Monday, November 3, 2014

Oct 19 - Nov 2 Weekly News & Log Updates


WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE
Oct 19 – Nov 2
 
NAVAL & MARINE OPERATIONS
 
CHINA
Peoples Liberation Army – Navy
Task Forces
17th ESCORT TASK FORCE
PLAN Changchun (Destroyer)
U/I-Frigates
U/I-Supply Ship
LOCATION: Indian Ocean (Returning Home)
·         NO UPDATES
18th ESCORT TASK FORCE
PLAN Changbaishan (LPD)
PLAN Yuncheng (Frigate)
PLAN Chaohu (Supply)
LOCATION: Gulf of Aden (Anti-Piracy Patrols / Commercial Shipping Escorts)
·         NO UPDATES
Other
PLAN Liaoning (Carrier)
·         (Oct 30) Chinese defense ministry deny reports of explosions onboard China’s only carrier (People's Daily)
    
FRANCE
Atlantic
Patrols
<Forward-Deployed>
FS Dumont d’Urville (LST)
FS Germinal (Frigate)
LOCATION: Based @ Martinique Island; Caribbean Sea
·         NO UPDATES
<CORYMBE Patrol>
FS EV Jacoubet (Frigate)
FS Ventose (Frigate)
LOCATION: Gulf of Guinea
·         NO UPDATES
Med Patrol
<Med Air Defense>
FS Cassard (Destroyer)
FS Courbet (Frigate)
LOCATION: East Mediterranean
·         NO UPDATES
BLACK SEA PATROL
FS Dupuy de Lome (Intel)
LOCATION: Black Sea
·         NO UPDATES
EUROMARFOR
FS Montcalm (Destroyer)
·         NO UPDATES
Indian Ocean
<Forward-Deployed>
FS Floreal (Frigate)
FS Nivose (Frigate)
LOCATION: Based @ Reunion Island; Indian Ocean
·         NO UPDATES
<Op. CHAMMAL>
FS Jean Bart (Destroyer)
 
LOCATION: <IRAQ-ISIS OPERATIONS> Arabian Gulf; Indian Ocean
·          (Oct 28) @ Arabian Gulf; FS Jean Bart joins CTF-50 and begins escort duty in USS Vinson CSG, assumes air-defense duties for the CSG and under CAOC command in Qatar (GOV.FR)
Pacific
Patrols
<Forward-Deployed>
FS Prairial (Frigate)
FS Vendemiaire (Frigate)
LOCATION: Based @ New Caledonia & Tahiti Island; Pacific Ocean
·         NO UPDATES
 
Other
FS Charles de Gaulle (Carrier)
·         (Oct 24) @ Mediterranean; French E-2 Air Sentry from Flotilla 4F awarded with completing the 34,000th successful landing (GOV.FR)
FS Dixmude (LHD)
·         (Oct 22) @ English Channel; UK-RAF Sea King Mk.4 from 845 NAS trains onboard while assault ship transits back to France (MOD.UK)
    
RUSSIA
Task Forces
MED. TASK FORCE
RFS Vice Adm. Kulakov (DDG)
(3-5) U/I LSTs
LOCATION: Mediterranean
·         NO UPDATES
 
Other
RFS Vladivostok (Assault Ship)
·         (Oct 27) Russia announces that the first Mistral Class assault ship should enter Russian service in 2015, and the second ship, RFS Sevastopol, should enter service in 2015 (RIA)
    
UNITED KINGDOM – ROYAL NAVY
TASK FORCES
 
COUGAR 2014
(Aug – Dec)
HMS Bulwark (LPD)
·         Commander, 3 Commando
·         40 Commando
HMS Ocean (LHA)
·         820 NAS
RFA Lyme Bay (LSD)
RFA Wave Ruler (Supply)
FGS Schleswig-Holstein (FFG)
<see CTF-150>
HMS Northumberland (FFG)
LOCATION: Arabian Sea
·         (Oct 22) @ Arabian Gulf; COUGAR 2014 Task Force links up with US Navy Makin Island ARG, 3 Commando conducts joint training with USMC 11th MEU and Kuwaitis using USMC MV-22 Ospreys cross-decking onto HMS Bulwark (MOD.UK)
 
