June 15-22 Weekly News & Log Updates

WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE June 15-21

NAVAL-MARINE OPERATIONS

CHINA 16th ESCORT TASK FORCE ·         (Jun 18) @ S. Africa; Task Force visits Cape Town for 4-days (People's Daily) 17th ESCORT TASK FORCE ·         NO NEWS FRANCE WEST AFRICA CORYMBE TASK FORCE ·         Task Force:  FS Cmdt Blaison ·         NO NEWS JEAN DE ARC TASK FORCE ·         Task Force: FS Mistral (Assault Ship); FS La Fayette (Frigate) ·         NO NEWS   FS Cdt Bouan (Frigate) ·         (Jun 2-18) Frigate participates in RESEVAC exercises with 2nd Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment (MOD.FR) FS Jean Bart (Destroyer) ·         (Jun 16) @ Portugal; French destroyer conducted exercises with Portuguese AF Squadron 201 (F-16) (MOD.FR) FS La Motte-Picquet (Destroyer) ·         (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) ·         (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) ·         (Jun 16-17) @ Algeria; French destroyer pays tribute to 1940 battle at Mers-el-Kebir (MOD.FR) ·         (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) ·         (Jun 11-12) @ New Caledonia; French frigate participates in amphibious exercise NARVIK at Baie des Citrons (MOD.FR) FS Ventose (Frigate) ·         (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) ·         (Jun 20) @ Plymouth; UK frigate deploys to Caribbean patrol for 9-months (MOD.UK) HMS Defender (Destroyer) ·         (Jun 15) @ Cyprus; UK destroyers HMS Defender and Diamond meet at Cyprus for Father’s Day (MOD.UK) HMS Illustrious (Carrier) ·         (Jun 16) @ Atlantic; UK carrier and 820 NAS begin DEEP BLUE 2014 anti-sub exercise off Cornish coast (MOD.UK) HMS Iron Duke (Frigate) ·         (Jun 20) @ Portsmouth; UK frigate deploys to Atlantic patrol for 6-months (MOD.UK) HMS Lancaster (Frigate) ·         (Jun 19) @ Atlantic; UK frigate spends 2-months training 702 NAS, submariners and warfare officers (MOD.UK) HMS Montrose (Frigate) ·         (Jun 18) @ Baltic Sea; UK frigate participating in BALTOPS 2014 until June 20 (MOD.UK) UNITED STATES US CARRIER STRIKE GROUPS USS Nimtz (CVN-68) ·         (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 ·         (Jun18) @ Pacific; CSG  departed their training area for Hawaii to participate in RIMPAC 2014 (Jun 26 – Aug 1) (USN) USS Vinson CSG ·         (Jun 9) @ Pacific; USN carrier CSG completes JTFEX off California, ready to deploy (USN)  …CSG includes: o    Carrier Strike Group – 1 o    Carrier Air Wing – 17 o    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 ·         (Jun 16) @ Hong Kong; USN carrier CSG visits Hong Kong for tours and COMREL events (USN)  …CSG includes: o    Carrier Air Wing – 5 o    CG-54 – USS Antietam o    CG-67 – USS Shiloh o    DDG-56 – USS John S. McCain o    DDG-100 – USS Kidd US AMPHIBIOUS READY GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS USS Bataan ARG ·         (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 ·         (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) ·         (Jun 20) @ Pascagoula; Keel Laying and Authentication Ceremony held at Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard (USN) US WARSHIPS USS Cape St. George (CG-71) ·         (Jun 16) @ San Diego; USN cruiser departs for Pacific deployment, will participate in RIMPAC 2014 at Hawaii (USN) USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) ·         (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) ·         (Jun 16) @ Hawaii; USN cruiser returns home from 4-month Pacific deployment (USN) USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) ·         (Jun 16) @ San Diego; USN hospital ship deploys to Hawaii for RIMPAC 2014 naval exercises (USN) USS North Carolina (SSN-777) ·         (Jun 19) @ Pearl Harbor; USN attack sub returns from WESTPAC deployment (USN) USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) ·         (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) ·         (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) ·         (Jun 16) @ Mayport; USN frigate deploys to AFRICOM patrol in Mediterranean (USN) CARAT 2014 – MALAYSIA PHASE ·         TASK FORCE: USS Ashland; USS Pinckney; USS Safeguard ·         (Jun 21) @ Malaysia; USN destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) and salvage ship USS Safeguard  (T-ARS-50) visit Lumat ( ·         (Jun 19) @ S. China Sea; CARAT-MALAYSIA ends, USS Ashland departs Kuantan, Command Post exercise continues until (Jun 21) ·         (Jun 16) @ Malaysia; CARAT-2014 MALAYSIA PHASE begins formally with ceremony at Lumut NB (USN) ·         (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 ·         TASK FORCE: JS Kunisaki ·         (Jun 20) @ Cambodia; USN physicians participate in heart disease awareness symposium at Phnom Penh (USN) ·         (Jun 19) @ Cambodia; Japanese landing ship JS Kunisaki arrives at Sihanoukville, begin PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2014 Cambodia Phase (USN) ·         (Jun 14) @ Timor-Leste; Task Force participants conduct COMREL beach clean-up at Dili (USN)   OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS EU – OPERATION ATALANTA (CTF-465) ·         (Jun 16) French frigate FS Floreal completes 2-month anti-piracy patrol in Indian Ocean (MOD.FR) 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 ITALY ·         (Jun 15) @ Straits of Sicily; Italian navy ships ITS Scirocco (frigate) and ITS San Giorgio (LHD) rescue 1,822-migrants at sea (DIFESA) SPAIN ·         (Jun 9-13) @ Atlantic; large Exercise MAR-41 conducted for Spanish navy F-100 AEGIS frigates ( …units include o    LHD – SPS Juan Carlos I (AB-212 Helo; AV-8B Harriers) o    FFG – SPS Almirante Juan de Borbon o    FFG – SPS Alvaro de Bazan o    FFG – SPS Blas de Lezo o    FFG – SPS Mendez Nunez o    SUP – SPS Cantabria

AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS

CHINA NO NEWS FRANCE NO NEWS RUSSIA UKRAINE ·         (Jun 20) US imposes sanctions on leaders of Donetsk and Luhansk (RIA Novosti) ·         (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) ·         (Jun 19) NATO says Russia is building up forces on Ukrainian border again (Defense News) UNITED KINGDOM NO NEWS UNITED STATES AFRICOM – GABON ·         (Jun 16) @ Lope National Park; US SECNAV meets 8th Marine Reg, 3rd Battalion marines assigned to SP-MAGTF while in Gabon (USN) CENTCOM – IRAQ ·         (Jun 19) US sends 300 troops to Iraq, will act as embassy security and intel advisors (Defense News) ·         (Jun 16) ISIS fighters seize Tal Afar, last Army bastion left in N. Iraq (BBC) MULTILATERAL OPERATIONS NO NEWS