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WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE
Sept 14 - 20
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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: Arabian Gulf
(Returning Home)
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(Sept 14) @ UAE; Task Force visits Abu Dhabi for 5-days (People's Daily)
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18th
ESCORT TASK FORCE
PLAN Changbaishan
(LPD)
PLAN Yuncheng
(Frigate)
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LOCATION: Gulf of Aden
(Anti-Piracy Patrols / Commercial Shipping Escorts)
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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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GABIAN
NAVAL EXERCISE
FS Mistral (LHD)
FS Montcalm (Destroyer)
HMS Ocean (LHA)
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(Sept 19) @ Mediterranean; HMS Ocean joins French Task Force in
Exercise GABION 14.3 (MOD.UK)
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(Sept 15) @ Mediterranean;
14-warships, including FS Mistral and Montcalm, participate in major naval
exercise GABIAN 14.3 (GOV.FR)
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Atlantic
Patrols
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<Forward-Deployed>
FS Dumont d’Urville
(LST)
FS Germinal (Frigate)
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LOCATION: Based @ Martinique
Island; Caribbean Sea
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NO UPDATES
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<CORYMBE Patrol>
FS Ventose (Frigate)
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LOCATION: Gulf of Guinea
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NO UPDATES
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Med Patrol
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<Med Air Defense>
FS Cassard
(Destroyer)
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LOCATION: East Mediterranean
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NO UPDATES
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BLACK SEA PATROL
FS Cmdt Birot (Frigate)
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LOCATION: Black Sea
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(Sept 18) @
Black Sea; France continues NATO patrol in Black Sea, previous ships were FS
Dupuy de Lome (Intel) and FS Surcouf (Frigate); FS Cmdt Birot (Frigate) is
the current patrol ship; in November Atlantic 2 patrol aircraft will be
based in Gdynia, Poland to monitor shipping in Baltic Sea (GOV.FR)
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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
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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
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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
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NO UPDATES
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Other
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NO UPDATES
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UNITED
KINGDOM – ROYAL NAVY
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TASK FORCES
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COUGAR 2014
(Aug – Dec)
FGS Schleswig-Holstein (FFG)
HMS Bulwark (LPD)
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Commander, 3 Commando
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40 Commando
HMS Ocean (LHA)
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820 NAS
RFA Lyme Bay (LSD)
RFA Wave Knight (Supply)
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LOCATION: Mediterranean,
Adriatic Sea off Albania
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(Sept 19) @ Mediterranean; HMS Ocean joins French Task Force in
Exercise GABION 14.3 (MOD.UK)
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(Sep 17) @ Albania; Royal Marines launch their final assault on an
abandoned submarine base at Porto Palermo, Albania as part of ALBANIAN LION
2014 (MOD.UK)
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(Sept 16) @ Albania; Royal Marines and Albanian troops launch
amphibious assault in ALBANIAN LION 2014 at Kepi I Pallit peninsula (MOD.UK)
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JOINT
WARRIOR 14-2
(October)
USS Jason Dunham (Destroyer)
USS Vicksburg (Cruiser)
USNS Kanawha (Supply)
CPRW-11 (Patrol & Rec Wing)
HMSS-46 (Naval Strike Sqdrn)
HMSS-48 (Naval Strike Sqdrn)
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LOCATION: Mediterranean,
Adriatic Sea off Albania
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(Sept 19) @ Atlantic; US Naval Task Force departs USA for Scotland,
is participating in UK-Hosted NATO Exercise JOINT WARRIOR 14-2; The
exercise will occur in October for 2-weeks, and include several NATO
nations (USN)
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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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NO UPDATES
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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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RFA Cardigan Bay (LSD)
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NO UPDATES
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<EU-ATALANTA>
HMAS Toowoomba (FFH-156)
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SEE UN-CMF TASK FORCE
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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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NO UPDATES
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Other
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NO UPDATES
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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
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DESRON
– 1
USS
Bunker Hill (CG-52)
USS Gridley
(DDG-101)
USS
Sterett (DDG-104)
USS Dewey
(DDG-105)
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LOCATION: 7th Fleet,
Pacific (Heading west)
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(Sept 16-18) @ Pacific; US carrier strike groups CSG-1 and GW-CSG
combine and participate in exercise WASEX as part of VALIENT SHIELD (USN)
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USS George HW Bush (CSG-2)
USS GHW Bush (CVN)
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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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(Sept 18) @ Arabian Gulf; Pakistani commander of CTF-150 and Pakistan’s ambassador to
Bahrain recently visited CSG-2 (CMF)
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(Sept 16) @ Arabian Gulf; BUSH-CSG holds pinning ceremony for 55 new
chief petty officers assigned to the ship and embarked CVW-8 (USN)
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USS George Washington
<Forward-Deployed: Japan>
USS George Washington
(CVN-73)
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Carrier Air
Wing – 5
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LOCATION: 7th Fleet,
WESTPAC, Philippine Sea
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(Sept 16-18) @ Pacific; US carrier strike groups VINSON-CSG and
GW-CSG combine and participate in exercise WASEX as part of VALIENT SHIELD
(USN)
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(Sept 16) @ Philippine Sea; US carrier welcomes aboard visitors from
the Gum legislature (USN)
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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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NO
UPDATES
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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 Pacific
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(Sept 15) @ San Diego; new US assault ship arrives at homeport
following 2-month maiden transit from Mississippi; the ship is scheduled to
be commissioned on (Oct 11) at San Francisco (USN)
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USS Bataan ARG
USS Bataan (LHD-5)
USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19);
USS Gunston Hall (LSD);
