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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)
o
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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Sunday, June 15, 2014
June 8-14 Weekly News & Log Updates
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