31st MAU November 1982 report filed from Australia.Previously in the Philippines 31st MAU, USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) departed Australia for Diego Garcia, Berbera Somalia (Operation Jade Tiger), Wahiba Sands, Oman (Golden Lion aka Jade Tiger), the Arabia Sea and th of Hormuz (conducting a brief surveillance off the coast of Iran during a battle in the Iran/Iraq war), Singapore, back to the Philippines (conducting surveillance in the Philippines during a series of Philippine NPA battles) Hong Kong, Okinawa and back to Hawaii.