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WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE
August 24 - 30
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NAVAL & MARINE OPERATIONS
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CHINA
Peoples Liberation Army – Navy
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Task Forces
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17th
ESCORT TASK FORCE
PLAN Changchun
(Destroyer)
U/I-Frigates
U/I-Supply Ship
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LOCATION: Gulf of Aden
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NO UPDATES
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18th
ESCORT TASK FORCE
PLAN Changbaishan
(LPD)
PLAN Yuncheng
(Frigate)
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LOCATION: Gulf of Aden
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NO UPDATES
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RIMPAC
TASK FORCE
PLAN Haikou
(Destroyer)
PLAN Peace Ark
(Hospital Ship)
PLAN Yueyang
(Frigate)
PLAN Qiandaohu
(Supply)
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LOCATION: East Pacific
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NO UPDATES
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Other
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NO UPDATES
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FRANCE
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Task Forces
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NO UPDATES
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Atlantic
Patrols
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<Forward-Deployed>
FS Germinal (Frigate)
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LOCATION: Based @ Martinique
Island; Caribbean Sea
NO UPDATES
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<CORYMBE Patrol>
FS Cdt Blaison
(Frigate)
FS Ventose (Frigate)
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LOCATION: Gulf of Guinea
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(Aug 22-27) @
Ivory Coast; FS Ventose arrives at Abidjan, conducts exercises with IC
Coast Guard and French troops stationed in IC (MOD.FR)
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Med Patrol
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<Med Air Defense>
FS Cassard
(Destroyer)
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LOCATION: East Mediterranean
NO UPDATES
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<EUROMEDFOR>
FS Montcalm
(Destroyer)
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SEE
EU-TASK FORCES
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Indian Ocean
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<Forward-Deployed>
FS Floreal (Frigate)
FS Nivose (Frigate)
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LOCATION: Based @ Reunion
Island; Indian Ocean
NO
UPDATES
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<CMF-CTF-150>
FS Courbet (Frigate)
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SEE CMF TASK FORCES
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Pacific
Patrols
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<Forward-Deployed>
FS Prairial (Frigate)
FS Vendemiaire
(Frigate)
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LOCATION: Based @ New Caledonia
& Tahiti Island; Pacific Ocean
NO UPDATES
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Other
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NO UPDATES
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RUSSIA
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Task Forces
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MED.
TASK FORCE
RFS Vice Adm. Kulakov (DDG)
(3-5) U/I LSTs
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LOCATION: Mediterranean
NO UPDATES
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Other
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RFS Adm. Grigorovich & Adm. Essen (Project 1135.6 Class Frigates)
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(Aug 28) Russia plans to expand the Black Sea Fleet by 10-Warships by
the end of the year, including two new Project 1135.6 Class frigates, RFS
Admiral Grigorovch and RFS Admiral Essen (RIA)
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UNITED
KINGDOM – ROYAL NAVY
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TASK FORCES
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COUGAR 2014
(Aug – Dec)
HMS Bulwark
HMS Ocean
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LOCATION: Atlantic near UK
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(Aug 27) @ Plymouth; HMS Ocean celebrates FAMILY DAY following a
successful Sea Trial underway period (MOD.UK)
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(Aug 26) @ Plymouth; HMS Bulwark departs for 4-month COUGAR 2014
deployment to Med and Middle East, HMS Ocean will soon join (MOD.UK)
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Atlantic Patrol
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HMS Argyll (Frigate)
HMS Clyde (Patrol Ship)
HMS Iron Duke (Frigate)
HMS Protector (Ice Patrol)
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LOCATION: Atlantic and Caribbean
Sea
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(Aug 26) @ S. Africa; HMS Iron Duke arrives at Cape Town with the
Rugby World Cup Trophy on-board (MOD.UK)
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(Aug 26) @ Caribbean; HMS Argyll seizes 600k of cocaine following a
12-hour chase across the Caribbean (MOD.UK)
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Med Patrol
