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WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE
June 8-14
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NAVAL-MARINE OPERATIONS
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CHINA
16th
ESCORT TASK FORCE
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(Jun 11) @
Namibia; Task Force visits Walvis Bay, hosts tours by local visitors and
Namibia’s naval chief (People's Daily)
17th ESCORT TASK FORCE
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NO NEWS
RIMPAC 2014
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(Jun 10)
Chinese warships depart for Hawaii to participate in RIMPAC 2014 (People's Daily) ships include…
o
DDG – PLAN
Haikou
o
FFG – PLAN
Yueyang
o
HOS – PLAN
Peace Ark (Hospital Ship)
o
SUP – PLAN
Qiandaohu (Supply Ship)
FRANCE
WEST AFRICA
CORYMBE TASK FORCE
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Task
Force: FS Cmdt Blaison
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(Jun 3) @ Gulf of Guinea; French frigate assists French fishing boat
Gueotec off Sao Tome (MOD.FR)
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(May 24) @ Gulf of Guinea; French frigate renders medical assistance to
crewman onboard French tanker Adour, then transfers patient to Togo (MOD.FR)
JEAN DE ARC TASK FORCE
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Task Force: FS Mistral (Assault Ship); FS La
Fayette (Frigate)
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NO NEWS
GABIAN 2014 – MAJOR FRENCH NAVAL EXERCISE
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(Jun 10-13)
French warships participate in Major naval exercise GABIAN 2014 (MOD.FR)
…units include
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LHD – FS Tonnerre
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FFG – FS Guepratte
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MCM – FS Orion
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MCM – FS Acheron
o
SUP – FS Meuse
FS Jean Bart
(Destroyer)
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(Jun 6) French destroyer
participates in D-Day ceremonies at Normandy (MOD.FR)
RUSSIA
RFS Vladivostok
(Assault Ship)
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(Jun 22) 400
Russian sailors begin training on the Mistral-Class LHD at Saint-Nazaire
dockyard in France (Defense
News)
UNITED KINGDOM
HMS Dauntless (Destroyer)
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(Jun 13) @
Liverpool; Royal Navy destroyer will arrive at Mercey for the International
River Festival (MOD.UK)
HMS Defender (Destroyer)
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(Jun 13) @
Gibraltar; UK destroyer stops at Gibraltar while en-route to Middle East, host
tours by locals (MOD.UK)
HMS Montrose (Frigate)
UNITED STATES
US CARRIER STRIKE
GROUPS
USS Bush CSG
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(Jun 14) US-DOD
orders Bush CSG into strike position in Arabian Gulf due to ISIS threat to
Baghdad, may assist Iraqi military to halt ISIS advance (Fox)
USS Washington CSG
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(Jun 9) @
Okinawa; USN carrier hosts Japanese Rear Adm Ooseto, commander Fleet Air Wing
and other guests for tours and demonstrations (USN)
US AMPHIBIOUS READY
GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS
USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)
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(Jun 2) @ S.
