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09 January 2006 Military News

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  • SUDAN: AU condemns killing of peacekeeper in West Darfur IRIN 09 Jan 2006 -- An African Union (AU) peacekeeper in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region has been killed, and ten others injured, the chairman of the 53-nation AU block said on Saturday.
  • NIGERIA: Worsening security, lack of progress bog down Darfur talks IRIN 09 Jan 2006 -- Talks to end the bloody conflict in Darfur have been suspended for a week to respect a Muslim holiday, mediators said on Monday, but there is little sign of progress as the security situation in the western Sudan region worsens and the two sides fail to agree on key aspects of sharing power.
  • NEPAL: Year in Review 2005 - Conflict grinds on IRIN 09 Jan 2006 -- The year in Nepal was marked by continued conflict and political deadlock with significant human costs.
  • UN Sierra Leone peacekeepers protecting Special Court replaced by UN Liberia forces UN News Centre 09 Jan 2006 -- With the recent departure of United Nations forces serving in Sierra Leone, a contingent of Mongolian troops based in Liberia has been assigned to protect the Special Court in Freetown set up to try those guilty of war crimes in the country over the past decade.
  • Top UN envoy for Sudan urges speedier progress in Darfur peace talks UN News Centre 09 Jan 2006 -- The top United Nations envoy to Sudan is on his way to New York after attending the peace talks on the country’s troubled Darfur region in Abuja, Nigeria, where he urged the Khartoum Government and rebel groups to speed up the pace of negotiations, a UN spokesman said today.
  • UN Security Council carefully weighs next steps for mission in Ethiopia, Eritrea UN News Centre 09 Jan 2006 -- While concerned about border tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea as well as the latter’s ban on United Nations overflights, the world body is avoiding making hasty decisions on the future of its peacekeeping operation in the Horn of Africa countries, a senior UN official said today.
  • Security situation in Central African Republic still ‘precarious,’ Annan says UN News Centre 09 Jan 2006 -- The security situation in the Central African Republic, which is rebuilding after a civil war, remains “precarious” and international support for the country is crucial to consolidating stability, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report to the Security Council released today.
  • United States Sending Diplomatic Mission to Ethiopia, Eritrea Washington File 09 Jan 2006 -- The United States is sending a high-level delegation to the horn of Africa for a diplomatic initiative to defuse political tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and get the border demarcation process back on track, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton announced January 9.

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  • Lincoln Ready for Anything During Surge Sustainment Training Navy NewsStand 09 Jan 2006 -- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) left its homeport of Everett, Wash., and began transiting south toward San Diego for a scheduled underway period Jan. 5.
  • Littoral Combat Ship Mission Package Integration Contract Awarded to Northrop Grumman Navy NewsStand 09 Jan 2006 -- The Navy has awarded a 10-year, cost plus award fee/award term contract with a potential dollar figure of $159 million to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y. Jan. 4, for the mission package integrator (MPI) for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules program, strengthening the production team that will deliver the first mission packages in Fiscal Year (FY) '07. The FY '06 portion of the contract award is $4,477,824.
  • Thomas Betro Named Director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service 09 Jan 2006 -- Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter today named Special Agent Thomas A. Betro as director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) succeeding former Director David L. Brant, who retired in December.
  • Air mobility operations Airmen keep cargo aircraft moving AFPN 09 Jan 2006 -- Airmen deployed to the Detachment 5, 721st Air Mobility Operations Group, traveled thousands of miles to help the Air Force enable the global aspect of "global vigilance, reach and power."
  • Air Force improving production with Smart Operations 21 AFPN 09 Jan 2006 -- The Air Force used the best parts of several civilian efficiency programs to develop an Air Force-unique process-improvement program called "Smart Operations 21," Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne said.
  • Leaner processes working at Kirtland AFPN 09 Jan 2006 -- The Air Force is becoming leaner without the help of fad diets or abs-crunching exercise regiments.
  • Top Commanders, Pentagon Chiefs Discuss QDR, Other Issues AFPS 09 Jan 2006 -- Senior U.S. military commanders from around the world are in Washington this week for meetings with Pentagon officials to discuss the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review and other issues, a senior Defense Department spokesman said here today.
  • 2006 DoD Authorization Act Promotes Recruiting, Retention AFPS 09 Jan 2006 -- The 2006 National Defense Authorization Act signed into law Jan. 6 provides a variety of military pays, benefits and incentives designed to boost recruiting and retention in the military, including a new $40,000 ceiling for enlistment bonuses and a $90,000 ceiling for re-enlistment bonuses.
  • 2006 Defense Budget Increases Military Pay, Benefits AFPS 09 Jan 2006 -- President Bush ushered in an across-the-board 3.1 percent military pay raise, effective Jan. 1, and a variety of other new or enhanced benefits for servicemembers and their families when he signed the 2006 National Defense Authorization Bill into law Jan. 6.
  • Guard, Reserve Benefit From 2006 Defense Authorization AFPS 09 Jan 2006 -- The 2006 National Defense Authorization Act signed into law Jan. 6 provides new or enhanced benefits in addition to a 3.1 percent pay raise for National Guard and Reserve members, a senior defense official said.
  • Military Commissions Proceedings to Resume This Week at Guantanamo Bay AFPS 09 Jan 2006 -- Military commissions proceedings resume this week as officials here hold preliminary hearings in the cases of two enemy combatants held here since 2002.
  • Army to Initiate Separation Actions on IRR Soldiers Who Disobeyed Mobilization Orders Army News Release 09 Jan 2006 -- Today the Army announced that it will begin initiating separation proceedings for approximately 80 Soldiers in the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) who failed to report for duty in accordance with their mobilization orders.

  • White House Briefing, January 9 Washington File 09 Jan 2006 -- Iraq, Vice President Cheney, Supreme Court, Congressman DeLay, Puerto Rico, Israel, North Korea
  • State Department Briefing, January 9 Washington File 09 Jan 2006 -- North Korea, Israel/Palestinian Authority, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Iran, Australia, Iraq, Switzerland, Nepal, Germany

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