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HMS Enterprise (Survey)
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NO UPDATES
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<SNMG-2>
HMCS Toronto (Frigate)
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SEE NATO TASK FORCES
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Indian Ocean Patrol
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HMAS Toowoomba (FFH-156)
RFA Cardigan Bay (LSD)
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NO UPDATES
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<CMF-CTF-150>
HMS Northumberland (FFG)
RFA Fort Austin (Supply)
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SEE UN-CMF TASK FORCES
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<CMF-CTF-151>
HMS Defender (Destroyer)
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SEE UN-CMF TASK FORCES
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Far East Patrol
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HMAS Sydney (Frigate)
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(Aug 30) @ Darwin; HMAS Sydney conducts PASSEX with Japanese
destroyer JS Hatakaze, in preparation for exercise KAKADU 2014, KAKADU also
includes HMAS Stuart, Newcastle and Arunta (GOV.AU) (GOV.AU)
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Other
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HMS Illustrious (Carrier)
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(Aug 28) @
Portsmouth; HMS Illustrious, last of the Invincible-Class Aircraft
Carriers, is decommissioned, marking the end of a 32-year service career (MOD.UK)
HMS Queen Elizabeth
(Carrier)
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(Aug 29) New
UK Carrier is conducting inclining tests, plan to undergo sea trials in
2017 and F-35 flight trials in 2018 (GOV.UK)
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UNITED STATES
NAVY
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Carrier Strike Groups
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USS Carl Vinson (CSG-1)
USS Carl
Vinson (CVN-70)
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Carrier
Air Wing - 17
USS
Bunker Hill (CG-52)
USS
Gridley (DDG-101)
USS
Sterett (DDG-104)
USS Dewey
(DDG-105)
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LOCATION: 3rd Fleet,
Pacific (Heading west)
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NO UPDATES
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USS George HW Bush (CSG-2)
USS GHW Bush (CVN-7)
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Carrier Air
Wing – 8
USS Philippine Sea (CG)
USS A. Burke (DDG-51)(ABM)
USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
USS Truxun
(DDG)
<SNMG-2>
USS Leyte Gulf (CG)
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LOCATION: 5th Fleet,
CENTCOM, Arabian Gulf <IRAQ CRISIS>
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NO UPDATES
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CSG-12)
USS T. Roosevelt (CVN-71)
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Carrier Air
Wing – 1
USS Normandy (CG-60)
USS Winston Churchill
(DDG-81)
USS Forrest Sherman
(DDG-98)
USS Farragut (DDG-99)
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LOCATION: Atlantic, (Training to
Deploy in 2015)
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(Aug 27) @
Norfolk; US carrier welcomes guests aboard for a Family and Friends cruise
(USN)
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Amphibious Ready Groups
&
Command
Ships
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USS America
(SOUTHCOM Underway)
USS America (LHA-6)
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Commander,
ESG-3
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300-Marines
(SP-MAGTF)
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VMX-22 “Argonauts”
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LOCATION: 4th Fleet, SOUTHCOM,
South America
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(Aug 27) @ Chile; New US Assault Ship departs Valparaiso following
3-day visit, is en-route to Peru (USN)
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USS Blue Ridge
<Forward-Deployed: Japan>
USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)
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Commander, US
7th Fleet
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Helicopter
Squadron (HSC-12)
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USMC Fleet
Anti-Terrorism Team
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LOCATION: 7th Fleet,
WESTPAC, Coral Sea
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NO UPDATES
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USS Bataan ARG
USS Bataan (LHD-5)
USS Mesa Verde (LPD);
USS Gunston Hall (LSD);
22nd MEU (USMC-Assault
Battalion)
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LOCATION: 5th Fleet; CENTCOM;
Arabian Gulf
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NO UPDATES
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USS Makin Island ARG
USS Makin Island (LHD-8)
USS San Diego (LPD-22)
USS Comstock (LSD-45)
11th MEU (USMC-Assault
Battalion)
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LOCATION: 7th Fleet; WESTPAC,
S. China Sea
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NO UPDATES
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USS Mount Whitney
<Forward-Deployed: Italy>
USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20)
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Commander, US
6th Fleet