China Sea; USN command ship conducts CUES training with Japanese LST JS
Kunisaki (USN)
US WARSHIPS
USS Ingraham (FFG-61)
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(Jun 9) @
Panama; USN frigate conducts Change of Command Ceremony during port visit at
Panama City (USN)
USS Vela Gulf (CG-72)
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(Jun 10) @
Black Sea; USN cruiser conducts bilateral underway engagement with Turkish
corvette TCG Bykada (F-512), sharing tactics for countering
air-surface-asymmetrical threats (USN)
OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS
EU – OPERATION
ATALANTA (CTF-465)
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NO NEWS
NATO – OPERATION OCEAN
SHIELD (CTF-508) (Patrolled by NATO-SNMG-2)
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(Jun 13) @ Oman; Italian frigate ITS Mimbelli visits Salalah, conducted
PASSEX with Omani patrol ship FGSHM Al Rahman on (Jun 11) (NATO)
NATO – SNMG-1
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(Jun 13) @
Warnemunde; German corvette FGS Magdeburg return home following 5-month NATO-SNMG-1
deployment to Arctic and Mediterranean (Marine.DE)
NATO – SNMG-2
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SEE OPERATION
OCEAN SHIELD
GERMANY
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(Jun 11) @ Baltic
Sea; German warships participate in NATO exercise BALTOPS 2014 (Marine.DE)
...units include
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FFG – FGS Hamburg
(Sachsen-Class Frigate)
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FFG – FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
(Brandenburg-Class Frigate)
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MCM – FGS Dillingen
(Frankenthal-Class Mine Hunter)
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SSK – FGS U31
(Type-212 Submarine)
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SUP – FGS Elbe
(Elbe-Class Tender)
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SUP – FGS Spessert
(Rhon-Class Oiler)
INDIA
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(Jun 7) Indian
RM visits INS Viraat (Carrier) during ship commissioning ceremony for INS
Achook and Agrim (Coast Guard), discuss sinking of INS Singhurakshak with
Adm. Dhowan, Chief of Naval Staff (NIC.IN)
ITALY
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(Jun 14) @
Straits of Sicily; ITS San Georgio (LHD), Scirocco (FFG), Orion (OPS),
Chimera (Corvette) rescue 1812 migrants at sea (DIFESA)
JAPAN
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(Jun 11) @
Vietnam; PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP medical staff led evacuation demonstration with
Vietnamese military with Japanese LST JS Kunisaki (USN)
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AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS
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CHINA
MAINLAND
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(May 6) @
Nanjing MAC; PLA Infantry troops and army aviation brigade conduct live-fire
training exercises (People's Daily)
FRANCE
NO NEWS
RUSSIA
KALININGRAD
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(Jun 10) Russia
launches large AF and Marine exercise opposite NATO exercise SABER STRIKE and
BALTOPS (People's Daily)
UKRAINE
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(Jun 10) Russia
plans to base (20) SU-27 fighters at the Belbek AB in Crimea by the end of
2014 (RIA Novosti)
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(Jun 3) NATO
meets to discuss crisis in Ukraine, discuss patrols in Baltics (air refueling,
AWACS, MCM deployments) and member defense budgets (MOD.NL)
UNITED KINGDOM
LATVIA
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(Jun 9) @ Riga,
Latvia; UK Prince of Wales Royal Regiment, 1st Battalion
(100-troops) participates in NATO exercise SABRE STRIKE (MOD.UK)
POLAND
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(Jun 9) @
Drawsko Pomorski, Poland; UK Army (200-Troops) will participate in NATO
exercise ANAKONDA in September (MOD.UK)
UNITED
STATES
CENTCOM – AFGHANISTAN
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(Jun 9) US 4th
Infantry Division, 4th Brigade – 2-KIA @ Gaza Village (DOD)
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(Jun 9) US 10th
Mountain Division, 3rd Brigade – KIA @ Logar Province (DOD)
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(Jun 9) US 5th
Special Forces Group, 1st Battalion – 2-KIA @ Gaza Village (DOD)
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(Jun 9) US 52nd
Ordinance Group, 192nd Ordinance Battalion – KIA @ Gaza Village (DOD)
CENTCOM – IRAQ
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(Jun 14) Iraqi
Shiite militia fighters, deployed in the thousands, halt the ISIS advance N
of Baghdad, AF strikes ISIS military facilities at Mosul, prepare to
recapture Tikrit (Fox)
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(June 12) @
Samara; ISIS offensive halts, preparing to assault Baghdad, Iran offers
assistance, possibly an army division, US may reconsider assistance (DEBKA)
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(June 11) ISIS
