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• Coast Guard Calls In Reserve Forces USCG 27 Jan 2003 -- More than 170 reservists throughout the Fifth Coast Guard District -from New Jersey down to North Carolina - reported for duty this weekend at Wilmington, N.C., to assist with port security during the Department of Defense's ongoing military loading operations.
• Maritime Administration Activates Ready Reserve Force Ships MARAD 27 Jan 2003 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced that it activated 13 Ready Reserve Force (RRF) ships on Friday, Jan. 24 to support Operation Enduring Freedom. The activations follow orders received from the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command.
• Navy Amphibious Command Deploys to Kuwait NNS 27 Jan 2003 -- A joint-service American military force of more than 1,000 personnel recently arrived in Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

Other Conflicts

• THE BEGINNINGS OF PEACE VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- In Cyprus, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Sudan peace seems closer at hand than at any time in recent history. After more than two decades of conflict in each of these countries why is peace being given a chance now? What criteria must be met before serious peace talks can take place? What role should the international community play in mediating such talks?
• IVORY COAST / UNREST VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is appealing for calm as hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of the main city, Abidjan, for a third day to protest a peace accord with the rebels
• NEPAL KILLINGS VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- Police in Nepal have arrested one man in connection with the killing of the country's Armed Police Force chief. Authorities believe that Maoist rebels are responsible for the attack
• PANAMA/COLOMBIA VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- In Panama, heavily armed national police squads are patrolling parts of the Darien region, which borders Colombia, after incidents last week that left at least four Panamanian indigenous leaders dead. There is growing concern that the conflict in neighboring Colombia may be spreading deeper into Panamanian territory

Defense Policy / Programs

• White House Daily Briefing White House 27 Jan 2003
• New SGS facility: two tiers before mast NAVAIR 27 Jan 2003 -- The Ship Ground Station here is the only land-based test facility in the world offering collocated shipboard combat and airborne mission systems for ship/air integration and interoperability testing. And USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968) is helping to increase that ability. At least parts of her are helping.
• President Nominates New NGB Chief NORTHCOM 27 Jan 2003 -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today that the president has nominated Army National Guard Maj. Gen. H. Steven Blum for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general with assignment as the chief of the National Guard Bureau. Blum is currently serving as the Chief of Staff for Headquarters U.S. Northern Command and Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command
• Fifth Air Force participates in Fuji-Yama Sakura PACAFNS 27 Jan 2003 -- Units from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, with the Japan Air Self Defense Force and Ground Self Defense Forces will conduct exercise Fuji-Yama Sakura XLIII at various U.S. and Japanese military installations throughout Japan, until Jan 31, 2003
• Moondogs arrive in Iwakuni USMC News 27 Jan 2003 -- The Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 Moondogs arrived on Station Jan. 17 for a six-month tour under the Unit Deployment program.
• Communication is Key for CLE-HOA USMC News 27 Jan 2003 -- It is how Marines pass vital information from the highest rank down to the private. There can't be any misunderstandings - everyone has to be on the same page of music, or a Marine's life could be at stake. The art form is communication.
• Kitty Hawk begins anthrax vaccinations NNS 27 Jan 2003 -- USS Kitty Hawk's (CV 63) medical department is currently conducting anthrax vaccinations for the ship's crew
• ICAN Performs Well During Nimitz Exercise NAVSEA 27 Jan 2003 -- The advanced capabilities of one of the Navy's newest integrated shipboard network systems, that will improve shipboard efficiency and reduce Sailors' workloads, were demonstrated during a recent exercise aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Integrated Communications and Advanced Networks (ICAN) was highlighted during this exercise in preparation for Nimitz's Composite Unit Training Exercise and upcoming deployment
• Blue Ridge, Hickam AFB Demonstrate Joint Fires Network Capabilities NAVSEA 27 Jan 2003 -- The capabilities of components of the Joint Fires Network (JFN) were put through their paces during a recent exercise in the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility.
• NAVSEA Sets 'Sea Enterprise' Revolution in Motions NAVSEA 27 Jan 2003 -- Sea Enterprise is a major revolution in the way the Navy supports ships at sea, and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is working to support that revolution, said its commander
• Giant Shadow Experiment Tests New SSGN Capabilities NAVSEA 27 Jan 2003 -- The waters off the coast of the Bahamas became a giant laboratory this week as Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) tested the capabilities of the Navy's future guided missile submarines (SSGNs).

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 27 Jan 2003
• SHAPE News Summary Analysis SHAPE 27 Jan 2003
• BUSH CHALLENGES VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- President Bush faces a daunting array of challenges, both international and domestic, as he prepares for his State of the Union Address Tuesday night
• BUSH/STATE OF THE UNION VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- President Bush goes before Congress and the American people later today (Tuesday 9pm EST) to deliver his State of the Union address. V-O-A's Paula Wolfson reports, he will try to build support for action against Iraq, and boost confidence in his handling of the U-S economy.
• ISRAEL / ELECTION OVERNITER VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is widely expected to be re-elected for a second term in Tuesday's elections. Opinion polls give him a wide margin over his main challenger, Labor Party leader Amram Mitzna. But as Ross Dunn reports from Jerusalem, Mr. Sharon's ruling Likud Party is likely to face a more difficult task in forming a stable coalition government
• U-S / HAITI VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- Members of a U-S congressional delegation are warning that protracted instability and chaos in Haiti could provoke an exodus of illegal immigrants. The delegation just returned from the Caribbean nation
• SINGAPORE/MALAYSIA DISPUTE VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- Malaysia is denying that it had threatened to go to war with Singapore because of disputes over water and a small but strategic island
• MONDAY'S EDITORIALS VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- While opposition to a war with Iraq grows in the U-S press, some papers are decrying French and German indecision on the issue. Other commentaries deal with U-S Homeland Security; Israel's election; and Libya's Chairmanship of a U-N Commission
• ISRAEL / ELECTION VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- One day before general elections in Israel, the candidates have made their final plea for votes while the military is on high alert and has imposed a ban on Palestinian travel from the West Bank and Gaza Strip in an effort to avert possible militant attacks
• ISRAEL / ELECTION PREVIEW VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- Israeli voters go to the polls tomorrow (Tuesday) to elect a new parliament, which will in turn decide the make-up of a new government. Opinion polls show the right-of-center Likud Party of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is the strong favorite. But Likud is not expected to win an outright majority so a coalition government is all but inevitable
• VENEZUELA'S TROUBLES VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- The general strike in Venezuela that has crippled that nation's critical oil industry, is nearing the two-month mark. But Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says his government is well on the way to resuming normal oil production
• SOMALIA / REFUGEES / PEACE VOA 27 Jan 2003 -- Peace talks in Kenya aimed at bringing an end to Somalia's long civil war are entering their fourth month. But delegates report that little progress has been made