Atlantic Patrol
HMS Argyll (Frigate)
HMS Dragon (Destroyer)
HMS Iron Duke (Frigate)
HMS Protector (Ice Patrol)
HMCS Athabaskan (Destroyer)
RFA Argus (Hospital)
LOCATION: Atlantic and Caribbean Sea
·         (Oct 30) @ Halifax, Canada; HMCS Athabaskan returns to home port following successful deployment to Caribbean Sea anti-Drug patrol Operation CARIBBE (GC.CA)
·         (Oct 30) @ Sierra Leone; RFA Argus arrives at Freetown, begins off-loading equipment and vehicles in support of Ebola containment and treatment efforts (MOD.UK)
·         (Oct 29) @ Atlantic near Bermuda; HMS Argyll intercepts yacht and seizes 10-bales of cocaine  
·         (Oct 24) Plymouth; HMS Dragon deploys to Atlantic Patrol, replacing HMS Iron Duke (MOD.UK)
·         (Oct 22) @ Bermuda; HMS Argyll completes 4-days of recovery operations following Hurricane Gonzalo striking island (MOD.UK)
Med Patrol
HMS Enterprise (Survey)
·         NO UPDATES
<SNMG-2>
HMCS Toronto (Frigate)
·         (Oct 26) @ Mediterranean; HMCS Toronto completes participation in Exercise NOBLE JUSTIFICATION, part of Operation REASSURANCE deployment to Ukraine, remains tasked in Mediterranean with SNMG-2 (GC.CA)
Indian Ocean Patrol
HMS Defender (Destroyer)
HMS Kent (Frigate)
RFA Cardigan Bay (LSD)
·         (Oct 29) @ Gibraltar; HMS Kent arrives at UK base on Gibraltar, crew participates in 2.7 miles jog up to summit (MOD.UK)
·         (Oct 21) @ Portsmouth; HMS Kent departs UK for Indian Ocean deployment, will replace HMS Northumberland (MOD.UK)
<CMF-CTF-150>
HMS Northumberland (FFG)
HMAS Toowoomba (FFH-156)
·         NO UPDATES
Other
HMS Monmouth (Frigate)
·         (Oct 22) @ Devonport; UK frigate refloated and moved out of the Frigate Refit Complex following major upgrades and repairs, will return to the fleet next year (MOD.UK)  
    
UNITED STATES NAVY
Carrier Strike Groups
USS Carl Vinson (CSG-1)
Commander, DESRON – 1
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
·         Carrier Air Wing – 17
USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)
USS Gridley (DDG-101)
USS Sterett (DDG-104)
USS Dewey (DDG-105)
LOCATION: <IRAQ OPERATIONS> 5th Fleet, Arabian Gulf
·         (Oct 23) @ Arabian Gulf; Commander of USS Vinson celebrates the ship’s 230,000 arrested landing (USN)
·         (Oct 22) @ Arabian Gulf; US Congressmen from California and Florida visit USS Vinson for tour, lunch and discussions (USN)
 
USS George HW Bush (CSG-2)
USS GHW Bush (CVN)
·         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)
LOCATION: <RETURNING> 6th Fleet, Mediterranean Sea
·         (Nov 1) @ France; USS GHW Bush arrives at Marseille for a scheduled port visit (USN)
·         (Oct 29) @ Mediterranean; Dignitaries from Bulgaria, Georgia, Cyprus, and Greece visit USS Bush, conduct tour of bridge and observed operations on flight deck (USN)
·         (Oct 27) @ Suez Canal; CSG transits Suez Canal, exits 5th Fleet AOR (USN)
USS George Washington (CSG-5)
<Forward-Deployed: Japan>
Commander, CSG-5
USS George Washington (CVN-73)
·         Carrier Air Wing – 5
USS Antietam (Cruiser)
USS Halsey (Destroyer)
LOCATION: 7th Fleet, Philippine Sea
·         (Oct 28) @ Guam; GWCSG arrives at Apra, Guam for goodwill visit and COMREL projects (USN)
 
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CSG-12)
Commander, CSG-12
Commander, DESRON-2
USS T. Roosevelt (CVN-71)
·         Carrier Air Wing – 1
USS Normandy (CG-60)
USS Winston Churchill (DDG-81)
USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98)
USS Farragut (DDG-99)
LOCATION: <TRAINING> Atlantic @ Norfolk (2015 Deployment)
·          NO UPDATES
Amphibious Ready Groups
 
