July 2001 Military News |
- BUSH / VIEQUES VOA 30 Jul 2001 -- President Bush is standing by a U-S navy decision to wait two years before ending bombing exercises on Puerto Rico's Vieques Island. On Sunday, the people of Vieques overwhelmingly approved a non-binding referendum calling for an immediate end to the bombing. The White House says the Navy needs more time to find an alternative site.
- PENTAGON/BASES VOA 25 Jul 2001 -- The Bush administration is poised to ask Congress for the authority to conduct a new round of military base closings.
- PENTAGON/COMPUTERS VOA 24 Jul 2001 -- The Pentagon has temporarily blocked public access to some military internet web-sites following an apparent attack by a new computer virus.
- OKINAWA/ARRESTS VOA 21 Jul 2001 -- Japanese police have arrested an American serviceman on southern Okinawa Island. The arrest comes just two days after U-S airman Timothy Woodland was formally charged with raping a local woman.
- OKINAWA RAPE CHARGE VOA 18 Jul 2001 -- Japanese prosecutors have charged a U-S Air Force sergeant with raping an Okinawan woman on June 29th.
- PENTAGON / KOREA VOA 17 Jul 2001 -- The Pentagon has confirmed it is discussing the closure of some U-S military installations in South Korea with South Korean authorities. But defense officials stress no troop cuts are under consideration.
- KURSK RECOVERY VOA 17 Jul 2001 -- An operation to recover the sunken Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk has begun in the Barents Sea. As Larry James reports from Moscow, the operation is expected to take two-months.
- PENTAGON / SMALL ARMS VOA 13 Jul 2001 -- As the headquarters of a military operation that spans the globe, the Pentagon might be expected to watch closely the U-N conference on the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons that began this past week (Monday 7/9).
- ARMY / PACIFIC VOA 12 Jul 2001 -- The U-S Army has identified more units that will be converted into highly-mobile combat teams designed as the service's rapid-deployment force of the future. There is a heavy emphasis on units capable of responding to crises in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Prepositioned Stocks (APS)-3/Army Prepositioning Afloat (APA) 11 Jul 2001 -- Information on the APS-3 Afloat program
- PENTAGON / AFRICA PEACEKEEPING VOA 03 Jul 2001 -- The Pentagon says it has made no final decision on whether to terminate U-S military support for peacekeeping training in Africa.
- PENTAGON/THREAT VOA 03 Jul 2001 -- A top Pentagon official says U-S forces in the Persian Gulf region remain on alert in the wake of a terrorist threat. But the official says there are no special concerns related to American celebrations of the Fourth of July, American Independence Day.
