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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 May 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Beech via teleconference from Iraq 26 May 2006 -- Presenter: Commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Col. Michael F. Beech
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 26 May 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Capture Terrorists AFPN 26 May 2006 -- Coalition forces and Iraqi security forces detained 21 suspected terrorists across Iraq this week, military officials reported.

Defense Policy / Programs

• San Antonio Conducts First Replenishment at Sea Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- The amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17) completed its first underway replenishment (UNREP) May 23 while transiting to New York City for Fleet Week.
• ACB 1 Participates in Operational Evaluation Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- Sailors from Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1 participated in an operational evaluation of the Improved Navy Lighterage System (INLS) throughout May.
• Southeast Regional Operations Center Open for Business Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- Navy Region Southeast headquarters, located at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Regional Operations Center (ROC) May 24.
• Communication Key to SEACAT Boarding Exercises Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- Philippine navy visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) teams boarded USS Tortuga (LSD 46) May 23 and 24 to practice searching for illicit drugs and weapons caches during two Southeast Asian Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) boarding exercises in the South China Sea.
• Royal Malaysian Navy Boards MSC Ship Button During SEACAT Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- A team from the Royal Malaysian navy boarded the Military Sealift Command’s MV Sgt. William R. Button (T-AK 3012) May 24 as a contraband-smuggling scenario played out during exercise Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT).
• U.S.-Thai Medical Team Conducting MEDCAPs Throughout Thailand Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- A team from Operational Health Support Unit (OHSU) Great Lakes, Ill., composed of reserve-component Sailors who drill out of several Midwest states, activated by Commander, Task Force (CTF) 76 for Cobra Gold 2006, completed the 5th of nine medical civic action projects (MEDCAP) in Nakon Nayok, Kingdom of Thailand, May 21.
• USS Port Royal Celebrates Midpoint of Deployment Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- While conducting maritime security operations (MSO), USS Port Royal (CG 73) crew members celebrated the midpoint of deployment, May 17, with a week packed with morale-boosting activities.
• COMPHIBRON 8 Embarks Saipan in Preparation for Phoenix Express Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- Commander, Amphibious Squadron (COMPHIBRON) 8 embarked USS Saipan (LHA 2) May 18 in preparation for the multinational combined exercise Phoenix Express in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Western Mediterranean Sea early this summer.
• San Antonio Arrives for Fleet Week New York City Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- The crew of the amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17) manned the rails May 24, as they took part in the Parade of Ships for Fleet Week New York City.
• Forward Deployed ARG Completes Amphibious Operations Training with Thai Forces Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- Ships of the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (FD-ARG) and embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted amphibious operations training with Royal Thai Armed Forces with a series of raids May 19-21.
• CTF 76-led Build Project Reaches Completion for Cobra Gold 06 Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- An opening ceremony was held for a pavilion at a local medical clinic built by a combined U.S.-Thai civic assistance effort in Rayong, Kingdom of Thailand, as part of Cobra Gold 2006, May 23.
• Monterey Returns Home after Successful ‘Partnership of the Americas’ Deployment Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- USS Monterey (CG 61) returned to Naval Station Norfolk May 25 following a seven-week deployment to the Caribbean in support of “Partnership of the Americas.”
• Fire Aboard Iraqi Oil Terminal Reported, Burns Itself Out Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- A fire that had been burning aboard one of Iraq’s two oil terminals, the Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT), May 26 has burned itself out.
• Vella Gulf Rescues Dutch Mariners in North Atlantic Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- The guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) rescued two Dutch mariners from a sinking sailboat approximately 1,300 miles east of Boston May 22.
• USS Abraham Lincoln Enters Port Of Sasebo Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) arrived in Sasebo, Japan, May 25 for a scheduled port visit.
• USS Stout Completes ‘Partnership of the Americas’ Deployment Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- USS Stout (DDG 55) returned to Naval Station Norfolk May 24 following a seven-week deployment in support of “Partnership of the Americas.”
• Navy Establishes First Riverine Group Navy NewsStand 26 May 2006 -- Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) stood up Riverine Group 1 during an establishment ceremony at Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Little Creek, May 25.
• New technology could bring more accuracy, speed to target acquisition AFPN 26 May 2006 -- At this moment, above Iraq and Afghanistan, American data sensors are collecting information and intelligence about what is happening on the ground.
• U.S. Operations, Basing in Europe Changing Dramatically AFPS 26 May 2006 -- The U.S. military footprint in Europe is significantly changed from just a decade ago. Gone are dozens of American enclaves -- some self-contained communities complete with schools, shopping centers and housing complexes -- located throughout Western Europe, but primarily in Germany.
• NATO Continues to Shed Cold War Mentality, General Says AFPS 26 May 2006 -- NATO is in the process of transforming itself to meet asymmetric threats that did not exist during the Cold War, the alliance's supreme allied commander in Europe said here yesterday.
• Agreements to Enhance U.S., British Forces Interoperability AFPS 26 May 2006 -- The United States and Great Britain are increasing the scope and breadth of their intelligence and military cooperation, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced in a joint statement issued by the White House today.
• NATO Retools for New Missions in Africa and South Asia Washington File 26 May 2006 -- The commander of U.S. and European forces says 2006 will be a pivotal year for NATO.