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LOCATION: 6th Fleet,
EUCOM, Mediterranean
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NO UPDATES
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USS Peleliu ARG
USS Peleliu (LHA-5)
USS Green Bay (LPD);
USS Rushmore (LSD);
15th MEU (USMC-Assault
Battalion)
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LOCATION: 7th Fleet,
WESTPAC, Philippine Sea
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NO UPDATES
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Exercises
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NO UPDATES
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3rd / 4th Fleet
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(see USS America ARG)
(see USS Carl Vinson CSG)
USS Whidbey Island
(LSD-41) & Arlington (LPD-24)
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(Aug 27-28) @
Virginia Beach; USS Whidbey Island and USS Arlington on-load marines from
ESG-2, NECC, and Marine Logistics Group-2 for LOADEX, includes
rapid-response planning and loading exercises to strengthen response capabilities
during disasters (USN)
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5th Fleet
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(see USS Bataan ARG)
(see USS GHW Bush CSG)
USS Norfolk (SSN-714; Los
Angeles Class Attack Submarine)
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(Aug 27) @
Norfolk; US attack sub returns home from final 5th / 6th
Fleet deployment, will begin the decommissioning process (
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6th Fleet
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(see USS Mount Whitney
LCC)
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
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(Aug 26) @ Mediterranean; US cruiser departs Black
Sea following a series of exercises with NATO allies and partners (USN)
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7th Fleet
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(see USS Blue Ridge LCC)
(see USS Makin Island ARG)
(see USS Peleliu ARG)
USS Germantown (LSD-42)
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(Aug 28) @
Japan; BHR-ARG landing ship USS Germantown completes INSURV, will soon
begin WESTPAC patrol (USN)
USS Greenville (SSN-772, Los
Angeles Class Attack Submarine)
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(Aug 25) @
Pearl Harbor; US attack sub returns home from 6-month deployment to 7th
Fleet (USN)
USS Rodney M. Davis
(FFG-60)
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(Aug 22-23) @
Indonesia; US frigate joins multi-national naval event SAIL RAJA AMPAT at
Raja Ampat, Indonesia (USN)
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Other
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USS Eisenhower (CVN-69)
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(Aug 26) @
Portsmouth; US carrier departs drydock, DPIA maintenance period completed, will
finish maintenance and return to the fleet (USN)
USS North Dakota (SSN-784;
Virginia Class Attack Submarine, Block-III)
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(Aug 29) @
Conn; PCU North Dakota, first of the Block-III Virginia class subs, is
delivered to the fleet (USN)
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OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS
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EU
Naval
Task Forces
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EUROMARFOR
INDIAN
OCEAN
“OPERATION
ATALANTA”
(CTF-465)
FGS
Berlin (Supply)
HNLMS
Van Speijk (Frigate)
HS
Psara (Frigate)
ITS
Andrea Doria (Destroyer)
SPS
Navarra (Frigate)
TCG
Gelibolu (Frigate)
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LOCATION: Indian Ocean
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(Aug 26) @ UAE; ITS Andrea Doria visits Fujairah, UAE; is visited by
the Italian ambassador to UAE (DIFESA)
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(Aug 22) @ Indian Ocean; HNLMS Van Speijk arrives off Somalia, is
replacing HNLMS De Zeven Provincien on EU OPERATION ATALANTA anti-piracy
patrol (MOD.NL)
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EUROMEDFOR
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
FS Montcalm (Destroyer)
PS Vasco de Gama (Frigate)
SPS Santa Maria (Frigate)
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LOCATION: E. Mediterranean
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NO UPDATES
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NATO
Naval
Task Forces
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NATO
OPERATION
OCEAN SHIELD
(CTF-508)
HDMS
Esbern Snare (Frigate)
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LOCATION: Indian Ocean
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NO UPDATES
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NATO –
SNMG-1
HNOMS Thor Heyerdahl
(Frigate)
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LOCATION: Mediterranean
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NO UPDATES
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NATO – SNMG-2
FGS Niedersachsen (Frigate)
HMCS Toronto (Frigate)
SPS Alm. Juan de Borbon
(Frigate)
TCG Kemalreis (Frigate)
USS Leyte Gulf (CG) <GBCSG>
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LOCATION: Atlantic Ocean; North
American Patrol
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(Aug 28) @ Spain; SPS Almirate Juan de Borbon departs Ferrol, Spain,
is joining SNMG-2 for 4-months in Mediterranean (Armada)
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NATO – SNMCMG-1
LNS
Jotvingis (MCM) <FLAG>