forms up to assault Baghdad from Tikrit and Kirkuk, ISIS captures Mosul and
its refineries, banking and bases (DEBKA)
MULTILATERAL
OPERATIONS
NO NEWS
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
June 8-14 Weekly News & Log Updates
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
June 1-7 Weekly News & Log Updates
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WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE
June 1- 7
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NAVAL-MARINE OPERATIONS
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CHINA
16th
ESCORT TASK FORCE
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NO NEWS
17th ESCORT TASK FORCE
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NO NEWS
FRANCE
WEST AFRICA
CORYMBE TASK FORCE
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Task
Force: FS Cmdt Blaison
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NO NEWS
JEAN DE ARC TASK FORCE
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Task Force: FS Mistral (Assault Ship); FS La
Fayette (Frigate)
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NO NEWS
RUSSIA
MEDITERRANEAN
TASK FORCE
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NO NEWS
UNITED KINGDOM
HMS Defender (Destroyer)
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(Jun 2) @
Portsmouth; UK destroyer deploys to Middle East, Indian Ocean and Arabian
Gulf for security patrol (MOD.UK)
HMS Enterprise (Survey Ship)
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(Jun 5) Royal
Navy survey ship deploys for 18-month survey of Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean,
Red Sea and Arabian Gulf (MOD.UK)
HMS Illustrious (Carrier)
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(Jun 3) @
Portsmouth; 19-Reservists training onboard UK carrier, preparing for Exercise
DEEP BLUE, large anti-submarine screening exercise next month (MOD.UK)
UNITED STATES
US CARRIER STRIKE
GROUPS
USS Bush CSG
USS Reagan (CVN-76)
USS Vinson CSG
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(Jun 2) @
Pacific; CSG-1 completes COMPTUEX pre-deployment training off coast of
southern California, will complete JTFEX by Jun 9, plans to deploy this
summer (USN)
…ORBAT updated
US AMPHIBIOUS READY
GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS
USS Bataan ARG
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(Jun 7) @
Mediterranean, USN assault ship and USS Elrod (FFG-55) rescues 277 persons in
distress on sinking vessel to Malta (USN)
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(May 27) @ Red
Sea; USN landing ship USS Gunston Hall conducted joint training with Saudi
Arabian sailors during Exercise EAGER LION 2014 (USN)
USS BH Richard ARG
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(Jun 1) @
Singapore; USN landing ship USS Asheland arrives at Singapore for rest after
disembarking Marnes at Kuantan, Malaysia for CARAT-Malaysia phase (USN)
USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)
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(Jun 7) @
Japan; USN command ship returns to homeport following 5-week patrol in
Indo-Asia-Pacific region (USN)
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(Jun 2) @ S.
China Sea; USN command ship USS Blue Ridge conducts CUES training with
Japanese landing ship JS Kunasaki (LST-4003) (USN)
USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20)
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(Jun 7) @
Sweden; US-SECNAV visits command ship during port visit to Karlskrona during
NATO exercise BALTOPS-2014 (USN)
USS Tripoli (LHA-7)
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(May 30) @ Washington;
US SECNAV formally names new USN assault ship during event at Marine Barracks
Washington hosted by USMC Commandant (USN)
US WARSHIPS
USS Coronado (LCS-4)
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(Jun 6) USN
littoral combat ship completes final contract trials, plans to complete tests
and training, then forward deploy in 2015 (USN)
USS Dallas (SSN-700) and USS
Norfolk (SSN-714)
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(May 30) US
Navy announces that the USS Dallas and Norfolk will swap inactivation
timelines; USS Dallas has been extended to 2017 and USS Norfolk will
inactivate in 2015 (USN)
USS Independence (LCS-2)
USS Missouri (SSN-780)
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(Jun 8) @ Conn;
Virginia-Class attack submarine returns from 11-week surge deployment to
Europe (USN)
USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)
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(Jun 5) @
France; USN destroyer participates in D-Day 70th Anniversary
commemorations at Cherbourg (USN)
USS Vela Gulf (CG-72)
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(Jun 6) @ Black
Sea; USN cruiser conducts in underway bilateral engagement with Romanian
frigate ROS Regina Marie (F-222) (USN)
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(Jun 3) @
Romania; USN cruiser arrives at Constanta for scheduled port visit, plans to
host commander of Romanian navy, visit orphanage and museum, and tour city (USN)
USS WE Meyer (DDG-108)
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(May 31) @ E.
