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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Press Briefing, June 29, 2006 MNF-I 29 Jun 2006 -- IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING BRIEFER: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, USA, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 29 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials announced the airpower summary for June 29.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Supreme Court Rules Against Bush Administration on Guantanamo Trials VOA 29 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against the Bush administration in a case involving military tribunals for the Guantanamo prison detainees.
• Bush Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling on Military Tribunals AFPS 29 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. government is evaluating today's Supreme Court ruling against military tribunals for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to find the best avenue forward, President Bush said today.
• Officials Study Implications of Supreme Court Ruling on Tribunals AFPS 29 Jun 2006 -- Today's Supreme Court decision specifically invites the administration to work with Congress to change the law so it can try some detainees through military tribunals, senior officials from the Departments of Justice and Defense said today.
• Detainee Operations Will Continue at Guantanamo, Officials Say AFPS 29 Jun 2006 -- The Supreme Court decision today halting the military commissions of detainees held here will not affect the day-to-day detention operations at the base, defense officials said yesterday.
• Terror: U.S. Court Bans Guantanamo Tribunals RFE/RL 29 Jun 2006 -- The highest court in the United States deals another blow to the U.S. administration's conduct of the 'war on terror,' ruling that its system of military tribunals breaches national law and international human rights conventions.
• US Supreme Court Rejects Military Tribunals for Terror Suspects VOA 29 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. Supreme Court dealt the Bush administration a major legal setback in connection with the war on terror Thursday.
• US Court Decision on Guantanamo Receives International Praise VOA 29 Jun 2006 -- World reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling involving military tribunals for detainees being held at the Guantanamo Bay facility was predominantly positive.
• Rights Group Hails US Supreme Court Guantanamo Decision VOA 29 Jun 2006 -- Human rights groups are among those hailing the Supreme Court ruling on U.S. military tribunals.
• Naval Coastal Warfare Sailors Take Part in Joint Disaster Relief Exercise Navy NewsStand 29 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron 4 (NCWS 4), the first active-duty unit of its kind on the Atlantic Coast, participated in a joint exercise, which ended June 22, marking the first time Navy Expeditionary Combat Command-related units practiced anti-terrorism and force protection (AT/FP) support with a joint commander.
• Officer in Charge of Construction Ivan Stands Down Navy NewsStand 29 Jun 2006 -- The Officer in Charge of Construction (OICC) Ivan command officialy stood down June 22 at Ski Beach aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola.
• Engineers Aboard Boone Contribute to Neptune Warrior Success Navy NewsStand 29 Jun 2006 -- USS Boone’s (FFG 28) engineering department rose to the challenge during the Neptune Warrior course as the ship maneuvered for war exercises in the North Atlantic Ocean June 29.
• Helicopter Squadron Trains During Neptune Warrior Navy NewsStand 29 Jun 2006 -- Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (Light) (HSL) 48 conducted exercises as part of the Neptune Warrior Course while embarked aboard USS Boone (FFG 28), June 25.
• Helicopter Squadron Receives Outstanding Achievement Award Navy NewsStand 29 Jun 2006 -- The “Blackhawks” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 were presented the Frederick L. Feinberg Award, given to the helicopter pilot(s) who have made the most outstanding achievement in the previous year May 10.
• Tomcat Squadron Earns Arleigh Burke Award Navy NewsStand 29 Jun 2006 -- The swan song of the F-14 Tomcat proved to be one of its best when the Fighter Squadron (VF) 31 “Tomcatters” from Naval Air Station Oceana earned the Arleigh Burke Award for 2005, June 15.
• Air Force aids Army with medevac missions AFPN 29 Jun 2006 -- Last year, the Army asked the Air Force for help with its medevac operation. Called an in-lieu-of mission, the Air Force agreed to assist and tasked Master Sgt. Scott Currin to form the first team of Air Force enlisted aerospace evacuation technicians, or flight medics, as they like to call themselves.
• AFOSR helping to solve 30-year-old dilemma AFPN 29 Jun 2006 -- A team of researchers supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research has made a breakthrough in electric oxygen iodine laser, or EOIL, research. The results were presented at the AFOSR Molecular Dynamics Program Review here in June.
• Air Force proposes CSAR-X locations AFPN 29 Jun 2006 -- Plans for initiating environmental analyses for proposed locations of the combat search and rescue, or CSAR-X, aircraft, were announced by Air Force officials June 29.
• Air Force oversees popular name selections AFPN 29 Jun 2006 -- The popular name of the joint strike fighter F-35 aircraft will be released in early July, while the Air Force is currently proposing popular names for the MQ-9A unmanned aerial vehicle.
• Highly modified C-130 ready for war on terrorism AFPN 29 Jun 2006 -- The beginning of an era for Robins Air Force Base and the warfighters of Air Force Special Operations Command was marked June 28 as the first-of-its-kind MC-130W was presented to Lt. Gen. Michael W. Wooley, AFSOC commander, in a ceremony here.
• U.S., Bulgarian, Romanian Soldiers train, build relationships during 'Immediate Response 2006' Army News 29 Jun 2006 -- A tri-lateral training exercise dubbed Immediate Response 2006 will join approximately 800 Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division, U.S. Air Force Europe's 492nd Fighter Squadron, U.S. European Command, Bulgarian and Romanian military forces in Bulgarian and Romanian training areas July 17-31.