22nd MEU (USMC-Assault
Battalion)
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LOCATION: 5th Fleet; CENTCOM;
Arabian Sea
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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 Germantown (LSD-42)
31st MEU (USMC-Assault
Battalion)
PHIBRON-11
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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)
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5th Fleet
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(see USS Bataan ARG)
(see USS GHW Bush CSG)
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6th Fleet
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(see USS Mount Whitney
LCC)
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
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(Sept 20) @
Norfolk; US cruiser returns from 6th Fleet deployment (USN)
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7th Fleet
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(see USS Blue Ridge LCC)
(see USS Carl Vinson CSG)
(see USS Makin Island ARG)
(see USS Peleliu ARG)
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Other
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USS Anchorage (LPD-23)
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(Sept 19) @
San Diego; US landing ship arrives at San Diego after completing the third
Underway Recovery Test (URT-3) for NASA’s Orion Program (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)
HMAS
Toowoomba (FFH-156)
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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(Sept 16) @ Indian Ocean off Somalia; FGS Berlin has medical center
installed on top deck, provides Task Force with expanded medical
capabilities and often receives patients via its 2-Sea King helicopters (Bundeswehr.DE)
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EUROMEDFOR
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
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)
TCG Kemalreis (Frigate)
USS Leyte Gulf (CG) <GBCSG>
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LOCATION: Atlantic Ocean; North
American Patrol
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(Sept
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NATO – SNMG-2
(Unit-2)
HMCS Toronto (Frigate)
ROS Regele Ferdinand
(Frigate)
SPS Alm. Juan de Borbon
(Frigate)
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LOCATION: Black Sea & Mediterranean
Patrol
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(Sept 19) @ Bulgaria; SNMG-2 (TU.02) visits Varna during Black Sea
patrol (NATO)
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(Sept 15) @ Romania; SNMG-2 (TU.02) completed their visit to
Constanta for 4-days (NATO)
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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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(Sept 18) @ Germany; NATO-SNMCM-1 visits Rostock, Germany; Task Force
is currently commanded by Lithuania (Marine.DE)
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NATO – SNMCMG-2
ITS
Aviere (Frigate) <FLAG>
(6)
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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(Sept 18) @ Arabian Gulf; Pakistani commander of CTF-150 and Pakistan’s ambassador to
Bahrain recently visited US CSG-2 (CMF)
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CMF
Task Force
(CTF-151)
HMS Defender (Destroyer)
JS Samadare (Destroyer)
JS
Takanami (Destroyer)
ROKS Munmu The Great
(Destroyer)
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LOCATION: Gulf of Aden &
Arabian Gulf
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NO UPDATES
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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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GERMANY
FLOTEX 2014
FGS Danube (Tender)
FGS Hamburg (Frigate)
FGS Hermelin (Patrol Boat)
FGS Moselle (Tender)
FGS Siegburg
FGS Spessart (Supply)
FGS U-31 (Submarine)
P-3 C “Orion” (Patrol
Aircraft)
Sea King (Helicopters)
German Marines
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LOCATION: North Sea
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Sept (16-19) @ North Sea; German Navy conducts major naval exercise
FLOTEX 2014 (Marine.DE)
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GERMANY
UNIFIL
NAVAL PATROL
FGS Brunswick (Corvette)
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Sept (15) @ Germany; German corvette FGS Brunswick departs Warnemunde
for UNIFIL deployment to eastern Mediterranean, securing Lebanese coastline
and providing training and support to Lebanese military (Marine.DE)
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AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS
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CHINA
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CHINA
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(Sept 20) Beijing municipal authorities holds
air-defense drill, includes air raid warnings, evacuations and sheltering,
self-care, and protection of important economic targets (People's Daily)
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FIREPOWER
2014
@ WEIBEI
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(Sept 10) 13th Group Army air defense
brigade participates in large scale live-fire air defense exercise (People's Daily)
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FRANCE
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IRAQ
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(Sept 20) French Rafale fighters conduct dynamic
targeting in Baghdad area (GOV.FR)
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(Sept 20) French A310 cargo plane makes 4th
delivery of aid to Iraqi Kurds (GOV.FR)
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(Sept 19) French Rafale fighters bomb ISIS
logistics depot in NE Iraq, but refuses to take any action beyond
airstrikes (FOX)
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RUSSIA
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RUSSIA
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(Sept 19) Russia begins large scale strategic
exercise VOSTOK 2014 on Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian
Far East, includes 100,000-troops, 1,500-tanks, 120-aircraft and 70-ships (RIA)
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(Sept 19) the Russian Baltic Fleet conducts tactical
amphibious exercises in Kaliningrad region, includes 1,000-Marines, armor
and mobile artillery units (RIA)
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(Sept 18) Russian president says Army could
capture Kiev and 5-NATO capitals in 2-days if he wanted (WND)
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UNITED
KINGDOM
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POLAND
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(Sept 17) @ Poland; UK 1 Battalion, The Royal
Welsh, with 100-armored vehicles, participate in Exercise BLACK EAGLE,
training with Poland’s 10th Armored Brigade (GOV.UK)
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UNITED STATES
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AFRICON – LIBERIA
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(Sept 16) US pledges 3,000-troops to assist
Liberia in fighting Ebola (Yahoo)
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CENTCOM – IRAQ
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(Sept 18) US General says US could defeat ISIS
within 90-days if massive airpower and ground forces were used, and that
the current path could end in failure (Newsmax)
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(Sept 17) US President states no ground troops
will be used in Iraq for combat missions; Airstrikes against ISIS vehicles
near Irbil and Baghdad; new CIA report estimates ISIS strength at 20-31,000
fighters (BBC)
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EUCOM – ESTONIA
NATO
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(Sept 16) @ Estonia; US Armor from 1st
Cavalry, 1st Brigade, arrive at Tallinn, preparing to
participate in 3-months of drills starting in October, replacing the 173rd
Airborne Brigade (RIA)
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