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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• MND-B SOLDIER KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMB
• FOUR MARINES KILLED IN OPERATIONS
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Casey from the Pentagon 22 Jun 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Commander, Multinational Force Iraq, Gen. George Casey
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for June 22 AFPN 22 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for June 22.
• Coalition Troops to Leave Muthanna Province in Iraq AFPS 22 Jun 2006 -- All coalition troops will leave Iraq's Muthanna province by the end of July, making it the country's first province to be responsible for its own security since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi officials said here today.
• America's First Team set to deploy Army News 22 Jun 2006 -- News that the Department of Defense announced the deployment of the 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters element and the 2nd and 3rd Brigade Combat Teams to Iraq spread like wildfire throughout the division this week.
• Iraq Insurgents Kill 5 US Service Members VOA 22 Jun 2006 -- Insurgents in Iraq have killed five U.S. service members.
• Afghan, Coalition Forces Raid Extremist Compound AFPS 22 Jun 2006 -- Afghan and coalition forces today raided a known enemy compound northwest of Tarin Kowt in the Shahidi Hass district of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, military officials reported.
• Afghan President Calls Al-Qaida Deputy 'Enemy of the Afghan People' VOA 22 Jun 2006 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has denounced al-Qaida's deputy commander, Ayman al-Zawahiri, describing the Egyptian-born extremist as an enemy of the Afghan people
• New Zawahiri Tape Urges Afghans to Rise Against US-Led Forces VOA 22 Jun 2006 -- A new videotape from al-Qaida's number two leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged the people of Afghanistan to rise up against U.S. and coalition forces.
• Karzai Calls For New Approach Against Terror RFE/RL 22 Jun 2006 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai today urged the international community to reassess it approach to fighting terrorism, which he said was causing suffering in Afghanistan, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reported.
• U.S. Navy Ship Mercy Continues Aid Mission in Southeast Asia Washington File 20 Jun 2006 -- After visit to Philippines, Mercy heading to Indonesia, Bangladesh, East Timor

Defense Policy / Programs

• Narwhal Ropes Torpedoes, Assists In SUBTORPEX Navy NewsStand 22 Jun 2006 -- Torpedo Weapons Retriever Narwhal (TWR 842) participated in a submarine torpedo exercise (SUBTORPEX) June 17 at the Southern California Offshore Range (SCORE) near San Clemente Island, Calif.
• Oceanography Strike Group Established Navy NewsStand 22 Jun 2006 -- The Navy established Strike Group Oceanography Team San Diego in a ceremony June 16.
• Sea Control Squadron 33 Disestablishes at Coronado Navy NewsStand 22 Jun 2006 -- The Navy disestablished the "World Famous Screwbirds" of Sea Control Squadron (VS) 33, one of now five remaining S-3 Viking Squadrons, during a ceremony June 15.
• Pilot Field Exercise 'Colonial Outlook' Tests NAVELSG Capabilities Navy NewsStand 22 Jun 2006 -- The pilot field exercise “Colonial Outlook” tested the readiness of two previously non-evaluated capabilities of the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) June 14 at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Cheatham Annex in Williamsburg, Va.
• CTF 150 Visits USS Enterprise Navy NewsStand 22 Jun 2006 -- USS Enterprise (CVN 65), a Norfolk-based nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf, hosted a special delegation of high-ranking Pakistani military officers, June 16.
• Zieser Passes Submarine Squadron 1 Reins to Marr Navy NewsStand 22 Jun 2006 -- Capt. Stephen Marr relieved Capt. Mike Zieser as Commander, Submarine Squadron 1 in a ceremony June 19 aboard USS Greeneville (SSN 772) at Pearl Harbor Naval Station.
• Navy, Coast Guard, FBI Team Up with Frontier Sentinel Navy NewsStand 22 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. Coast Guard teamed up with Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a training exercise called Frontier Sentinel that gauged the effectiveness of inter-service cooperation at tactical and operational levels, June 13-14.
• Air Force stands ready for 2006 hurricane season AFPN 22 Jun 2006 -- With hurricanes Katrina and Rita still fresh on their minds, Air Force officials stand ready to face anything Mother Nature may throw at them this hurricane season, senior leaders here said.