&
 
Command
Ships
USS Mt. Whitney
6th Fleet Command Ship
USS Mt. Whitney (LCC-20)
LOCATION: 6th Fleet; Black Sea
·          NO UPDATES
USS Bataan ARG
USS Bataan (LHD-5)
USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19);
USS Gunston Hall (LSD);
22nd MEU (USMC-Assault Battalion)
LOCATION: <RETURNING> 6th Fleet; Mediterranean Sea
·         (Oct 31) @ Norfolk; Bataan ARG returns to homeport following 9-month deployment (WTKR)
 
USS Essex ARG
USS Essex (LHD-2)
USS Anchorage (LPD-23)
USS Rushmore (LSD-47)
15TH MEU (USMC-Assault Battalion)
LOCATION: <TRAINING> Pacific @ San Diego (2015 Deployment)
·         NO UPDATES
 
USS Iwo Jima ARG
USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)
USS New York (LPD-21)
USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)
24th MEU (USMC-Assault Battalion)
LOCATION: <TRAINING> Atlantic @ Mayport (Future Deployment)
·         NO UPDATES
 
USS Makin Island ARG
USS Makin Island (LHD-8)
USS San Diego (LPD-22)
USS Comstock (LSD-45)
11th MEU (USMC-Assault Battalion)
LOCATION: <IRAQ OPERATIONS> 5th Fleet; Arabian Gulf
·         NO UPDATES
USS Peleliu ARG
(PEL-ESG)
Commander, ESG-7
Commander, PHIBRON-11
USS Peleliu (LHA-5)
USS Germantown (LSD-42)
31st MEU (USMC-Assault Battalion)
LOCATION: 7th Fleet,  S. China Sea
·         (Oct 27) @ Okinawa; USS Germantown conducts change of command ceremony at White Beach (USN)
·         (Oct 27-28) @ Philippines; USS Peleliu conducts decommissioning INSURV during hold period at Subic Bay (USN)
 
EXERCISES
 
BOLD ALIGATOR
(Oct 29 – Nov 10)
USS Kearsarge (Assault Ship)
19-Nations
8,500-Marines
17-Ships
LOCATION: Atlantic near Norfolk, VA
·         (Oct 29) @ Atlantic; USS Kearsarge departs Norfolk for major Amphibious exercise BOLD ALIGATOR 2014 (USN)
·         (Oct 29) @ Bogue, NC; EOD Mobile Unit 6 participates in BOLD ALIGATOR, conduct IED post-blast analysis for asymmetrical warfare phase (USN)
CARAT-Cambodia
USS Mustin (Destroyer)
 
LOCATION: 7th Fleet, near Cambodia
·         (Oct 27) @ Cambodia; CARAT begins with opening ceremony at Royal Cambodian Ream Navy Base
·         (Oct 25) @ Cambodia; US destroyer arrives at Sihanoukville for CARAT (USN)
IMCMEX 2014
(Oct 27 – Nov 13)
RFA Cardigan Bay (Landing Ship)
USS Ponce (Sea Base)
44-Nations
LOCATION: Arabian Gulf near Bahrain
·         (Oct 27) @ Bahrain; the world’s largest naval exercise IMCMEX 2014 begins at Manama with the Maritime Infrastructure Protection Symposium (USN)
 
TGEX
(Oct 20-31)
---US Navy---
Commander, US 3rd Fleet
Commander, CSG-11
Commander, DESRON-23
Commander, CVW-11
USS Chosin (Cruiser)
USS Fort Worth (Littoral)
USS Freedom (Littoral)
USS Kidd (Destroyer)
USS Lake Champlain (Cruiser)
USS Milius (Destroyer)
USS Nimitz (Carrier)
USS Paul Hamilton (Destroyer)
USS Pinkney (Destroyer)
USS William P Lawrence (Destroyer)
U/I US Sub
---Royal Canadian Navy---
HMCS Brandon (Coastal)
HMCS Calgary (Frigate)
HMCS Yellowknife (Coastal)
HMCS Winnipeg (Frigate)
---Japanese Navy---
JS Teruzuki (Destroyer)
LOCATION: Pacific near San Francisco
·         (Oct 31) @ Pacific; Canadian, US and Japanese ships conclude TGEX 2014 (USN)
·         (Oct 20) @ San Diego; US destroyer USS Milius deploys to 5th & 7th Fleet patrol (USN)
·         (Oct 20) San Diego; USS Nimitz and CSG-11 leads tri-lateral naval exercise TGEX with Canada and Japan, will train naval units prior to independent deployment (USN)
 