• Georgia to build second NATO-standard military base RIA Novosti 26 May 2006 -- Georgia will construct a NATO-standard military base in the east of the country within a year, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said Friday.
• No restrictions on arms exports to Venezuela - defense minister RIA Novosti 26 May 2006 -- Russia's defense minister said Friday that Russian military hardware supplies to Venezuela did not violate international law.
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 26 May 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for May 26, 2006
• BAE Systems announces new early launch date for Astute BAE Systems 26 May 2006 -- BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness has announced 8 June 2007 as the launch date for the first of class Astute nuclear powered attack submarine which means the Navys most advanced vessel will go into the water seven weeks ahead of the latest schedule.
• Pratt & Whitney F117 Engine Reaches Milestone -- Four Million Flight Hours on the C-17 Globemaster III Pratt & Whitney 26 May 2006 -- Pratt & Whitney's F117 engine program has logged more than four million flight hours of operation for the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. Supporting military, disaster relief and humanitarian missions around the world, the F117-powered C-17 serves the strategic airlift and mobility needs of the U.S. Air Force and the British Royal Air Force.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 26 May 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY BRITISH, FRENCH AMBASSADORS ON SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO AFRICA United Nations 26 May 2006
• Russia: Beslan Hostage Taker Receives Life Sentence REF/RL 26 May 2006 -- In an emotional climax to the yearlong trial of the only known survivor among the perpetrators of the September 2004 Beslan hostage crisis, Nurpashi Kulayev was sentenced to life in prison today for his role in the bloody siege that took place in September 2004 at a school in North Ossetia.
• Sole Surviving Beslan School Attacker Receives Life Sentence VOA 26 May 2006 -- The only surviving attacker of a school in southern Russia has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a school siege that led to the deaths of more than 300 people almost two years ago
• Beslan terrorist gets life sentence RIA Novosti 26 May 2006 -- North Ossetia's Supreme Court Friday sentenced to life imprisonment the sole surviving gunman of those who took hundreds hostage in a bloody siege at a school in south Russia in September 2004.
• Nepal Government, Rebels to Begin Peace Talks VOA 26 May 2006 -- Nepalese officials have met with leaders of the country's communist rebel movement for the first peace talks in three years
• NEPAL: Government and rebels start peace talks IRIN 26 May 2006 -- Nepal's new government and Maoist insurgents, who have been waging a 10-year war against the state, are set to begin much anticipated peace talks on Friday afternoon in the capital, Kathmandu, according to senior government officials.
• Hamas Withdraws Gaza Security Force to Ease Tensions VOA 26 May 2006 -- The Islamic militant group, Hamas, which took control of the Palestinian Authority eight weeks ago, is backing down from an escalating confrontation with the rival and more moderate Fatah movement.
• Hamas Militia Withdraws From Gaza VOA 26 May 2006 -- The governing Palestinian group Hamas says it has withdrawn its militia from the streets of the Gaza Strip to avoid further bloody clashes with the rival Fatah faction.
• DRC: Ugandan rebels dislodged, but civilians not returning home IRIN 26 May 2006 -- An operation launched in December 2005 by Democratic Republic of Congo troops against Ugandan rebels in the northeast of DRC's North Kivu Province displaced tens of thousands of people who now say that if they were to return home they would face greater persecution by their own army than by the rebels.
• UN peacekeepers back Congolese soldiers in drive to disarm irregulars UN News Centre 26 May 2006 -- In the run-up to the elections scheduled for 30 July in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations peacekeepers have been backing the national armed forces as they have fought to expel irregular armed groups from Ituri district and the two Kivu provinces over the past week, the UN mission there said.
• DRC: South African institute discounts "coup plot" theory following arrests IRIN 26 May 2006 -- The South African-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has ruled out chances that the men arrested and identified as foreign mercenaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were plotting a coup or planning to destabilise the country ahead of 30 July elections.
• New Delhi, Assam tribal leaders hold peace talks IRNA 26 May 2006 -- Indian authorities and leaders of a tribal separatist group in the northeastern state of Assam are meeting for peace talks Saturday aimed at ending two decades of violent insurgency in the region.
• India, Pakistan conclude dialogue on Sir Creek issue IRNA 26 May 2006 -- Indian and Pakistani officials concluded talks on their boundary dispute over the Sir Creek Friday even as the two neighbors push forward a slow moving peace process aimed at ending nearly six decades of hostility.
• UNHCR Alarmed at Sudanese Rebel Infiltration in Refugee Camps VOA 26 May 2006 -- The U.N. refugee agency says it is very disturbed by reports of armed Sudanese rebels inside and near some refugee camps in eastern Chad
• Australian Peacekeepers Patrol Deserted Streets of East Timor Capital VOA 26 May 2006 -- Australian peacekeepers are patrolling the deserted streets of the East Timor capital, following days of violence between rebel soldiers and the nation's armed forces that have left at least 15 people dead.
• SOMALIA: Tentative calm reported in Mogadishu after bloody battle IRIN 26 May 2006 -- Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, was quiet but tense on Friday, following two days of heavy fighting between militia allied to the city's Islamic courts and those loyal to a group of faction leaders, residents said.
• SUDAN: Government allows UN to assess proposed Darfur mission IRIN 26 May 2006 -- A joint United Nations-African Union assessment team will head to Sudan's troubled Darfur region to determine how to strengthen the current AU mission in Sudan (AMIS) and to lay the groundwork for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping force, a UN diplomat said.
• GREAT LAKES: US envoy in talks over "negative forces" IRIN 26 May 2006 -- US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Don Yamamoto began talks on Friday with senior officials from Africa's Great Lakes region on plans to arrest and extradite leaders of "negative forces" operating in the troubled region.
• Georgia: Abkhazia Talks Moving Out Of Deadlock REF/RL 26 May 2006 -- Georgia and Abkhazia have in recent days exchanged proposals aimed at bringing peace in a conflict that has lingered unresolved since 1992.

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