• U.S. Reducing Number of Overseas Military Bases Washington File 22 Jun 2006 -- Thousands of U.S. troops will be repositioned and several overseas bases will be closed over the next five years as part of the military's transformation agenda, defense officials told a congressional committee June 20.
• Army assesses new Land Warrior System Army News 22 Jun 2006 -- The Land Warrior and Mounted Warrior Soldier Systems are under operational assessment at Fort Lewis, Wash., by the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.
• New tourniquet named one of Army's 10 greatest inventions Army News 22 Jun 2006 -- A tourniquet tested by Army researchers and recommended as the best to give to every deployed Soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan was honored June 21 as one of the Army's 10 Greatest Inventions for 2005.
• Army raises enlistment age Army News 22 Jun 2006 -- The Army has raised the enlistment age to 42, made possible under provisions of the Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization Act.
• CSTO must quickly react to threats - Russia's defense minister RIA Novosti 22 Jun 2006 -- The Collective Security Treaty Organization should be able to provide a quick and adequate response to all kinds of threats, not only military, the Russian defense minister said Thursday.
• Bush Says Guantanamo Should Be Closed RFE/RL 22 Jun 2006 -- U.S. President George W. Bush has said he understands international concerns about the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and wants the center to be closed.
• Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley The White House 22 Jun 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 22 Jun 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 22, 2006
• Boeing Wins U.S. Air Force Combat Aircrew Training Contract Boeing 22 Jun 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has received a $46 million U.S. Air Force contract to continue providing air combat instructor services for fighter aircraft to the U.S. Air Combat Command and Training Support Squadron.
• GE LM Marine Gas Turbines Help Power European Navies GE Marine 22 Jun 2006 -- GE - Marine reports that 169 of its LM aeroderivative marine gas turbines are used by 10 European navies to power a variety of surface combatants. To date, the European naval fleet of LM gas turbines has logged more than 1.5 million hours in military service.
• General Dynamics UK to provide tactical processing for Future Lynx Programme General Dynamics 22 Jun 2006 -- helping to deliver the MoD’s long-term Network Enabled Capability for rotary wing assets
• Government-Lockheed Martin Team Notified of Intent to Award Army Corps Of Engineers IM/IT Contract Lockheed Martin 22 Jun 2006 -- A team led by U.S. Government employees and supported by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been notified that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award the team the contract to manage Information Management and Information Technology (IM/IT) services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers throughout the Continental United States and the Pacific Ocean Division Office, including the Alaska and Honolulu Districts.
• Boeing Supports Successful Intercept Test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Boeing 22 Jun 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] today supported the seventh successful intercept of a ballistic missile target by the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) and the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (Aegis BMD) weapon system.
• Upgraded Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Intercepts Separating Ballistic Missile Target Raytheon 22 Jun 2006 -- A Raytheon Company-produced Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) and the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 3.6 Weapon System destroyed a ballistic missile target today outside the earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. It was the seventh successful intercept for Aegis BMD's SM-3.
• Raytheon's Open Architecture Surface Ship Combat Management System Passes Formal Qualification Raytheon 22 Jun 2006 -- Raytheon Company's open architecture (OA) version of Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) MK 2 successfully passed formal qualification testing. This significant milestone enables the first delivery of a complete surface ship combat management system that meets the Navy's Open Architecture Computing Environment (OACE) standards.
• Boeing Demonstrates Anti-Terrorism Integrated Tactical Solutions Boeing 22 Jun 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] recently demonstrated the automatic interception of signals and intelligence as well as the ability to track potential terrorists during a multi-site, real-time network collections demonstration to U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence customers.
• AFRL awards $10.2 million contract to Lockheed Martin AFPN 22 Jun 2006 -- The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $10,251,024 contract in support of its "Integrated Sensor IS Structure," or ISIS program, to Lockheed Martin Corp., Maritime Systems and Sensors, of Akron, Ohio.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 22 Jun 2006
• Press Conference By President Of International Tribunal For Law Of Sea United Nations 22 Jun 2006
• Lankan rebels threaten use of suicide bombers if war erupts IRNA 22 Jun 2006 -- The political chief of the Tamil Tiger rebels, S P Tamilselvan, said that his group would use all means necessary, including suicide bombers, if full-scale war erupts in the island nation.
