates in in reception for
civilian and military dignitaries, COMREL projects, and sporting events (USN)
USS Reagan CSG
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(Jun18) @
Pacific; CSG departed their training
area for Hawaii to participate in RIMPAC 2014 (Jun 26 – Aug 1) (USN)
USS Vinson CSG
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(Jun 9) @
Pacific; USN carrier CSG completes JTFEX off California, ready to deploy (USN) …CSG includes:
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Carrier Strike
Group – 1
o
Carrier Air
Wing – 17
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DESRON – 1
o
EOD Mobile Unit
– 3
o
CG-52 – USS
Bunker Hill
o
DDG-101 – USS
Gridley
o
DDG-104 – USS
Sterett
o
DDG-105 – USS
Dewey
USS Washington CSG
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(Jun 16) @ Hong
Kong; USN carrier CSG visits Hong Kong for tours and COMREL events (USN) …CSG includes:
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Carrier Air
Wing – 5
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CG-54 – USS
Antietam
o
CG-67 – USS
Shiloh
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DDG-56 – USS
John S. McCain
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DDG-100 – USS
Kidd
US AMPHIBIOUS READY
GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS
USS Bataan ARG
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(Jun 16) @
Arabian Gulf; DOD orders landing ship USS Mesa Verde into Gulf to support USS
GHW Bush CSG during IRAQ CRISIS (USN)
USS Peleliu ARG
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(Jun 17) @ San
Diego; ARG departs for WESTPAC / 7th Fleet Pacific deployment, and
will participate in RIMPAC 2014 international naval exercises (USN)
USS Tripoli (LHA-7)
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(Jun 20) @
Pascagoula; Keel Laying and Authentication Ceremony held at Huntington
Ingalls Industries shipyard (USN)
US WARSHIPS
USS Cape St. George (CG-71)
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(Jun 16) @ San
Diego; USN cruiser departs for Pacific deployment, will participate in RIMPAC
2014 at Hawaii (USN)
USS James E. Williams
(DDG-95)
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(Jun 14) @
Mediterranean; USN destroyer conducted bilateral underway training with
Tunisian Navy patrol Ship 501 La Galite, destroyer is currently deployed to
the 6th Fleet AOR (USN)
USS Lake Erie (CG-70)
USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)
USS North Carolina (SSN-777)
USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)
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(Jun 13) @
Baltic Sea; USN destroyer USS Oscar Austin participates in BALTOPS 2014 gunnery
exercises with German frigate FGS Mecklinburg-Vorpommern (USN)
USS Ross (DDG-71)
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(Jun 16) @
Spain; USN destroyer arrives at Rota NB to begin her Forward Deployment to
the 6th Fleet AOR (USN)
USS
samuel Robert (FFG-58)
CARAT 2014 – MALAYSIA PHASE
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TASK FORCE: USS Ashland; USS Pinckney; USS Safeguard
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(Jun 21) @
Malaysia; USN destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) and salvage ship USS
Safeguard (T-ARS-50) visit Lumat (
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(Jun 19) @ S.
China Sea; CARAT-MALAYSIA ends, USS Ashland departs Kuantan, Command Post
exercise continues until (Jun 21)
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(Jun 6) @ Malaysia;
USN landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48) conducts amphibious landing at Kuantan
and Tanjang Resang Beach with 8th Marine Regiment, 1st
Battalion and Malaysian paratroopers (
PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2014
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TASK FORCE: JS Kunisaki
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(Jun 20) @
Cambodia; USN physicians participate in heart disease awareness symposium at
Phnom Penh (USN)
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(Jun 19) @
Cambodia; Japanese landing ship JS Kunisaki arrives at Sihanoukville, begin
PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2014 Cambodia Phase (USN)
OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS
EU – OPERATION
ATALANTA (CTF-465)
NATO – OPERATION OCEAN
SHIELD (CTF-508) (Patrolled by NATO-SNMG-2)
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NO NEWS
NATO – SNMG-1
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NO NEWS
NATO – SNMG-2
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SEE OPERATION
OCEAN SHIELD
ITALY
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(Jun 15) @
Straits of Sicily; Italian navy ships ITS Scirocco (frigate) and ITS San
Giorgio (LHD) rescue 1,822-migrants at sea (DIFESA)
SPAIN
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(Jun 9-13) @
Atlantic; large Exercise MAR-41 conducted for Spanish navy F-100 AEGIS
frigates ( …units include
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LHD – SPS Juan
Carlos I (AB-212 Helo; AV-8B Harriers)
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FFG – SPS
Almirante Juan de Borbon
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FFG – SPS Alvaro
de Bazan
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FFG – SPS Blas
de Lezo
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FFG – SPS
Mendez Nunez
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SUP – SPS
Cantabria
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AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS
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CHINA
NO NEWS
FRANCE
NO NEWS
RUSSIA
UKRAINE
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(Jun 20) Russia
says build up on border is to improve border security, saying it’s being
violated by military vehicles, and is supported by EU leaders (RIA Novosti)
UNITED KINGDOM
NO NEWS
UNITED
STATES
AFRICOM – GABON
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(Jun 16) @ Lope
National Park; US SECNAV meets 8th Marine Reg, 3rd
Battalion marines assigned to SP-MAGTF while in Gabon (USN)
CENTCOM – IRAQ
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(Jun 19) US
sends 300 troops to Iraq, will act as embassy security and intel advisors (Defense News)
MULTILATERAL
OPERATIONS
NO NEWS
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Monday, June 23, 2014
June 15-22 Weekly News & Log Updates
Sunday, June 15, 2014
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WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE
June 8-14
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NAVAL-MARINE OPERATIONS
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CHINA
16th
ESCORT TASK FORCE
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(Jun 11) @
Namibia; Task Force visits Walvis Bay, hosts tours by local visitors and
Namibia’s naval chief (People's Daily)
17th ESCORT TASK FORCE
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NO NEWS
RIMPAC 2014
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(Jun 10)
Chinese warships depart for Hawaii to participate in RIMPAC 2014 (People's Daily) ships include…
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DDG – PLAN
Haikou
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FFG – PLAN
Yueyang
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HOS – PLAN
Peace Ark (Hospital Ship)
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SUP – PLAN
Qiandaohu (Supply Ship)
FRANCE
WEST AFRICA
CORYMBE TASK FORCE
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Task
Force: FS Cmdt Blaison
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(Jun 3) @ Gulf of Guinea; French frigate assists French fishing boat
Gueotec off Sao Tome (MOD.FR)
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(May 24) @ Gulf of Guinea; French frigate renders medical assistance to
crewman onboard French tanker Adour, then transfers patient to Togo (MOD.FR)
JEAN DE ARC TASK FORCE
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Task Force: FS Mistral (Assault Ship); FS La
Fayette (Frigate)
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NO NEWS
GABIAN 2014 – MAJOR FRENCH NAVAL EXERCISE
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(Jun 10-13)
French warships participate in Major naval exercise GABIAN 2014 (MOD.FR)
…units include
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LHD – FS Tonnerre
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FFG – FS Guepratte
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MCM – FS Orion
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MCM – FS Acheron
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SUP – FS Meuse
FS Jean Bart
(Destroyer)
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(Jun 6) French destroyer
participates in D-Day ceremonies at Normandy (MOD.FR)
RUSSIA
RFS Vladivostok
(Assault Ship)
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(Jun 22) 400
Russian sailors begin training on the Mistral-Class LHD at Saint-Nazaire
dockyard in France (Defense
News)
UNITED KINGDOM
HMS Dauntless (Destroyer)
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(Jun 13) @
Liverpool; Royal Navy destroyer will arrive at Mercey for the International
River Festival (MOD.UK)
HMS Defender (Destroyer)
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(Jun 13) @
Gibraltar; UK destroyer stops at Gibraltar while en-route to Middle East, host
tours by locals (MOD.UK)
HMS Montrose (Frigate)
UNITED STATES
US CARRIER STRIKE
GROUPS
USS Bush CSG
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(Jun 14) US-DOD
orders Bush CSG into strike position in Arabian Gulf due to ISIS threat to
Baghdad, may assist Iraqi military to halt ISIS advance (Fox)
USS Washington CSG
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(Jun 9) @
Okinawa; USN carrier hosts Japanese Rear Adm Ooseto, commander Fleet Air Wing
and other guests for tours and demonstrations (USN)
US AMPHIBIOUS READY
GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS
USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)
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(Jun 2) @ S.
China Sea; USN command ship conducts CUES training with Japanese LST JS
Kunisaki (USN)
US WARSHIPS
USS Ingraham (FFG-61)
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(Jun 9) @
Panama; USN frigate conducts Change of Command Ceremony during port visit at
Panama City (USN)
USS Vela Gulf (CG-72)
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(Jun 10) @
Black Sea; USN cruiser conducts bilateral underway engagement with Turkish
corvette TCG Bykada (F-512), sharing tactics for countering
air-surface-asymmetrical threats (USN)
OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS
EU – OPERATION
ATALANTA (CTF-465)
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NO NEWS
NATO – OPERATION OCEAN
SHIELD (CTF-508) (Patrolled by NATO-SNMG-2)
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(Jun 13) @ Oman; Italian frigate ITS Mimbelli visits Salalah, conducted
PASSEX with Omani patrol ship FGSHM Al Rahman on (Jun 11) (NATO)
NATO – SNMG-1
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(Jun 13) @
Warnemunde; German corvette FGS Magdeburg return home following 5-month NATO-SNMG-1
deployment to Arctic and Mediterranean (Marine.DE)
NATO – SNMG-2
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SEE OPERATION
OCEAN SHIELD
GERMANY
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(Jun 11) @ Baltic
Sea; German warships participate in NATO exercise BALTOPS 2014 (Marine.DE)
...units include
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FFG – FGS Hamburg
(Sachsen-Class Frigate)
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FFG – FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
(Brandenburg-Class Frigate)
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MCM – FGS Dillingen
(Frankenthal-Class Mine Hunter)
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SSK – FGS U31
(Type-212 Submarine)
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SUP – FGS Elbe
(Elbe-Class Tender)
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SUP – FGS Spessert
(Rhon-Class Oiler)
INDIA
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(Jun 7) Indian
RM visits INS Viraat (Carrier) during ship commissioning ceremony for INS
Achook and Agrim (Coast Guard), discuss sinking of INS Singhurakshak with
Adm. Dhowan, Chief of Naval Staff (NIC.IN)
ITALY
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(Jun 14) @
Straits of Sicily; ITS San Georgio (LHD), Scirocco (FFG), Orion (OPS),
Chimera (Corvette) rescue 1812 migrants at sea (DIFESA)
JAPAN
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(Jun 11) @
Vietnam; PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP medical staff led evacuation demonstration with
Vietnamese military with Japanese LST JS Kunisaki (USN)
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AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS
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CHINA
MAINLAND
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(May 6) @
Nanjing MAC; PLA Infantry troops and army aviation brigade conduct live-fire
training exercises (People's Daily)
FRANCE
NO NEWS
RUSSIA
KALININGRAD
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(Jun 10) Russia
launches large AF and Marine exercise opposite NATO exercise SABER STRIKE and
BALTOPS (People's Daily)
UKRAINE
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(Jun 10) Russia
plans to base (20) SU-27 fighters at the Belbek AB in Crimea by the end of
2014 (RIA Novosti)
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(Jun 3) NATO
meets to discuss crisis in Ukraine, discuss patrols in Baltics (air refueling,
AWACS, MCM deployments) and member defense budgets (MOD.NL)
UNITED KINGDOM
LATVIA
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(Jun 9) @ Riga,
Latvia; UK Prince of Wales Royal Regiment, 1st Battalion
(100-troops) participates in NATO exercise SABRE STRIKE (MOD.UK)
POLAND
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(Jun 9) @
Drawsko Pomorski, Poland; UK Army (200-Troops) will participate in NATO
exercise ANAKONDA in September (MOD.UK)
UNITED
STATES
CENTCOM – AFGHANISTAN
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(Jun 9) US 4th
Infantry Division, 4th Brigade – 2-KIA @ Gaza Village (DOD)
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(Jun 9) US 10th
Mountain Division, 3rd Brigade – KIA @ Logar Province (DOD)
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(Jun 9) US 5th
Special Forces Group, 1st Battalion – 2-KIA @ Gaza Village (DOD)
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(Jun 9) US 52nd
Ordinance Group, 192nd Ordinance Battalion – KIA @ Gaza Village (DOD)
CENTCOM – IRAQ
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(Jun 14) Iraqi
Shiite militia fighters, deployed in the thousands, halt the ISIS advance N
of Baghdad, AF strikes ISIS military facilities at Mosul, prepare to
recapture Tikrit (Fox)
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(June 12) @
Samara; ISIS offensive halts, preparing to assault Baghdad, Iran offers
assistance, possibly an army division, US may reconsider assistance (DEBKA)
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(June 11) ISIS
forms up to assault Baghdad from Tikrit and Kirkuk, ISIS captures Mosul and
its refineries, banking and bases (DEBKA)
MULTILATERAL
OPERATIONS
NO NEWS
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