China Sea; USN destroyer USS Wayne E Meyer conducts trilateral exercises with
S. Korea and France, includes SK frigate ROKS Busan (FF-959 – Ulsan Class)
and French frigate FS Prairial (USN)
OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS
EU – OPERATION
ATALANTA (CTF-465)
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NO NEWS
NATO – OPERATION OCEAN
SHIELD (CTF-508) (Patrolled by NATO-SNMG-2)
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(Jun 5) @ Oman; Spanish frigate SPS C. Colon visited Salalah, Oman,
provided training to Omani naval personnel (NATO)
NATO
– SNMG-1
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NO NEWS
NATO – SNMG-2
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SEE OPERATION
OCEAN SHIELD
GERMANY
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(Jun 5) @
Greece; German frigate FGS Augsburg transits the Corinth Canal on way to
Crete (Marine.DE)
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(Jun 4) @
Hamburg, Germany; new Class-125 frigate FGS Saxony-Anhalt, third of four, is
laid down for construction; the Class-125 will replace the Class-122
frigates, with the last of four being delivered in 2019 (Marine.DE)
JAPAN
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(Jun 6) @
Vietnam; Japanese navy Osumi-Class JS Kunisaki (LST-4003) visits Da Nang, is
flagship for PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2014, a multinational humanitarian
deployment in pacific (USN)
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AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS
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CHINA
NO NEWS
FRANCE
NO NEWS
RUSSIA
UKRAINE
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(Jun 5) Former
US officials say the US should send anti-armor and MANPADS to Ukraine, and
forward deploy heavy battalions in east Europe in response to Russian
advances (Defense News)
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(Jun 3) @
Luhansk; Ukrainian AF bombs admin building and roadblock, kill 8; Pro-Russian
fighters and Ukrainian border guard troops battle all day, at least 4-killed,
8-injured (RIA Novosti)
UNITED KINGDOM
AFGHANISTAN
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(Jun 6) Final
phase of UK drawdown begins, incoming UK command team will oversee the return
of remaining troops and equipment (MOD.UK)
UNITED
STATES
CENTCOM – AFGHANISTAN
EUCOM – UNITED KINGDOM
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(Jun 3) USAF
3-B-52’s arrive at RAF Fairford, England for 2-week deployment and training
with NATO allies, and in response to plans to increase US presence in Europe
(Defense News)
MULTILATERAL
OPERATIONS
NO NEWS
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Sunday, June 1, 2014
May 25-31 Weekly News & Log Updates
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WEEKLY NEWS & LOG UPDATE
May 25 - 31
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NAVAL-MARINE OPERATIONS
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CHINA
16th
ESCORT TASK FORCE
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(May 27) @ Nigeria; PLAN Task Force conducts
joint anti-piracy drills with Nigerian Navy (People's Daily)
17th ESCORT TASK FORCE
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(May 24) @
Somalia; PLAN destroyer Changchun escorts Word Food Program ship Nawa 3 to
Bossaso, Somalia (People's
Daily)
JOINT SEA 2014 EXERCISE
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(May 26) @
Shanghai; Chinese destroyer PLAN Zhenghou and Russian cruiser RFS Varyag welcome
public aboard ship for tours (People's
Daily)
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(May 25) @
Shanghai; Chinese and Russian ships return to Shanghai following JOINT SEA
2014 at-sea combat exercises
FRANCE
WEST AFRICA
CORYMBE TASK FORCE
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Task
Force: FS Cmdt Blaison
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(May 18) @ Benin; French frigate FS Cmdt Blaison conducts training with
Belgian ship Godetia (A960 – Command & Logistics Ship) (MOD.FR)
JEAN DE ARC TASK FORCE
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Task Force: FS Mistral (Assault Ship); FS La
Fayette (Frigate)
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(May21-26) @