Other
USS Chancellorville (Cruiser)
·         (Oct 24) @ Pacific; US cruiser conducts successful BMD test using new SM-6 over-the-horizon interceptor missile during qualification tests (RIA)
USS Detroit (LCS-7, Littoral Combat Ship)
·         (Oct 18) @ Wisconsin; US Navy christens and launches newest Freedom Class variant Littoral Combat Ship (USN)
USS Eisenhower (CVN-69)
·         (Oct 19) @ Portsmouth, VA; Crew installing new ship-wide ADP computer network during DPIA maintenance period (USN)
USS Ingraham (Frigate)
·         (Oct 30) @ Everett, WA; US frigate returns from final deployment to 4th Fleet AOR, will be decommissioned on Nov 12 (USN)
USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26)
·         (Oct 30) @ Mississippi; future USS John P. Murtha, tenth San Antonio Class Landing Ship, is launched by Huntington Ingalls (USN)
USS Michael Murphy (Destroyer)
·         (Oct 20) @ Pearl Harbor; US destroyer departs for maiden deployment to 7th Fleet (USN)
USS Sampson (Destroyer)
·         (Oct 31) @ San Diego; US destroyer deploys to WESTPAC patrol
    
OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS
EU
Naval
Task Forces
EUROMARFOR
INDIAN OCEAN
“OPERATION ATALANTA”
(CTF-465)
FGS Lubeck (Frigate)
HNLMS Van Speijk (Frigate)
HS Psara (Frigate)
ITS Andrea Doria (Destroyer)[FLAG]
SPS Navarra (Frigate)
TCG Gelibolu (Frigate)
LOCATION: Arabian Sea
·         (Oct 30) @ Tanzania; SPS Navarra visits Dar Es Salaam, conducts training sessions with Tanzanian Navy (Armada)
 
EUROMEDFOR
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
FS Montcalm (Destroyer)
PS Vasco de Gama (Frigate)
SPS Santa Maria (Frigate)
LOCATION: E. Mediterranean
·         NO UPDATES
 
NATO
Naval
Task Forces
OPERATION OCEAN SHIELD
(CTF-508)
HDMS Esbern Snare (Frigate)
LOCATION: Arabian Sea
·         (Oct 27) @ Somali Basin; HDMS Esbern Snare conducts country-piracy law enforcement training with Somali policemen off Bossaaso for 2-weeks (NATO)
NATO – SNMG-1
HDMS Esbern Snare (Frigate)
LOCATION: (see CTF-508)
·         See OPERATION OCEAN SHIELD
NATO – SNMG-2
FGS Niedersachsen (Frigate)
HMCS Toronto (Frigate)
TCG Kemalreis (Frigate)
USS Leyte Gulf (CG) <GBCSG>
LOCATION: Mediterranean
·         (Oct 28) @ Strait of Gibraltar; FGS Niedersachsen meets FGS Gorch Fock, Germany’s commissioned sailing / training ship currently on training cruise in Mediterranean (marine.de)
·         (Oct 27) @ Mediterranean; German submarine U-33 (Type-212 Class) joins task force in support of Operation Active Endeavor (NATO)
·         (Oct 24) @ Alboran Sea; USS Leyte Gulf assists evacuation of sick French sailor from supply ship FS Marne and delivered ashore by helicopter (USN)
NATO – SNMG-2
(Unit-2)
SPS Alm. Juan de Borbon (Frigate)
SPS Reina Sophia (Frigate)
LOCATION: Black Sea & Mediterranean Patrol
·         (Oct 29) @ Mediterranean; SPS Borbon integrates into SNMG-2 / Unit-2, participates in Active Endeavor patrol in eastern Med (Armada)
 
NATO – SNMCMG-1
LNS Jotvingis (MCM) <FLAG>
(6-8) NATO Minehunters
LOCATION: English Channel
·          (Oct 30 – Nov 13) @ English Channel; SNMCM-1 arrive at Cherbourg, France, begin sweeping operations to clear lost ordinance from English Channel (GOV.FR)
NATO – SNMCMG-2
ITS Aviere (Frigate) <FLAG>
(6) NATO Minehunters
LOCATION: Mediterranean “ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR” Patrol
·         NO UPDATES
 
