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Current Operations

• 94th Engineer Battalion on its way to Enduring Freedom USAEUR News 15 Jan 2003-- Soldiers of V Corps' 94th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) took their first step towards supporting Operation Enduring Freedom Jan. 9 as they loaded approximately 500 pieces of engineering equipment onto rail cars here for the first leg of the journey.
• Soldiers destroy weapons cache in Afghanistan Army News Service 13 Jan 2003-- Members of the 731st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company from Ohio celebrated the New Years with a bang when they destroyed nearly 7,500 lbs. of unexploded ordnance at two sites a few miles outside the main gate of Kandahar Air Base.
• PHILIPPINES FIGHTING VOA 13 Jan 2003-- The Philippine military is continuing to chase rebel groups and a criminal gang in the southern islands and says it has discovered a camp used for training and planning attacks. They estimate more than 20 rebels have died in skirmishes over the past few days.

Other Conflicts

• IVORY COAST VOA 13 Jan 2003 -- Rebels based in western Ivory Coast have signed a cease-fire agreement with the government before Wednesday's scheduled start of peace negotiations in France
• IVORY COAST/PARIS/GBAGBO VOA 13 Jan 2003 -- The president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, says he hopes French-mediated talks with rebel leaders in Paris this week will pave the way for lasting peace in the West African country. But in an interview with French radio (Monday), Mr. Gbagbo rebuffed key rebel demands
• UN/IVORY COAST VOA 13 Jan 2003 -- A Senior U-N official says there is evidence of widespread human-rights violations in the Ivory Coast. Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Carolyn McAskie says she will stress the need to protect civilians from abuse when she meets government and rebel leaders in Ivory Coast

Defense Policy / Programs

• White House Daily Briefing White House 13 Jan 2003
• Andrews issues new chemical suits for deployments Air Mobility Command News 13 Jan 2003-- Andrews people deploying with future Air Expeditionary Forces will be issued the latest in chemical warfare protection suits.
• NAVSEA Team 'On Watch' Supporting Forward Deployed Carriers NAVSEA 13 Jan 2003-- As the United States armed forces gear up for possible increased operations in Southwest Asia, someone will inevitably ask the question "Where are the aircraft carriers?"
• NAVAIR, Boeing continue joint testing on upgraded E-6B at Patuxent River NAVAIR 13 Jan 2003-- An E-6B Mercury that has been modified with a new cockpit and an advanced communications package arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Jan. 8 where joint testing by VX-20 and Boeing E-6 test teams will continue
• Background Briefing on the All Volunteer Force 13 Jan 2003-- It's a transformation that has changed the minds of the nation's senior military leadership. I had the privilege, as some of you are aware, of first serving this department in the early 1980s. I can recall that at that time there were senior military leaders who were eager to talk Secretary Weinberger out of the volunteer force concept, go back to conscription. So there's echo of the present debate in that demarche. That was a rejected in favor of making the volunteer force a success.
• Transformation a Common Theme at Marine Commandant Change Ceremony AFPS 13 Jan 2003-- Gen. James L. Jones turned over command of the U.S. Marine Corps today to Gen. Michael W. Hagee during a ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy here.
• All-Volunteer Force: Proven Quantity in the Persian Gulf War and Beyond AFPS 13 Jan 2003-- The all-volunteer force took nearly a generation to come to fruition, but has since proved its worth in combat.
• V Corps continues deployments V Corps Release 13 Jan 2003-- Over 2,300 V Corps soldiers received deployment orders to the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility this weekend.
• USS Nimitz Battle Group Commences Southern California Training Exercise Navy Newsstand 13 Jan 2003-- The USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Battle Group, led by Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group (CCDG) 5, Rear Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, got underway from San Diego Jan. 10 to begin a compressed three-week training exercise.
• Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group Begins Use of Vieques Inner Range Navy Newsstand 13 Jan 2003-- Ships and aircraft of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier Battle Group commenced use of the Vieques Island inner range Jan. 13 in conjunction with their Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX).
• USS John F. Kennedy gets a facelift Navy Newsstand 13 Jan 2003-- Having recently completed a successful six-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf, the aircraft carrier will start preparing for its next cruise, starting with an Extended Selected Restricted Availability period (ESRA).

News Reports

• CUBAN DISSIDENT / U-S VOA 13 Jan 2003 -- Cuba's leading pro-democracy dissident says the decades-old U-S economic embargo of Cuba is a poor tool for promoting change on the communist-run island.
• U-S/LIBYA/HUMAN RIGHTS VOA 13 Jan 2003 -- The United States is waging a diplomatic fight to deny Libya the chairmanship of the U-N Commission on Human Rights. U-S officials say the government of Muammar Gadhafi is a major abuser of human rights, and that putting it in charge of the commission would undermine the credibility of the U-N agency
• ZIMBABWE / POLITICS VOA 13 Jan 2003 -- Speculation about whether Robert Mugabe plans to resign as president of Zimbabwe is dominating conversations in Harare. Peta Thornycroft reports from the capital that the talk began after a news report that a mediator representing two ruling-party leaders met with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change to discuss the 78-year-old president's retirement
• BUSH VIEWS AS WELCOME STEP OPEC DECISION TO INCREASE PRODUCTION Washington File 13 Jan 2003 -- Asked to give the Bush administration reaction to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' decision to increase production, Fleischer said President Bush "views OPEC's action to increase production, particularly given the protracted dispute in Venezuela, as a welcome step. It will increase global energy supplies and support global economic growth. The President views this as a welcome step."