Martinique; Task Force spends time in port at Fort de France, hosting events
and tours (MOD.FR)
FRANCO-EGYPTIAN EXERCISE “CLEOPATRA 2014”
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(May 26 – June 4)
Egyptian frigates Alexandria, Rashied, October 6, and April 25, and tanker
Shalatien arrive at Toulon, France, begin bilateral naval exercises; French
warships include FS Montcalm (DDG), FS Courbet (FFG), FS Cmdt Bouan (FFG),
and FS Marne (Tanker) (MOD.FR)
FS Dixmude (Assault
Ship)
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(May21-23)
French assault ship FS Dixmude participates in amphibious exercise NARWHALE
2014 with 6th Armored Light Brigade and USMC 2nd MEB
(?) (MOD.FR)
FS Surcouf (Frigate)
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(May 28) @
Black Sea; French frigate enters Black Sea as part of NATO patrol (RIA
Novosti)
RUSSIA
MEDITERRANEAN
TASK FORCE
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NO NEWS
UNITED KINGDOM
HMS Bulwark (Landing Ship)
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(May 28) @
Greenwich; UK landing ship arrives for 350th Anniversary of Royal
Marines (MOD.UK)
HMS Montrose (Frigate)
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(May 30) @
London; UK frigate arrives at London, hosts ships affiliates and youth groups
(MOD.UK)
HMS Richmond (Frigate)
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(May 27) @
Belfast, Northern Ireland; UK frigate visits Belfast for the Belfast Titanic
Maritime Festival (MOD.UK)
HMS Sutherland (Frigate)
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(May 27) @
Devonport; UK Frigate prepares to refloat following 6 out of 11-months refit
(MOD.UK)
UNITED STATES
US CARRIER STRIKE
GROUPS
USS Bush CSG
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(May 13) USN
destroyer USS Truxtun departs Muscat, Oman following port visit (USN)
US AMPHIBIOUS READY
GROUPS & COMMAND SHIPS
USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)
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(May 28) @
Indonesia; USN Command Ship completes 3-day visit to Jakarta, while in port,
the ship hosted tours for Indonesian military and nationals, participated in
several game events, and completed a fitness challenge at the US Embassy (USN)
US WARSHIPS
USS Independence (LCS-2)
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(May 20) San
Diego; USN Littoral Combat Ship tests it’s Mk110 57mm gun, preparing for
RIMPAC 2014 (USN)
USS Vandegrift (FFG-48)
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(May 21) USN
frigate enter 4th Fleet AOR, begin “Operation Martillo” anti-drug
patrol (USN)
USS Vela Gulf (CG-72)
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(May30) @ Bulgaria;
USN cruiser visits Varna, Bulgaria (USN)
OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS
EU – OPERATION
ATALANTA (CTF-465)
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NO NEWS
NATO – OPERATION OCEAN
SHIELD (CTF-508) (Patrolled by NATO-SNMG-2)
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NO NEWS
NATO – SNMG-1
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NO NEWS
NATO – SNMG-2
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SEE OPERATION
OCEAN SHIELD
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AIR-GROUND OPERATIONS
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CHINA
NO NEWS
FRANCE
NO NEWS
RUSSIA
UKRAINE
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(May 28)
Ukrainian PM says Russia is allowing trucks full of fighters and ammo to
cross border into Ukraine (BBC)
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(May 27) @
Luhansk; Rebels attack army base in Luhansk, heavy casualties on both sides (BBC)
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(May 26) @
Donetsk; Rebels launch major assault on Donetsk airport held by the army,
lose 100-fighters, Army controls area (BBC)
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(May 25)
Ukrainian elections, Petro Poroshenko elected president, offers to hold talks
with Putin to resolve crisis (BBC)
UNITED KINGDOM
NO NEWS
UNITED
STATES
CENTCOM – AFGHANISTAN
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(May 28) 4th
Infantry Division, 4th Brigade – KIA @ Kandahar (DOD)
MULTILATERAL
OPERATIONS
NO NEWS
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