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Current Operations

• Ramstein unit sets up base in northern Iraq USAFE 05 Apr 2003 -- In direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, more than 200 members of the 86th Contingency Response Group recently deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany to an airfield in northern Iraq.
• 24th MEU (SOC) arrives in Iraq, joins the fight USMC News 05 Apr 2003 -- After departing Camp Lejeuene, N.C. in August of last year, the Marines and Sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) have faced many challenges this deployment.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Squadron's teamwork earns unparalleled success Seventh Fleet 05 Apr 2003 -- The Blue Diamonds of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146 of Carrier Air Wing 9 began their first night strikes into Afghanistan Dec. 12, 2001, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF).
• Tactical Tomahawk Stretches Its Legs NAVAIR 05 Apr 2003 -- History was made today as the U.S. Navy's new Tomahawk cruise missile, Tactical Tomahawk, was launched from an Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer, the USS STETHEM (DDG-63), in the waters of the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) sea test range off the coast of southern California.
• F-16s arrive at Andersen to support homeland security mission PACAFNS 05 Apr 2003 -- F-16 Fighting Falcons from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrived here March 24 to participate in homeland security measures that have been ongoing since Sept. 11, 2001.
• Bomber surge: 103 sorties in less than three days PACAFNS 05 Apr 2003 -- Although B-52 Stratofortresses and B-1B Lancers have become a common sight in the skies here, their presence has been more visible the past few days.
• General salutes Taegu PACAFNS 05 Apr 2003 -- The recent Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration exercise held on the Korean peninsula demonstrated the vital mission of Taegu AB, a co-located operating base.
• Security Forces tests response to violent protests PACAFNS 05 Apr 2003 -- An exercise anti-war protest here started out peacefully March 25, but quickly became violent when base volunteers posing as protestors pelted security forces members and bystanders with simulated Molotov cocktails and rocks.
• Understanding the Aerospace Expeditionary Force concept PACAFNS 05 Apr 2003 -- This is part one of a two-part commentary regarding the Aerospace Expeditionary Force concept and how it affects everyone.
• Japan Facilities Improvement Program improves base quality at Yokota PACAFNS 05 Apr 2003 -- One of the many ways the partnership between the Government of Japan and the United States manifests itself is through the Japan Facilities Improvement Program.
• Deployed troops provide real-world support PACAFNS 05 Apr 2003 -- Operational support troops deployed from various Pacific Air Forces bases helped the permanent-party 607th Support Squadron here provide support for an increased number of people and assets also deployed here for FOAL EAGLE 2003.
• Expeditionary Medical Squadron sets up field hospital at Andersen PACAFNS 05 Apr 2003 -- In the corner, machines chime in time with the patients heart beat as the doctor and nurses, shrouded in gowns, gloves and facemasks, lay their stainless steel scalpels and clamps neatly on the plastic covered tray next to the patient.
• Ammo instructors take to the field USAFE 05 Apr 2003 -- They say those who can't, teach. But don't say that around the advisors from 'Ammo U,' who just arrived at this forward-operating location to give, and get, an education.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• COTE D'IVOIRE: Optimism for reconciliation despite attack on ECOMICI forces IRIN 05 Apr 2003 -- Despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ivorian conflict, armed fighters clashed with the West African and government troops in the western area of Daloa on Wednesday, the army reported in a communiqué. The fighters who attacked the soldiers of the ECOWAS mission in Cote d'Ivoire (ECOMICI) were of the Mouvement Patriotique de Cote d'Ivoire (MPCI), army spokesman Lt-Col Aka N'goran said.
• LIBERIA: UNHCR operations severely hampered IRIN 05 Apr 2003 -- A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva on Friday said the agency's operations for refugees from Cote d'Ivoire in Liberia were now severely hampered by an upsurge of recent fighting in eastern border regions.

News Reports

• UN envoy holds 'good' first meeting with new Serbian Prime Minister UN News Centre 05 Apr 2003 -- The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo and the new Prime Minister of Serbia have discussed issues key to the stability of the region, the UN Interim Administration Mission in the province (UNMIK) reported today.
• HONDURAS/PRISON RIOT VOA 05 Apr 2003 -- At least 60 people are reported dead as a result of a riot and fire at a prison in northern Honduras. The riot began with a clash between members of rival gangs who were serving time in the prison.
• BANGLA/FERRY VOA 05 Apr 2003 -- At least 60 people were killed in Bangladesh when a ferry capsized, and about a dozen are still missing.
• ASIA / PNEUMONIA VOA 05 Apr 2003 -- A medical official in China has apologized for China's slow response to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome known as SARS. The World Health Organization says there are now two-thousand-353 SARS cases and 84 deaths in 16 countries -- and China will now begin updating its figures on a daily basis.