• Lankan government believes in peace process IRNA 22 Jun 2006 -- Sri Lankan Minister of Media and Information Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said that there is no change in the Sri Lanka government's position with regard to the peace process, Norwegian facilitation and the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM).
• US Official Calls for Islamic Courts to Stop Expanding in Somalia VOA 22 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs has called on Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts to stop taking territory in volatile Somalia
• SOMALIA: Arab League mediators meet govt and Islamic delegations IRIN 22 Jun 2006 -- Arab League diplomats trying to reconcile Somalia's transitional government with the Islamic leaders who control Mogadishu met representives from both sides in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Thursday, but face-to-face discussions between the two parties were yet to take place, a member of one of the delegations said.
• Arab League Hosts Somali Peace Talks in Sudan VOA 22 Jun 2006 -- Somalia's transitional government and the Union of Islamic Courts met with officials of the Arab League and the Sudanese government in a bid to arrange peace talks
• Annan 'hopeful' of persuading Sudanese authorities to accept UN force in Darfur UN News Centre 22 Jun 2006 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced hope that the world body would be able to convince Sudan's authorities to accept a UN peacekeeping force in the troubled region of Darfur, saying not only is it needed to implement a recently signed peace agreement but also to provide security to the internally displaced, estimated to number more than 2 million.
• EU's Congo Force Starts Mission on Defensive VOA 22 Jun 2006 -- The European Union's military force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has begun its mission on the defensive.
• DRC: Military operations in Ituri counter productive - report IRIN 22 Jun 2006 -- Military operations conducted in the troubled northeastern district of Ituri by the Congolese army, with the support of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), are counter productive as they have contributed to the worsening of the security situation in the district, according to a report by the Forum on early Warning and Early Response (FEWER-Africa).
• Nepalese Maoists ready for arms management before joining Govt IRNA 22 Jun 2006 -- Clearing doubts on whether they would lay down arms, a senior Maoist leader has said the rebels were ready to manage their weapons under UN supervision even as Nepal government promised to bear the expenses of some 10,000 cadre once they disarm.
• Nepal Grapples With Issue of Rebel Disarmament VOA 22 Jun 2006 -- In Nepal, a recent power sharing deal between Maoist rebels and the government has been hailed as a milestone in ending a decade-long communist rebellion that has devastated the country.
• Abbas, Olmert Agree to Hold Talks VOA 22 Jun 2006 -- The prime minister of Israel and the president of the Palestinian Authority met informally on Thursday in Jordan, and agreed to hold formal talks in the near future.

News Reports

• ATK Propulsion Technologies Support Successful Launch of Delta II Rocket ATK 22 Jun 2006 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) solid propulsion technologies supported last night’s successful launch of a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch marked the beginning of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Microsatellite Technology Experiments (MITEX) mission.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN DISTRIBUTED APERTURE IMAGING TECHNOLOGY EXPANDS THE HORIZON ON TELESCOPE CAPABILITY Lockheed Martin 22 Jun 2006 -- During a test today the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System with its Standard Missile (SM)-3 successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target with a separating reentry vehicle outside the Earth’s atmosphere. Both the Aegis BMD Weapon System aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) and range sensors confirmed a direct hit of the missile target during its midcourse flight phase over the Pacific Ocean.
• Alcatel Alenia Space to provide onboard equipment for Soyuz-Fregat launchers Thales 22 Jun 2006 -- Alcatel Alenia Space announced today that it will provide subsystems for the complete safeguard chain of Soyuz-Fregat rockets to be launched from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou.
• Alcatel Alenia Space to provide communication payload for Arabsat's BADR-6 satellite Thales 22 Jun 2006 -- Alcatel Alenia Space today announced that it will provide the communication payload for the fourth-generation BADR-6 "Full Moon" satellite, for the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat). BADR-6 satellite, with prime contractor EADS Astrium, is expected to be operational in 2008.