15 March 2008 Military News

Boxer Awarded Battle 'E' Navy NewsStand 15 Mar 2008 -- USS Boxer (LHD 4) won the 2007 Battle Effectiveness Battle "E" award announced March 6 by Commander Naval Surface Forces.
Boxer Certifies Well Deck and Flight Deck Navy NewsStand 15 Mar 2008 -- USS Boxer (LHD 4) completed certifications March 7-13 for flight deck and well deck operations while at sea conducting training and assessments off the coast of Southern California.
USS Nashville Visits Rota Navy NewsStand 15 Mar 2008 -- Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Nashville (LPD 13) visited the port of Rota, on March 3-6, while transiting through the U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR).

Pakistan gets six more fighter planes IRNA 15 Mar 2008 -- Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has recently received six additional Joint Fighter-17 (JF-17) Thunder from China, a PAF statement said on Friday.

Series of Explosions Shake Albanian Capital VOA 15 Mar 2008 -- Albanian officials say at least four people have been killed and over 200 injured, including many children in a series of powerful explosions that rocked an army base on the outskirts of the capital Tirana late Saturday

Press Briefing by a Senior Administration Official on the Vice President's Trip to the Middle East The White House 15 Mar 2008

6th Modernized GPS Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin Successfully Launched From Cape Canaveral Lockheed Martin 15 Mar 2008 -- A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle.

29 killed as Lankan jets bomb LTTE region IRNA 15 Mar 2008 -- Sri Lankan government jets bombed a Tamil Tiger training base as fighting across the northern region claimed at least another 29 lives, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

China Accuses Tibetan Protesters of Killing Innocent People VOA 15 Mar 2008 -- China is accusing rioters in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa of killing at least 10 people in violent protests Friday

Bomb in Islamabad Kills One, Injures Eleven Others VOA 15 Mar 2008 -- A bomb explosion at a restaurant in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killed a foreign woman and wounded at least 11 others, including American nationals, on Saturday night