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WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE
Nov 30 – Dec 06
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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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18th
ESCORT TASK FORCE
PLAN Changbaishan
(LPD)
PLAN Yuncheng
(Frigate)
PLAN Chaohu (Supply)
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LOCATION: Gulf of Aden
(Anti-Piracy Patrols / Commercial Shipping Escorts)
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NO UPDATES
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19th
ESCORT TASK FORCE
PLAN Linyi (Frigate)
PLAN Weifang
(Frigate)
PLAN Weishanhu
(Supply)
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LOCATION: Pacific Ocean
(Anti-Piracy Patrols / Commercial Shipping Escorts)
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(Dec 2) @ Qinghai; the 19th Escort Task Force departs for
Gulf of Aden and Somali waters (People's Daily)
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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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CDG Carrier Battle Group
FS Charles de Gualle
(Carrier)
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11F: (12)
Rafale Marine
FS Chevalier Paul
(DDG)
FS Montcalm (DDG)
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LOCATION: <TRAINING>
Mediterranean Sea
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NO UPDATES
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Atlantic
Patrols
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<Forward-Deployed>
FS Dumont d’Urville
(LST)
FS Germinal (Frigate)
FS Ventose (Frigate)
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LOCATION: Based @ Martinique
Island, Caribbean Sea
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(Nov 27) @
Caribbean; French frigate FS Ventose and UK frigate HMS Iron Duke particate
in operational training off Fort de France (GOV.FR)
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<CORYMBE Patrol>
FS EV Jacoubet
(Frigate)
FS LV Lavalle
(Frigate)
FS Tonnere (Assault
Ship)
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LOCATION: Gulf of Guinea,
Atlantic Ocean
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(Dec 1) @ Brest; French frigate FS LV Lavalle
deploys to join Operation Corymbe in the Gulf of Guinea (GOV.FR)
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Med Patrol
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FS Cassard
(Destroyer)
FS Guepratte (Frigate)
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LOCATION: East Mediterranean
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NO UPDATES
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BLACK SEA PATROL
FS Dupuy de Lome (Intel)
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LOCATION: Black Sea
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NO UPDATES
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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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(Nov 21-24) @
Seychelles; French frigate FS Floreal visits Port Victoria, conducts joint
training with Seychelles Coast Guard (GOV.FR)
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(Nov 17) @
Reunion Island; French frigate FS Floreal departs for Indian Ocean patrol (GOV.FR)
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<Op. CHAMMAL>
FS Jean Bart (Destroyer)
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LOCATION: <IRAQ-ISIS OPERATIONS>
Arabian Gulf; Indian Ocean
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NO UPDATES
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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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(Nov 28) @ S.
China Sea; French frigate FS Vendemiaire participates in PASSEX with US
destroyer USS Michael Murphy (USN)
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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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(Dec 2) @Syria; RFS Kulakov docks at Tartus for weeklong maintenance
following navigation exercises in heavy traffic conditions and submarine
detection (Sputnik)
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SEVEROMORSK
Task Force
RFS Alex Ostrakovskiy
(LST)
RFS Severomorsk
(Destroyer)
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LOCATION: Atlantic
<TRAINING>
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(Dec 1) @ Atlantic Ocean; Russia task force lead by RFS Severomorsk
departs the English Channel and enters the Bay of Biscay, plan to hold
anti-submarine exercise with KA-27 helicopters, Task Force left North Fleet
base on Nov 20 (Sputnik)
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G20
Summit Task Force
RFS Boris Butoma
(Supply)
RFS Fotly Krylov
(Tug)
RFS Marshal
Shaposhnikov (DDG)
RFS Varyag (Cruiser)
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LOCATION: Pacific Ocean
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NO UPDATES
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Other
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RFS Vladivostok (Assault Ship)
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(Dec 5)
France admits it might never hand over Mistral assault ships to Russia if
the crisis in Ukraine doesn’t improve (Sputnik)
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UNITED
KINGDOM – ROYAL NAVY
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TASK FORCES
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COUGAR 2014
(Aug – Dec)
HMS Bulwark (LPD)
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Commander, 3 Commando
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40 Commando
HMS Northumberland (FFG)
FGS Schleswig-Holstein (FFG)
RFA Lyme Bay (LSD)
RFA Wave Ruler (Supply)
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LOCATION: Arabian Sea
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(Dec 5) @ UK;
HMS Northumberland returns home at Devonport NB from patrol in Middle East
and escorting COUGAR 2014 capital ships (MOD.UK)
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HMS Ocean
Task Force
HMS Ocean (Assault Ship)
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LOCATION: <OST TRAINING>
Atlantic Ocean
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NO UPDATES
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Atlantic Patrol
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HMS Argyll (Frigate)
HMS Dragon (Destroyer)
HMS Iron Duke (Frigate)
HMS Protector (Ice Patrol)
HMS Severn (Patrol)
HMCS Athabaskan (Destroyer)
RFA Argus (Hospital)
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LOCATION: Atlantic and Caribbean
Sea
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(Dec 4) @ Haiti; HMS Iron Duke visits Port Cap Haitian for 2-days,
the first UK ship to visit since the 2010 earthquake (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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NO UPDATES
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Indian Ocean Patrol
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HMS Defender (Destroyer)
HMS Kent (Frigate)
RFA Cardigan Bay (LSD)
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NO UPDATES
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<CMF-CTF-150>
HMAS Toowoomba (FFH-156)
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NO UPDATES
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Other
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HMS Albion (LPD Landing
Ship)
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(Dec 5) @ UK;
RN assault ship wakes up from 3-year extended readiness, in 2017 will
replace HMS Bulwark as fleet flagship, currently being inspected for 2-year
refit (MOD.UK)
HMS Queen Elizabeth
(Carrier)
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(Dec 2) @
Scotland; DEFSEC Fallon visits Aircraft Carrier Alliance shipyards in
Scotland to discuss progress on the Navy’s new carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth
and Prince of Wales (MOD.UK)
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UNITED STATES
NAVY
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Carrier Strike Groups
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USS Carl Vinson (CSG-1)
Commander,
DESRON – 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: <IRAQ OPERATIONS> 5th
Fleet, Arabian Gulf
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(Nov
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CSG-12)
Commander, CSG-12
Commander, DESRON-2
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: <TRAINING> Atlantic @ Norfolk (2015
Deployment)
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(Nov
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Amphibious Ready Groups
&
Command
Ships
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USS Essex ARG
USS Essex (LHD-2)
USS Anchorage (LPD-23)
USS Rushmore (LSD-47)
15TH MEU
(USMC-Assault Battalion)
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LOCATION: <TRAINING> Pacific
@ San Diego (2015 Deployment)
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(Dec 2) @ San Diego; USS Anchorage departs San Diego NB, is
participating in NASA Orion program as recovery ship for the test capsule (USN)
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USS Iwo Jima ARG
USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)
USS New York (LPD-21)
USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)
24th MEU
(USMC-Assault Battalion)
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LOCATION: <TRAINING> Atlantic
@ Mayport (Future Deployment)
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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: <IRAQ OPERATIONS> 5th Fleet;
Arabian Gulf
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NO UPDATES
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USS Peleliu ARG
(PEL-ESG)
Commander, ESG-7
Commander, PHIBRON-11
USS Peleliu (LHA-5)
USS Germantown (LSD-42)
31st MEU (USMC-Assault
Battalion)
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LOCATION: 7th
Fleet, S. China Sea
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NO UPDATES
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Other
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USS Ft Worth (LCS-3, Littoral Combat Ship)
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(Dec 3) @ Pacific; Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship enters 7th
Fleet after conducting joint operations at Hawaii, is heading for Guam
next, will be forward stationed at Singapore and participate in all CARAT
phases in 2015 (USN)
USS New Orleans (LPD -18, Landing Ship)
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(Dec 3) @ San Diego; US landing ship departs BAE shipyard following t
month PIA maintenance period (USN)
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OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS
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EU
Naval
Task Forces
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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)
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LOCATION: Arabian Sea
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(Dec 4) @ Madagascar; German frigate FGS Lubeck visits Antsiranana (Marine.de)
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NATO
Naval
Task Forces
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OPERATION OCEAN
SHIELD
(CTF-508)
HDMS
Esbern Snare (Frigate)
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LOCATION: Arabian Sea
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NO UPDATES
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NATO – SNMG-2
FGS Niedersachsen
(Frigate)
HMCS Toronto (Frigate)
TCG Kemalreis (Frigate)
USS Leyte Gulf (Cruiser)
USS Vicksburg (Cruiser)
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LOCATION: Mediterranean
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(Dec 5) @ Germany; German frigate FGS Niedersachsen returns to home
port following last deployment to Indian Ocean, will be decommissioned in
2015 (Marine.de)
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(Dec 4) @ Mayport; USS Vicksburg departs for NATO deployment, will
serve as SNMG-2 Flagship after relieving USS Leyte Gulf later this month (USN)
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NATO – SNMG-2
(Unit-2)
SPS Alm. Juan de Borbon
(Frigate)
SPS Reina Sophia
(Frigate)
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LOCATION: Black Sea & Mediterranean
Patrol
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(Dec 2) @ Spain; Spanish frigate SPS Reina Sofia returns to home port
following Mediterranean patrol with NATO-SNMG-2 (Armada)
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NATO – SNMCMG-1
LNS
Jotvingis (MCM) <FLAG>
(6-8) NATO Minehunters
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LOCATION: English Channel
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NO UPDATES
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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)
HMAS
Toowoomba (FFH-156)
RFA Fort Austin (Supply)
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LOCATION: Indian Ocean
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(Dec 4) Canada assumes command
of CTF-150 during ceremony at Bahrain, and is part of Operation Artemis (GC.CA)
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CMF
Task Force
(CTF-151)
JS
Samadare (Destroyer)
JS
Takanami (Destroyer)
ROKS Munmu The Great
(Destroyer)
TCG Gemlik
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LOCATION: Gulf of Aden &
Arabian Sea
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NO UPDATES
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Other
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NO UPDATES
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AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS
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CHINA
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NO UPDATES
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FRANCE
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Op. Sangaris:
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
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NO UPDATES
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Op. Chammal:
IRAQ
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NO UPDATES
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Op. BAL:
MALI-NIGER-CHAD
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NO UPDATES
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RUSSIA
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RUSSIA
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(Nov 27)
Russian Defense Ministry says it’s ahead of schedule in task to modernize
30% of military hardware by 2016 (Sputnik)
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UKRAINE
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(Dec 3)
Russia delivers S-300PMU (SA-10F “Grumble”) anti-aircraft missiles in
Crimea in November to protect Russian naval facilities (Sputnik)
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(Dec 2)
Ukraine and Luhansk Militia agree to ceasefire and withdrawal of heavy
weapons (Sputnik)
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UNITED
KINGDOM
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IRAQ
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NO UPDATES
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UNITED STATES
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AFGHANISTAN
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(Dec 3) 7th Special Forces Group, 3rd
Battalion – KIA @ Zabul (DOD)
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YEMEN
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(Dec 5) Pentagon confirms its effort to rescue
US hostage Somers failed, Somers wasn’t at Al Qaeda target site, but 8
other hostages were rescued (Military)
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