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  • Army Relocates Special Operations Units Army News Release 07 Jun 2006 -- The Army announced today the relocation of Company F, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (SOAR) from Fort Campbell, Ky., to Fort Lewis, Wash., the activation of Company G at Fort Lewis, and the relocation of a company from overseas to Fort Campbell, effective July 16.
  • Navy to Commission New Guided Missile Destroyer Farragut 07 Jun 2006 -- The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Farragut, Saturday, June 10, 2006, during an 11 a.m. ceremony in Mayport, Fla.
  • Kyrgyzstan-U.S. airbase talks nearly finished, official says RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- Kyrgyzstan's Security Council chief said Wednesday that talks with the U.S. on the continued presence of its airbase in the Central Asian republic had entered the final stage.
  • Transcript: Media Roundtable with Assistant Secretary Winkenwerder 07 Jun 2006 -- Presenter: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs William Winkenwerder
  • DoD Instruction Consolidates Detainee Medical Care Policy AFPS 07 Jun 2006 -- The Defense Department yesterday issued an instruction detailing the standards of medical care in detainee operations.
  • San Antonio Tests Flight Operations Capabilities Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock, USS San Antonio (LPD 17), began testing its flight operations capabilities June 5, as part of an overall test of the integration of new aerial technology with the newest maritime advances, using the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey and the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter.
  • Chilean Ship Esmeralda Salutes Pacific Fleet Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- The Chilean ship Esmeralda (BE 43) visited San Diego during a navigational training mission June 2.
  • Congressional Delegation Visits Naval Station Rota Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- Six members of a Congressional Delegation met with constituents from their home states June 2 at Naval Station Rota, Spain.
  • Naval Support Activity Annapolis Stands Up Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- Naval Support Activity (NSA) Annapolis was officially established in a commissioning ceremony held here June 6, following the retirement of Naval Station Annapolis' colors the previous week.
  • U.S., Singapore Navies Practice Boarding At Sea Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- A combined boarding at sea united the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) teams of USS Crommelin (FFG 37) and the Republic of Singapore navy (RSN) patrol craft RSS Sea Lion (P 77) during the Singapore phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) June 6.
  • Monterey, The Sullivans, Boone Depart for Neptune Warrior Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- Three ships led by Commander, Destroyer Squadron (COMDESRON) 24 left the east coast June 5 and 6 to participate with naval forces from the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Australia, France and Spain in Neptune Warrior, a coalition course held in the North Atlantic.
  • Vitale Assumes Command of TRCSG Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- Rear Adm. Michael Vitale relieved Rear Adm. James Winnefeld Jr. as commander, Carrier Strike Group 2/commander, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier Strike Group June 7 in a Change of Command ceremony held in Hangar Bay 2.
  • Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Units Conduct Battle Skills Training Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- Sailors from Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Units (FDPMU) out of Norfolk, Va., San Diego, and Jacksonville, Fla., gathered at Ft. Eustis here May 30-June 7 for battle skills training.
  • NATO defence ministers to focus on Afghanistan in annual session IRNA 07 Jun 2006 -- Expansion of the mission of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Afghanistan and the upcoming NATO summit in Riga, Latvia in November will be the two main themes for discussion by defence ministers of the 26-member alliance when they meet in Brussels on Thursday.
  • Pak, Afghan, US, NATO review plan for NATO-ISAF expansion IRNA 07 Jun 2006 -- Senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the coalition forces in Afghanistan and NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Tuesday reviewed plans to extend the reach of the government of Afghanistan through greater NATO-ISAF presence in the south.
  • Georgia, Ukraine NATO accession may cause geopolitical shift - FM RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- Russia's Foreign Minister said Wednesday that Ukraine or Georgia joining NATO could lead to a colossal shift in global geopolitics.
  • Russian parliament blasts Ukraine's plans to join NATO RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- The State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, Wednesday slammed Ukraine's plans to join NATO and expressed concern over recent events in the country's largely Russian-speaking south.
  • Ukraine slams Russian parliament's position on NATO entry RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's deputy foreign minister hit back at Russian criticism of his country's plan to join NATO Wednesday, saying Russian lawmakers had no grounds for their disapproval of the plan.
  • Update: Russia mulling anti-terror fund to aid CIS, other countries RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia was considering setting up a fund to support anti-terrorism agencies in post-Soviet states and other countries.
  • Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 07 Jun 2006
  • Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 07 Jun 2006

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