Oct 23-29 Weekly News & Log Update

WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE Oct 23 – Oct 29

NAVAL & MARINE OPERATIONS

CHINA Peoples Liberation Army – Navy Task Forces 23rd ESCORT TASK FORCE PLAN Xiangtan PLAN Zhoushan PLAN ? STATUS: Pacific (Anti-Piracy & Shipping Escort Patrols) ·         (Oct 22) @ Vietnam; Chinese naval escort task force visits Cam Ranh, recently visited Myanmar, Malasia and Cambodia, TF is returning home after 4-month tour of duty  (ibtimes) 24th ESCORT TASK FORCE PLAN ? STATUS: Indian Ocean (Anti-Piracy & Shipping Escort Patrols) ·         NO UPDATES Other Domestic Aircraft Carrier ·         (Oct 27) China’s first domestically produced carrier is being built, hull has been completed, workers are installing equipment (people.cn)

FRANCE TASK FORCES <CORYMBE Patrol> FS ??? STATUS: Atlantic (West Africa Patrol) ·         NO UPDATES de GAULLE CSG CVN – FS Charles de Gaulle STATUS: Med (OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE) <SYRIA STRIKE OPS> ·         (Oct 26) @ Med; USS Ross (DDG-71) completes ops with French carrier (navy.mil) ·         (Oct 27) Paris decides to extend carrier’s deployment to December, was planning to return in Oct (alert5) Other ·         NO UPDATES

RUSSIA TASK FORCES MED. TASK FORCE 2-4 LSTs 6-Warships 3-Supply Ships LOCATION: Mediterranean ·         (Sep) Moscow announces Kuznetsov TF will deploy to assist Med TF (ria) KUZNETSOV CSG RFS Kuznetsov (Carrier) ·         SU-33 Fighters ·         MIG-29K Fighters (4) ·         Ka-27 / K-29 ASW Helo ·         Ka-52K Recc Helo RFS Peter Veliky (BCGN) RFS Severomorsk (DDG) RFS Adm Kulakov (DDG) 3-Supply 1-SSK STATUS: Atlantic (Med Task Force) <SYRIA STRIKE OPS> ·         (Oct 27) @ Med; Task Force passes through Straits of Gibraltar, Spain refuses to allow refueling at Ceuta ·         (Oct 27) @ Med; Malta refuses to refuel Russian TF ·         (Oct 15) @ Russia; TF deploys to East Med for Syria strike ops, will join Med TF (ria) Other ·         NO UPDATES

UNITED KINGDOM – ROYAL NAVY & COMMONWEALTH TASK FORCES JEF-16 HMS Bulwark (LPD) HMS Ocean (Assault Ship) MV Eddystone Point (Support) 45 Commando? STATUS: Red Sea (Middle East Deployment) ·         (Oct 27) @ Egypt; Task Force transits Suez Canal AUSTRALIA HMAS Canberra (LPD) STATUS: Pacific <ACTIVE RESERVE & TRAINING> ·         (Oct 15) @ Sydney; Other

UNITED STATES NAVY Carrier Strike Groups USS Eisenhower CSG-10 CVN-69 – USS D. Eisenhower Ø  CVW – 3 STATUS: Arabian Sea (CENTCOM) <IRAQ STRIKE OPS> ·         (Oct 25) @ Persian Gulf; CSG participating in battle to recapture Mosul USS Ronald Reagan   CVN-76 – USS Ronald Reagan Ø  CVW-5 STATUS: Pacific Ocean, 7th Fleet, (Forward-Deployed) <WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT> ·         (Oct 21) @ S Korea; CSG departs SK following 5-day port visit following exercise INVINCIBLE SPIRIT 2026 USS John C. Stennis   CVN-74 – USS John C. Stennis STATUS: Pacific Ocean (TRAINING) ·         (Sep 27) @ Bremerton; CSG gets underway for training period USS George H.W. Bush   CVN-77 – USS George Bush STATUS: Atlantic Ocean (TRAINING) ·         (Oct 19) @ Atlantic; carrier held Friends & Family cruise Amphibious Ready Groups & Command Ships USS Mount Whitney Fleet Command LCC-20 – USS Mt. Whitney STATUS:  Mediterranean Sea ·         (Oct 25) @ Greece; US Command Ship departs Piraeus USS Wasp ARG LHD-1 – USS Wasp LPD-17 - USS San Antonio LSD-41 – USS Whidbey Island 22nd MEU – Marine Expeditionary Unit STATUS:  Mediterranean Sea (EUCOM Deployment) ·         (Oct 24) US Navy is planning to forward deploy Wasp to Japan in 2017 to replace Bonhomme Richard ·         (Oct 24) @ Greece; Wasp ARG pulls into Souda Bay for port visit following 4-months at sea conducting strike ops vs ISIS in Libya USS Bonhomme Richard ARG LHD-6 – USS BH Richard LPD-20 USS Green Bay LSD-42 USS Germantown LSD-48 USS Ashland 31st MEU STATUS:  Pacific (WESTPAC Deployment) ·         (Oct 24) US Navy is planning to forward deploy Wasp to Japan in 2017 to replace Bonhomme Richard ·         (Oct 18) @ Singapore; ARG visits Singapore for scheduled port visit, LPD and LSD visited Malaysia and Cambodia following participation in PHIBEX with Philippines USS Makin Island ARG LHD-8 – USS Makin Island LPD-25 – USS Somerset LSD-45 – Comstock 11th MEU (USMC-Assault Battalion) STATUS:  Pacific (WESTPAC / CENTCOM Deployment) ·         (Oct 14) @ Pacific; ARG deploys to 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet AOR USS Bataan ARG LHD-5 – USS Bataan LPD-19 USS Mesa Verde LSD-44 USS Gunston Hall 24th MEU STATUS: Atlantic Ocean (TRAINING) ·         (Sep 23) @ Atlantic; ARG completes PHIBRON-MU integration training, planning to deploy early 2017 USS America LHA-6 – USS America STATUS: Pacific Ocean (TRAINING) ·         (Oct 20) @ San Diego; Sec Mabus tours USS America TASK FORCES Hurricane Matthew CVN-9 – USS Washington LHD-7 – USS Iwo Jima LPD – USS Mesa Verde Hosp – USNS Comfort  STATUS:  Caribbean Sea ·         (Oct 24) @ Florida; Iwo Jima returns home following humanitarian mission to Haiti ·         (Oct 7) @ Caribbean; Carrier US Washington assists with Hurr. Matthew relief with USS Mesa Verde and USNS Comfort Other ·         NO UPDATES

NEWS and AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS CHINA NO UPDATES ·         NO UPDATES FRANCE Op. Chammal: IRAQ-JORDAN-SYRIA ·         NO UPDATES Op. LIZA: MALI-NIGER-CHAD ·         NO UPDATES RUSSIA RUSSIA ·          NO UPDATES SYRIA ·         (Oct 7) UKRAINE ·         NO UPDATES UNITED KINGDOM NO UPDATES ·         NO UPDATES UNITED STATES CENTCOM: AFGHANISTAN ·         NO UPDATES CENTCOM: IRAQ / SYRIA ·         NO UPDATES CENTCOM: KUWAIT ·         NO UPDATES NATO E. EUROPE ·         NO UPDATES