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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 14 Feb 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• CENTAF releases combined airpower summary AFPN 14 Feb 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for Feb. 13 to 14.
• Terrorists Kill Iraqi Officer, Son; Police Wounded AFPS 14 Feb 2006 -- Terrorists killed an Iraqi army major and his son during an attack in the Taji area today, and wounded several Iraqi police officers elsewhere in separate incidents yesterday, officials in Baghdad reported today.
• Pacemaker engineers training the Afghan National Army Army News 14 Feb 2006 -- With nearly a full year of combat construction experience in Afghanistan, the Soldiers from the 864th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) of Task Force Pacemaker are sharing their knowledge and skills with the engineers from the Afghan National Army.
• Afghanistan: NATO, EU Won't Take Direct Role Against Drug Trade RFE/RL 14 Feb 2006 -- Both NATO and the European Union agree that the illegal narcotics trade is one of the biggest threats to the recovery of Afghanistan in the foreseeable future

Defense Policy / Programs

• HS-2 Jumps into SAR Training Navy NewsStand 14 Feb 2006 -- Search and rescue (SAR) swimmers from the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 2 completed SAR jumps Feb. 8, during their annual required training in the San Diego Bay.
• SHIPTRAIN Revolutionizing Surface Force Training Navy NewsStand 14 Feb 2006 -- Starting February, Commander, Naval Surface Forces is implementing SHIPTRAIN, a new continuous training process that is expected to reduce the time required to train, assess and certify a ship as ready to be tasked from 16 weeks to approximately four weeks.
• Navy Reservists Mobilized to Continue Customs Inspection Mission Navy NewsStand 14 Feb 2006 -- Approximately 445 Navy Reservists mobilized by the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) began four weeks of intensive training in Williamsburg to fulfill a customs inspection mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Feb. 13.
• USS Fort McHenry, JDS Ohsumi Complete Transport Exercise 2006 Navy NewsStand 14 Feb 2006 -- USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) returned to its forward deployed base of Sasebo, Japan, Feb. 12, after successfully completing a four-day bilateral Transportation Exercise (TRANSPORTEX) 06 off the coast of Numazu beach with Japanese Defense Ship (JDS) Ohsumi (LST 4001).
• Defense Department Updates Equipment Reimbursement Policy AFPS 14 Feb 2006 -- The Defense Department announced today the revision of a memorandum on the policy and procedures for the reimbursement of privately purchased protective equipment for Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
• New Military Mail Contract Projected to Save Millions AFPS 14 Feb 2006 -- A new mail delivery contract is projected to save millions of dollars in costs to air freight letters and packages to U.S. servicemembers deployed in the Middle East, a senior DoD official said here yesterday.
• U.N. Inspectors Declined Guantanamo Visit, Officials Say AFPS 14 Feb 2006 -- The authors of an upcoming U.N.-sponsored report that alleges torture was committed against detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had declined an offer to observe operations at the facility, Defense and State Department officials said.
• Prototype Global Hawk flies home after 4,000 combat hours AFPN 14 Feb 2006 -- A high-flying prototype "Airman" is heading home after being deployed more than four years and flying 4,245 hours supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and the Combined Task Force-Horn of Africa.
• Hawaii-based Airmen fight war on terror AFPN 14 Feb 2006 -- When a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle takes off from Balad Air Base, Iraq, a pilot at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., takes control of it.
• Rumsfeld Urges Continuing NATO Transformation To Meet Threats Washington File 14 Feb 2006 -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said he was "heartened by the tone and content" of informal meetings held by NATO defense ministers in Taormina, Italy.
• Multinational Exercise Aims To Improve Post-Conflict Teamwork Washington File 14 Feb 2006 -- The State Department and the U.S. military are teaming with seven countries plus NATO for a three-week exercise, beginning in late February, to practice closer cooperation when performing post-conflict stability and reconstruction missions.
• Russia: Outrage Prompts New Effort To Root Out Hazing RFE/RL 14 Feb 2006 -- Prosecutors in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan have opened a criminal investigation into the death of a conscript in Ufa.
• White House Briefing, February 14 Washington File 14 Feb 2006 -- Readout on the President's speech in Ohio, Vice President's shooting accident, Silencing of military chaplains, Pakistan/violence in response to cartoons, Katrina hearings/Secretary Chertoff, Hamas/plans to force out of power, Oil companies royalty relief, Tax reconciliation bill, Budget/cutting out defibrillators, Iran
• State Department Briefing, February 14 Washington File 14 Feb 2006 -- Hariri Assassination, Assistant Secretary Dan Fried's Travel Agenda/Denmark, Secretary Rice Hosts Dinner for Foreign Ministers of Mexico, Colombia, and El Salvador, Lebanon/Syria, Israel/Palestinians, Egypt, Pakistan, Haiti, United Nations, Yemen

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for February 14, 2006
• BAE Systems enters market for ground-based laser warning sensors; Technology on display at AUSA Winter Symposium BAE Systems 14 Feb 2006 -- Drawing on two decades of experience developing and producing laser warning solutions for military aircraft, BAE Systems today announced its entry into the market for ground-based laser warning sensors. The technology is designed to protect ground crews and vehicles by improving situational awareness and guarding against laser-designated and -guided weapons.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 14 Feb 2006
• LIBERIA: Sirleaf starts to form government, some appointments spark protest IRIN 14 Feb 2006 -- Liberia's peace-time government is taking shape, with most cabinet posts and top slots filled, but some of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's first acts as president have sparked protest, not least her looking outside the country for a new army chief.
• Lankan president rules out LTTE's demand for separate homeland IRNA 14 Feb 2006 -- Sri Lankan President Maninda Rajapakse ruled out the Liberation Tamil Tiger of Eelam's (LTTE) demand for a separate homeland in the Island's north and east, but said he would rein in armed groups, a central rebel demand ahead of crunch talks.
• UN envoy tells Security Council that Kosovo operation now in 'critical phase' UN News Centre 14 Feb 2006 -- Speaking to the Security Council today, the senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo said the next few months offered great opportunities for the province's leaders and its people to work together to decide their future, saying also that the UN mission was now in its most critical phase.
• Georgia: Peacekeepers Vote Creates Dilemma For Saakashvili RFE/RL 14 Feb 2006 -- Georgia's parliament on 15 February will almost certainly vote to demand the swift withdrawal of the Russian peacekeeping force deployed in the South Ossetia conflict zone.
• US Denies Plot with Israel to Destabilize Hamas Government VOA 14 Feb 2006 -- The United States is denying it is in secret talks with Israel on ways to destabilize a Hamas-led Palestinian government.

News Reports

• UN Security Council Appeals for Calm in Haiti VOA 14 Feb 2006 -- The U.N. Security Council has issued an appeal for calm in Haiti while results of last week's elections are finalized.
• Lebanon Marks Hariri Anniversary With Show of Unity VOA 14 Feb 2006 -- Central Beirut was awash in Lebanese flags as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to mark the first anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri