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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• CENTAF releases combined airpower summary AFPN 19 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the combined airpower summary for June 16 to 18.
• Terror Suspects Detained, Iraqis Take Charge in Southwest Baghdad AFPS 19 Jun 2006 -- Recent operations in Iraq have netted more terrorism suspects and weapons, and the Iraqi military has assumed responsibility for an area in southwest Baghdad, military officials reported.
• Operation Mountain Thrust Continues Momentum in Afghanistan AFPS 19 Jun 2006 -- Coalition forces killed two enemy fighters and captured five others in Afghanistan's Zabul province yesterday as Operation Mountain Thrust continued, military officials reported.
• Squadron monitors sky over Afghanistan AFPN 19 Jun 2006 -- If it's flying over Afghanistan, Airman 1st Class Kyle Neill will be the first one to notice it. That is, as long as he is on shift as a surveillance technician with the 73rd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron here.
• Taleban Attacks Kill 30 in Afghanistan VOA 19 Jun 2006 -- Afghan authorities say Taleban insurgents have killed at least 30 civilians - all members of the same family.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Future Combat System Approved for First Spin Out Army News Release 19 Jun 2006 -- The Department of Defense approved June 6 the Army's acquisition approach for the first of the Future Combat System (FCS) Brigade Combat Team (BCT) technologies that will be "spun out" to troops to begin testing and evaluation as early as 2008
• Central Command's Mission Includes More Than Iraq, Afghanistan AFPS 19 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command is responsible for more than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and CENTCOM officials emphasize they are not ignoring the challenges in the rest of their area of operations.
• Northern Edge 2006 takes joint operations to next level AFPN 19 Jun 2006 -- Exercise Northern Edge 2006, Alaska's largest joint training exercise, concluded June 16.
• ESC delivers French AWACS capability AFPN 19 Jun 2006 -- Radars on the French Airborne Warning and Control System fleet are now more capable thanks to a recently completed improvement effort managed by the Electronic Systems Center.
• Warfighting integration reduces inaccuracy, inefficiency AFPN 19 Jun 2006 -- Over the next decade, the Air Force will continue to use information technology to leverage the capability of its people and weapons systems.
• Balancing capability portfolios key to Air Force success AFPN 19 Jun 2006 -- Every day, news headlines tout successes of the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan, but seldom make mention of Air Force contributions.
• USS Decatur to Participate in Multi-Carrier Military Exercise Navy NewsStand 19 Jun 2006 -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73), commanded by Cmdr. John Steinberger of Lindenwold, N.J., is scheduled to participate in exercise Valiant Shield 2006 off the coast of Guam June 19-23.
• EOD Mobile Unit 11 Det. 15 Trains with Hong Kong Police Explosives Experts Navy NewsStand 19 Jun 2006 -- Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11, Detachment (Det.) 15 participated in joint training operations with members of the Hong Kong Police Department’s (HKPD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Bureau during a three-day field training exercise here, June 7-9.
• Lincoln Hosts Foreign Military Observers During Valiant Shield ‘06 Navy NewsStand 19 Jun 2006 -- Twenty-two foreign military officials and civilians visited USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) June 17-18, during Exercise Valiant Shield 2006 in the Pacific Ocean.
• PCU Kidd Shoots Forward with Second Aegis Light-off Navy NewsStand 19 Jun 2006 -- PCU Kidd (DDG 100) completed its Aegis Light Off May 30, for a second time.
• McCain a ‘Valiant Shield’ Against Submarine Threats Navy NewsStand 19 Jun 2006 -- Participating in Exercise Valiant Shield '06, held June 19–23 in the Guam operating area, USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) firmly established herself as an Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) expert by sinking five simulated hostile submarines within the first few days of the exercise.
• Forward Deployed ARG Completes Spring Patrol 2006 Navy NewsStand 19 Jun 2006 -- The flagship of the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (FD-ARG) returned to its home port of Sasebo, Japan, June 13, joining the other two FD-ARG ships and officially concluding its five-month training cycle known as Spring Patrol.
• VAQ-139 to Utilize Latest Technology in Support of Valiant Shield Navy NewsStand 19 Jun 2006 -- Utilizing some of the latest technology available, the “Cougars” of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 139 will be flying some of the most important missions during Valiant Shield 2006, June 19-23.
• VFA-113 to Support Valiant Shield Navy NewsStand 19 Jun 2006 -- The “Stingers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113, who are celebrating 58 years of being a commissioned fighter squadron this month, will be flying critical air missions in support of exercise Valiant Shield 2006, June 19-23, off the coast of Guam.
• Edwards team performs second test of small launch vehicle AFPN 19 Jun 2006 -- A 418th Flight Test Squadron team performed the second in a series of tests June 14 by airdropping a 65-foot, 65,000-pound mockup of a booster rocket from a C-17 Globemaster III over the Edwards precision impact range area.
• 300 Russian soldiers, 40 aircraft taking part in Belarus exercises RIA Novosti 19 Jun 2006 -- More than 300 Russian servicemen and 40 aircraft are taking part in command and staff exercises with Belarus, a senior Air Force officer said Monday.
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 19 Jun 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 19, 2006
• New major order for Eurocopter in Australia: the Federal Government will add 34 MRH-90s EADS 19 Jun 2006 -- Eurocopter warmly welcomes this decision, which confirms the leadership of its products in the military sector and the trustworthy relationship it has built with the Australian government.
• Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile Destroys Drone Target to Mark Second- Straight Successful Test Flight in May Raytheon 19 Jun 2006 -- Raytheon Company's Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missiles (GEM) celebrated its second consecutive successful test flight as a GEM-T missile destroyed a surrogate cruise missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
• AFRL awards $8 million contract to Raytheon AFPN 19 Jun 2006 -- The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $7,996,471 contract to Raytheon Systems, Co., of El Segundo, Calif., for a surveillance sensor program.
• EADS successfully passes lab and field testing for the BOS digital radio network in Germany EADS 19 Jun 2006 -- As part of the implementation of the digital radio network for security authorities and organizations (BOS) in Germany, EADS has been selected by the Procurement Office of the Ministry of the Interior (BMI), as being the most competitive bid. BMI had previously requested EADS to conduct extensive lab and field testing.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 19 Jun 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOMALIA United Nations 19 Jun 2006
• Top UN envoy to Somalia calls for dialogue with 'Islamic Court' militias UN News Centre 19 Jun 2006 -- Saying that militias connected to Islamic courts now control three major districts of Somalia and might be driving toward the Ethiopian border, the top United Nations envoy to the country stressed today that it is crucial to open a legitimate dialogue between the leaders of that movement and the Transitional Government.
• UN Official: Security Council May Discuss Lifting Somalia Arms Embargo VOA 19 Jun 2006 -- As violence intensified in Somalia Monday, the U.N.'s special representative Francois Lonseny Fall briefed the Security Council on the latest developments
• Plans for Peacekeeping Troops in Somalia Move Forward VOA 19 Jun 2006 -- The African Union and Western countries are pushing ahead with plans to send foreign peacekeepers to Somalia.
• Negotiations Begin for Burundi Peace Agreement VOA 19 Jun 2006 -- The government of Burundi and the country's remaining rebel group signed an agreement to begin negotiations that would end more than a dozen years of civil war.
• BURUNDI: Rebel group, government sign peace agreement IRIN 19 Jun 2006 -- Burundi's remaining active rebel group, the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL), and the Burundian government signed an agreement on Sunday to end hostilities, effective immediately.
• SUDAN: Darfur insecurity hampering relief work - UN IRIN 19 Jun 2006 -- Clashes among rebel groups and armed militias in the western Sudanese region of Darfur have severely limited humanitarian access to some 250,000 civilians affected by the conflict there, a senior United Nations official said on Monday.
• Lanka rebels will use any strategy if war returns: Rebel chief IRNA 19 Jun 2006 -- Insisting it will use any strategy to defend itself, including suicide bombers, Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels warned Colombo any resumption of all-out civil war will be felt throughout the island.
• Nepal gov't to invite UN to help manage, monitor arms IRNA 19 Jun 2006 -- In order to ensure fair constituent assembly elections, the government has begun working out a draft-letter to send to the United Nations, requesting the organization to help manage the armies and weapons of both sides and to monitor them.
• ETHIOPIA: Thousands displaced in clashes over land in the south IRIN 19 Jun 2006 -- More than 23,000 people have fled their homes in southern Ethiopia following clashes triggered by disputes over land ownership between neighbouring ethnic groups in the area last week, according to Oxfam.

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