UN
CMF Task Force
(CTF-150)
(UNSC-1368, 1373)
U/I Pakistani Warship <FLAG>
HMS Northumberland (Frigate)
HMAS Toowoomba (FFH-156)
RFA Fort Austin (Supply)
LOCATION: Indian Ocean
·          (Oct 31) @ Kenya / Tanzania; Commander of CTF-150 visits military leaders in Kenya and Tanzania during 5-day port visits (CMF)
CMF Task Force
(CTF-151)
JS Samadare (Destroyer)
JS Takanami (Destroyer)
ROKS Munmu The Great (Destroyer)
TCG Gemlik (
 
LOCATION: Gulf of Aden & Arabian Sea
·         (Oct 30) @ Gulf of Aden; TCG Gemlik undertakes Operation Whatoro with Yemeni forces in Straight of Bab-al-Mandeb, supported by Japanese P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft based in Djibouti (CMF)
·         (Oct 7) @ Oman; New Zealand commander of CTF-151 visit task force ships JS Takanami and TCG Gemlik during visit to Salalah, Oman (CMF)
 
Other
 
INDIA
INS Deepak (Supply)
INS Mumbai (Destroyer)
INS Talwar (Frigate)
INS Teg (Frigate)
 
·         (Oct 31) @ Mauritius; INS Deepak, Mumbai and Talwar visit Port Louis (NIC)
·         (Oct 27) @ Reunion Island; INS Deepak, Mumbai and Talwar arrive at Saint Dennis Port, will conduct ship tours and bi-lateral exercises with French forces (NIC)
·         (Oct 20 – Nov 10) @ South Africa; INS Teg makes port call at Simon’s Town, SA, will participate in trilateral exercise IBSAMAR with S. Africa and Brazil (NIC)
ITALY
ITS Cavour (Carrier)
ITS Virginio Fasan (FREMM Frigate)
·         (Nov 3-5) @ Trieste; ITS Cavour and V. Fasan visit navy base at Trieste, receive their battle flag, and open for public tours (  DIFESA)
 
    
 
AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS
 
CHINA
CHINA
·         NO UPDATES
FRANCE
Op. Sangaris:
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
·         (Oct 30) Weekly Update (GOV.FR)
o    (24th) IARWG-Picardie supported 3rd convoy for International Organization for Migration
o    (23rd) Central Market at Dekoa reopens
o    In Bangui, security patrols continue, situation calm…
Op. Chammal:
IRAQ
·         NO UPDATES
Op. BAL:
MALI-NIGER-CHAD
·         (Oct 30) Weekly Update (GOV.FR)
o    (28-29th) French forces launch raid on Islamists camp near Teo, met heavy opposition, 1-paratrooper killed, 1-injured
o    (27th) Camp Damien at Bamako disestablishes, returns to Mali control
o    (26th) one DLAO deploys from its base at Tessalit, Mali to Niger
o    Currently, 3,000-French troops are in country
RUSSIA
AFGHANISTAN
·         (Oct 17) Afghan government has requested SCO members to assist in anti-terror training and operations vs. the Taliban (RIA)
UNITED KINGDOM
IRAQ
·         NO UPDATES
UNITED STATES
AFRICOM - LIBERIA
 
·         NO UPDATES
CENTCOM – IRAQ / SYRIA
 
·         (Oct 25) Iraqi Kurds recapture Zumar and surrounding towns, 36 miles NW of Mosul (RIA)
·         (Oct 28) Iraqi Kurds send convoy of reinforcements to Kobani, Syria via Turkey, other fighters arrive via airport at Sanliufra, Turkey (RIA)
·         (Oct 24) Iraqi and FSA forces may require months of training before being be able to launch a sustained offensive vs. ISIS, most units suffer low morale, thaw political situation is shattered, and core combat units in Anbar have suffered heavy casualties during the ISIS offensive in June (RIA)
·         (Oct 23) SPMAGTF, 7th Marine Regiment, 2nd Battalion – KIA @ Baghdad (Non-Combat) (DOD)
·         (Oct 22) Spain votes in favor of sending 300-troops to assist in training the Iraqi army in special and mine clearing ops, will deploy in Dec, 2014 to Nasiriyah (RIA)
PACOM - JAPAN
·         (Oct 23) US deploys new X-Band Radar to Kyogamisaki MB, Kyoto, Japan; facility positioned to monitor missile launches from North Korea; China protests installation, says will contribute to instability (RIA)
   

No comments:

Post a Comment