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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Jul 2008 [PDF]
• Coalition force service member dies of non-combat related causes (Baghdad)
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• Troops Capture Five Suspected Militants, Seize Weapons in Baghdad AFPS 18 Jul 2008 -- Coalition forces detained five suspected militants and seized weapons caches in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad over the past three days, military official said.
• Troops in Afghanistan Kill Militant Fighters, Destroy Weapons AFPS 18 Jul 2008 -- Coalition and Afghan forces killed several militants and seized weapons in Afghanistan in operations this week, military officials said.
• Pentagon Studies Possibilities for More Troops to Afghanistan AFPS 18 Jul 2008 -- Pentagon planners are studying ways to get more U.S. troops to Afghanistan quickly.
• Pakistan Army Reports 10 Militants Killed During Offensive in Northwest VOA 18 Jul 2008 -- A spokesman for Pakistan's army says 10 militants have been killed and five troops wounded during an operation aimed at re-taking control of an area in the country's northwest
• California firefighting commander: 'Great job' by Airmen AFPN 18 Jul 2008 -- People in California noticed the job Airmen at McClellan Airfield performed in fighting California's wildfires and could not stop telling the commander of U.S. Northern Command during his July 17 visit to Sacramento.
• Firefighting mission takes C-130 to its limits AFPN 18 Jul 2008 -- Airmen in the sky are giving firefighters on the ground the upper hand in battling the blazes across the state, California forest officials said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Army mental health programs continue building on care for Soldiers, Families Army News Release 18 Jul 2008 -- The U.S. Army is reminding Soldiers and their Families of the many available mental health and well-being programs to assist them with stress during the traditionally busy Summer months, when Soldiers and their Families often move from one duty assignment to the next in addition to many wartime stresses.
• Chief says Army needs to replicate Bliss PTSD program Army News 18 Jul 2008 -- Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey visited Fort Bliss July 13 and said that an innovative program there to treat post-traumatic stress disorders ought to be replicated at other locations across the Army.
• Air National Guard members save lives by land, sea AFPN 18 Jul 2008 -- Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing launched a search and rescue mission from here July 16 to save a fisherman experiencing a medical emergency aboard a Canadian fishing boat off the coast of California.
• Air Force doctors take advantage of unique training benefit AFPN 18 Jul 2008 -- Air Force doctors are taking advantage of a unique training benefit, which allows them to travel to foreign countries and assist people with frequently encounter medical conditions that are not as prominent in the United States
• National Guard Unveils New Lakota Helicopters at Fort Indiantown Gap AFPS 18 Jul 2008 -- Officials at the National Guard’s Eastern Aviation Training Site here yesterday unveiled the new UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter, for which they will become the military’s sole trainers.
• Senior Executive Service Appointments 18 Jul 2008 -- Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced the following Department of Defense Senior Executive Service appointments
• Naval Base San Diego Assists Mariner in Distress Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2008 -- Naval Base San Diego (NBSD) assisted a civilian mariner July 17 when his 30-foot cabin cruiser caught fire south of the Coronado Bridge in the San Diego Bay.
• Commander, Strike Force Training Atlantic Evaluates COMPTUEX Performance Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2008 -- The Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) completed the blue phase of Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) July 17.
• USS De Wert and Colombian Navy Interdict Two Drug-Carrying Vessels Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2008 -- While on patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, USS De Wert (FFG 45) with embarked detachments, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 46 Det. 1 (HSL-46 Det. 1), Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 103, and Colombian Navy ship Buenaventura interdicted two go-fast vessels July 11, each carrying over one ton of cocaine.
• NECC Makes Debut at RIMPAC 2008 Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2008 -- Forces from Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) arrived on the island of Oahu the week of July 14-18 to take part in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008 exercise.
• Service demographics offer snapshot of force AFPN 18 Jul 2008 -- Air Force Personnel Center officials here recently published a demographics report offering a snapshot of the service's active-duty and civilian force
• Pharmacist dispenses much-needed medicine for Malians AFPN 18 Jul 2008 -- Boxes filled the small supply room-turned pharmacy as servicemembers painstakingly sorted through more than 30,000 pills destined for thousands of Malians July 15.
• Human performance training optimizes Airmen AFPN 18 Jul 2008 -- As the Air Force continues to scale down its numbers, it's more important than ever to have Airmen performing their missions at the highest levels
• Guard Unit Fights Fires One Day, Conducts Rescue at Sea the Next AFPS 18 Jul 2008 -- Air National Guardsmen from 129th Rescue Wing launched a search-and rescue-mission from here the afternoon of July 16 to save a fisherman experiencing a medical emergency aboard a Canadian fishing boat off the coast of California.
• Navy Develops Dual Use Drinking Water Monitoring System Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2008 -- The Navy is testing a new drinking water quality monitoring system that would provide safe water for military personnel worldwide while warning of attempts to intentionally contaminate water supplies.
• Successful Target Tracking and Radar Exercise Completed MDA 18 Jul 2008 -- Lieutenant General Henry A. “Trey” Obering, Missile Defense Agency director, announced the successful execution of an important system test today during which a long-range ballistic missile was tracked by radars of the missile defense system
• Russia concerned over U.S.-Ukraine Black Sea military exercises RIA Novosti 18 Jul 2008 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry voiced on Friday its concerns over the U.S.-Ukrainian Sea Breeze naval exercises currently underway in the Black Sea.
• No change in Taiwan arms sale policy: U.S. State Department CNA 18 Jul 2008 -- The U.S. Department of State reiterated Friday the United States has not changed its policy on arms sales to Taiwan, after recent delays in screening a number of pending weapons sales raised concerns that Washington might have suspended the process.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 18 Jul 2008
• Press Gaggle by Scott Stanzel The White House 18 Jul 2008

