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11 December 2007 Military News

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  • Lieutenant's oversight mission vital to Air Force testing AFPN 11 Dec 2007 -- In his duties as the air propulsion test project manager at the Arnold Engineering Development Center here 1st Lt. Josh Frederik plays a key part in numerous multimillion dollar projects.
  • Defense Department Notifies Congress of Furlough Moves AFPS 11 Dec 2007 -- The Defense Department has officially notified Congress that the department will begin the furlough process for civilian employees of the Army, the Marine Corps and the combatant commands.
  • Essex Completes Successful Fall Patrol Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2007 -- The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) returned to Sasebo, Dec. 11 after completing a successful two-month fall patrol.
  • SECNAV Holiday Message to the Fleet Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2007 -- The Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter released the following holiday message to the fleet
  • Mayport Welcomes Home Halyburton Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2007 -- Guided missile frigate USS Halyburton (FFG 40), including embarked Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 44 Det. 10, returned to their homeport aboard Naval Station Mayport, Nov. 30.
  • Essex 'Retains' Golden Anchor Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2007 -- The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) has been awarded the annual Commander, Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT) Retention Excellence Award for exceeding annual retention benchmarks.
  • SWCC Community Looks to the Future Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2007 -- Naval Special Warfare Group (NSWG) 4, U.S. Special Operations Command's premier special boat community, held a commander's conference Nov. 26-28 on Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek.
  • Engineering Total Force for Battlespace Dominance: Theme for 2007 ASNE Southern Indiana Symposium Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2007 -- The Southern Indiana Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) in liaison with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) held its annual symposium at the Bloomington Convention Center, Nov. 13-15.
  • NSWC Port Hueneme's "Desert Ship" Gets Upgrades Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2007 -- Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Port Hueneme Division, White Sands Detachment Desert Ship completed formal certification testing and review of its upgraded combat and weapon system test equipment Nov. 1.
  • Key maintenance, logistics functions realign AFPN 11 Dec 2007 -- The alignment of fighter and combat search and rescue aircraft maintenance units under flying squadrons was announced by the Air Force chief of the staff Dec. 7 here.

  • Russian naval group conducts exercises in North Sea RIA Novosti 11 Dec 2007 -- Russian planes on board the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier have conducted 11 practice flights in the North Sea, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday.

  • Press Briefing by Dana Perino The White House 11 Dec 2007
  • Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 12 Dec 2007

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Other Conflicts

  • Former Bosnian Serb army officer granted temporary leave by UN tribunal UN News Centre 11 Dec 2007 -- A former senior officer in the Bosnian Serb army facing trial at the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes of the Balkan wars of the 1990s has been granted temporary release from jail so he can attend a memorial service for his father.
  • NIGER: Rebels accused of launching Iraq-inspired “urban terror” campaign IRIN 11 Dec 2007 -- A rebel movement that has already cut northern Niger off from humanitarian aid by laying mines throughout the region has denied responsibility for landmine explosions in Maradi and Tahoua in the south.
  • Ban Ki-moon calls for extension to mandate of envoy to Ugandan peace process UN News Centre 11 Dec 2007 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for the mandate of his Special Envoy on the conflict between the Ugandan Government and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the north of the country to be extended for a year to try to help bring the peace process to a successful conclusion.
  • UN mission backs Congolese counter-attack after dissidents recapture key town UN News Centre 11 Dec 2007 -- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is helping the country’s armed forces plan a counter-offensive after dissident troops loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda recaptured a key town in the troubled North Kivu province.
  • More than $2 billion required for humanitarian, recovery projects in Sudan – UN UN News Centre 11 Dec 2007 -- Sudan needs more than $2.29 billion to fund 959 humanitarian, early recovery and development projects next year, according to the United Nations relief arm, which is calling on the international community to make “an urgent commitment” to ensure that the country can head towards a sustainable peace.
  • CHAD: Violence and insecurity not just in the east IRIN 11 Dec 2007 -- The killing of a UN aid worker on 6 December in southern Chad, some 500 km from intense fighting in the east between the army and rebels, underscored that other regions of the country are also insecure.
  • KENYA: Thousands of IDPs in Mt Elgon need help, say officials IRIN 11 Dec 2007 -- Thousands of civilians displaced by violence related to land disputes in Mt Elgon, western Kenya, need urgent assistance, according to local leaders.
  • SOMALIA: Aid appeal broadened to cope with massive displacement IRIN 11 Dec 2007 -- Massive displacement of civilians in the escalating conflict in Somalia this year has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in a country already reeling from years of civil strife and natural disasters, aid agencies said in their appeal for US$406 million to fund life-saving assistance and protection for more than 1.5 million people in 2008.
  • UGANDA: Aid focus shifts to recovery IRIN 11 Dec 2007 -- The return of relative calm to northern Uganda after two decades of devastating civil war has set in motion the return of about one million displaced civilians and highlighted the importance of funding post-conflict recovery, a key focus of the country’s US$374 million Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) for 2008.
  • DRC: Army suffers setback in offensive against rebels IRIN 11 Dec 2007 -- Troops loyal to dissident general Laurent Nkunda in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have regained control of the town of Mushake in the eastern North Kivu province, which they had lost to government forces less than a week earlier, military sources said.
  • Israeli Forces Launch Gaza Offensive, 4 Militants Killed VOA 11 Dec 2007 -- At least four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli ground incursion into the Gaza Strip
  • UN Seeks $406 Million for Somalia Crisis in 2008 VOA 11 Dec 2007 -- The United Nations has issued an appeal for $406 million in 2008 to ease the humanitarian crisis is Somalia

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