(6-8) NATO Minehunters
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LOCATION: Baltic Sea
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(Aug 29) @ Finland; SNMCMG-1 units arrived at Turku, Finland for a
routine visit, planning to participate in Finish-led exercise NORTHERN
COASTS (NATO)
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NATO – SNMCMG-2
ITS
Aviere (Frigate) <FLAG>
(3)
NATO Minehunters
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LOCATION: Mediterranean “ACTIVE
ENDEAVOUR” Patrol
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NO UPDATES
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UN
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CMF
Task Force
(CTF-150)
(UNSC-1368,
1373)
U/I Pakistani Warship
<FLAG>
FS Courbet (Frigate)
HMS Northumberland
(Frigate)
RFA Fort Austin (Supply)
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LOCATION: Indian Ocean
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NO UPDATES
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CMF
Task Force
(CTF-151)
HMS Defender (Destroyer)
JS Samadare (Destroyer)
JS U/I Destroyer
ROKS Munmu The Great
(Destroyer)
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LOCATION: Gulf of Aden &
Arabian Gulf
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(Aug 28) HMS Defender commemorates WWI naval Battle of Heligoland
Bight, in 1914 Royal Navy 1st Destroyer Squadron (which included
Archeron-Class destroyer HMS Defender) attempted to cripple the German navy
in their own back yard, sinking 3-cruisers, 2-torpedo boas and 1-destroyer,
at the loss of 35-sailors (MOD.UK)
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SYRIAN
WMD
(UNSC-2118)
FGS Hamburg (Frigate)
FGS Schleswig-Holstein
(Frigate)
USNS Cape Ray
U/I Denmark Ship
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LOCATION: Mediterranean Sea
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NO UPDATES
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Other
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ITALY
ITS Durand de La Penne
(Destroyer)
ITS San Giusto (Assault
Ship)
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(Aug 26) @
Spain; ITS Durand de La Penne docked at Malaga, last stop in the naval
academy cruise before returning home (DIFESA)
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(Aug 25) @
Straits of Sicily; Italian navy and coast guard ships and ITS San Giusto
rescue 1367-migrants from Libya at sea, deliver to Crotone (DIFESA)
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AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS
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CHINA
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PEACE MISSION 2014
(Aug 24-29)
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LOCATION: Zhurihe Training Base,
Inner Mongolia
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(Aug 30) PEACE Mission 2014 ends (Pics) (People's Daily)
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FRANCE
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NO UPDATES
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RUSSIA
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UKRAINE
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(Aug 28) Ukraine claims Russian combat units
with armor and rocket artillery invade border at two locations, force
border guards to retreat, NATO releases photos of Russian armor, Air
Defense and mobile artillery inside Ukraine; 1,000-Russian troops pushing
to Novoazovsk and Mariupal from Rostov; NATO says 20,000-troops on border
ready to invade (FOX)
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(Aug 26) Ukraine claims to have captured
10-Russian paratroopers in Donetsk region, Putin denies, Military officials
speculate they may have strayed across border during patrol (CNN)
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(Aug 25) Ukraine
accuses Russia of sending troops across border at Novoazovsk, possibly
en-route to Mariupal, force included 10-tanks and 2-APCs, maybe Grad rocket
systems, 2-tanks reportedly destroyed by Ukrainian forces (Huffington Post)
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UNITED
KINGDOM
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NO UPDATES
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UNITED STATES
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CENTCOM – AFGHANISTAN
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(Aug 22) 1st Cavalry Division, 3rd
Cavalry Regiment – KIA @ Gardez
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CENTCOM – IRAQ / SYRIA
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(Aug 26) US approves surveillance flights over
Syria with manned and unmanned aircraft, possibly preparing for airstrikes
in Syria, US continues arming Kurdish forces and striking ISIS targets,
most near the Mosul Dam, stalling the ISIS offensive (CBS)
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CENTCOM – ISRAEL
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(Aug 26) Israel and Hamas agree to extended
cease-fire, halting the 7-week Gaza War (FOX)
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PACOM – AUSTRALIA
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(Aug 14 – Sept 4) Marine Rotational Force –
Darwin (5th Marine Regiment) participates in KOOLENDONG 2014
with Australian Marines, 1500-Marines and Australians begins 3-weeks of
field exercises and infantry training; this exercise will conclude 5th
Regiment’s 6-month rotation (DVID)
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