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 18, 2008
• Northrop Grumman Begins Production of First F/A 18F Super Hornet for Royal Australian Air Force Northrop Grumman 18 Jul 2008 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC:NYSE) has begun production of the fuselage section for the first F/A-18F Super Hornet for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
• U.S. Army Selects Raytheon's Excalibur as a Best Invention of 2007 Raytheon 18 Jul 2008 -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Excalibur precision-guided artillery projectile received a Top 10 Army Greatest Inventions of the Year Award for 2007.

Other Conflicts

• Abkhaz Separatists Reject Peace Plan VOA 18 Jul 2008 -- Abkhazian separatist leader Sergei Bagapsh has rejected an international plan aimed at defusing growing military tensions in two of Georgia's breakaway regions.
• Lavrov says German plan for Abkhazia step in right direction RIA Novosti 18 Jul 2008 -- Russia's foreign minister said on Friday that a German plan for the resolution of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict was a step in the right direction, but dismissed a proposed agreement on the return of Georgian refugees to Abkhazia as unrealistic.
• ICC move on President Bashir unlawful - Sudan envoy RIA Novosti 18 Jul 2008 -- The demand by the International Criminal Court to issue an order for the arrest of Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir is at odds with international law and erodes trust in international justice, Sudan's ambassador to Russia, Shol Deng Alak, said on Friday.
• Abkhaz Separatists Reject Peace Plan VOA 18 Jul 2008 -- Abkhazian separatist leader Sergei Bagapsh has rejected an international plan aimed at defusing growing military tensions in two of Georgia's breakaway regions.
• Senegal's President Convinces Sudan to Restore Ties with Chad VOA 18 Jul 2008 -- Senegal's president, Abdoulaye Wade, has convinced his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir to reestablish diplomatic relations with Chad

News Reports

• Lawyers for Israeli PM Cross-Examine Witness in Corruption Case VOA 18 Jul 2008 -- Lawyers for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have cross-examined for a second straight day a U.S. businessman at the center of corruption allegations against the embattled leader.
• AFRICA: USA must improve aid balance - Refugees International IRIN 18 Jul 2008 -- Imbalances between US spending on defence, diplomacy and development are affecting the USA’s ability to stabilise fragile and conflict-prone African countries, the US-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Refugees International concludes in a new report.