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 29 Jun 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 29 Jun 2006
• Russia agrees to join Turkish security operation in Black Sea RIA Novosti 29 Jun 2006 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia would join a regional security initiative proposed by Turkey designed to combat terrorism and prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 29, 2006
• Boeing to Take Charges in Second Quarter for Airborne Surveillance Program and Previously Disclosed Tentative Legal Settlement Boeing 29 Jun 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] announced today that it will recognize charges related to delays on an international airborne surveillance program and a previously disclosed tentative legal settlement with the U.S. government when it announces second-quarter 2006 results July 26.
• Official contract signature between Eurocopter and the Australian government confirming the order of 34 MRH-90s EADS 29 Jun 2006 -- Australia now has ordered 46 MRH-90s as part of the modernization and rationalization of its helicopter fleet, which will develop a hardened and networked defence force. This decision comes indeed less than two years after the Federal Government ordered the first 12 MRH-90s as additional troop lift helicopters.
• U.S. Joint Forces Command Extends General Dynamics Contract for Engineering and Technical Support General Dynamics 29 Jun 2006 -- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $95.5 million contract extension to continue its support of the U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Experimentation Program and Joint Futures Lab. Work will be performed in Suffolk, Va., and includes engineering, technical and administrative services for joint concept development and prototyping.
• Israel Aircraft Industries' Elta Systems Launches New Generation Radar Warning Receiver with Threat Location Indication Israel Aerospace Industries 29 Jun 2006 -- Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)'s Elta Systems Group and Subsidiary has launched a new generation, high accuracy Airborne Radar Warning Receiver System that locates radars operating in the theater of interest. The new system is designated EL/L-8265RWL.
• Lockheed Martin Receives Close Combat Tactical Trainer Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulator Production Contract Lockheed Martin 29 Jun 2006 -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $17.1 million contract to produce Close Combat Tactical Trainer Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulators (CCTT-RVS) for the U.S. Army.
• Pratt & Whitney Delivers Second Flight Test F135 Engine for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Pratt & Whitney 29 Jun 2006 -- Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), has delivered the second F135 flight test engine on schedule to Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas, facility. The engine is the second of three that will support the first flights of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) beginning this fall. Pratt & Whitney's F135 is the lead propulsion system on the JSF.
• Raytheon Awarded $45 Million U.S. Navy Contract for Airborne Low Frequency Sonar Raytheon 29 Jun 2006 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $45 million U.S. Navy contract for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) system.
• Raytheon's CAC2S Program Delivers First System to Marine Corps for Live Testing Raytheon 29 Jun 2006 -- Raytheon Company delivered the first CAC2S (Common Aviation Command and Control System) string to Marines at Camp Pendleton, Calif., earlier this month, marking the beginning of the final live phase of system testing.
• Sikorsky Aircraft Selects Rockwell Collins to Provide CH-53K Avionics Management System Sikorsky 29 Jun 2006 -- Sikorsky Aircraft announced today that it has selected Rockwell Collins to provide the avionics management system (AMS) for the new CH-53K heavy lift helicopter under development for the United States Marine Corps. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 29 Jun 2006
• Annan calls on both Palestinians and Israelis to take measures to defuse crisis UN News Centre 29 Jun 2006 -- Voicing deep concern over developments in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on both sides to take measures to defuse the tension.
• US, G8 Partners Urge Israeli Restraint in Gaza Crisis VOA 29 Jun 2006 -- The United States and its partners at the G-8 foreign ministers meeting in Moscow appealed Thursday for Israeli restraint, as diplomatic efforts for the release for the Israeli soldier kidnapped in Gaza continue.
• Analysis: Israelis Press on in Gaza cfr.org 29 Jun 2006 -- Israeli forces arrested dozens of Hamas cabinet ministers and lawmakers (Guardian) on Thursday as they broadened their operation from the Gaza Strip into the West Bank
• DR Congo: UN speeds up police training to provide security for elections UN News Centre 29 Jun 2006 -- As the United Nations prepares for next month's elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the largest and most challenging it has ever helped organize, the UN mission there is training thousands of police to provide security for a vote that is meant to cement the vast country's transition from a disastrous civil war.
• Congo Faces Challenges in Holding First Democratic Poll in 40 Years VOA 29 Jun 2006 -- The Democratic Republic of Congo is beginning campaigning for the first democratic elections in over 40 years
• DRC: Militiamen disarm ahead of deadline IRIN 29 Jun 2006 -- At least 1,100 former militias have arrived at transit sites in Ituri, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in the past three days, ahead of a 30 June ultimatum by the Congolese army for them to disarm, an official said.
• CAR-CHAD: 33 die in army-rebel fighting IRIN 29 Jun 2006 -- At least 33 people died following fighting between the army and rebels in Gordil, northeastern Central African Republic, a United Nations official has said.
• NEPAL: Rebels accused of failing to adhere to peace process IRIN 29 Jun 2006 -- Nepal's fledgling peace process to end the conflict between Maoist rebels and the government, is fraught with challenges, political leaders and analysts have said.
• Head of Security Council visit to Sudan stresses need for UN force in Darfur UN News Centre 29 Jun 2006 -- Any United Nations peacekeeping mission that takes over from the African Union (AU) in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region will need to work in "partnership" with the country's people and Government, the head of the recent Security Council mission there said today, while repeating the delegation's view that such a force was needed to curb the killings in a region that has also seen more than 2 million people displaced.
• Caucasus: Mediator Says Karabakh Peace Requires Trade-Offs RFE/RL 29 Jun 2006 -- In an interview with RFE/RL last week, Matthew Bryza, the new U.S. co-chair of the Minsk Group tasked with moderating negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, spoke about the prospects of a resolution to the conflict.
• US Official Says East Timor Needs UN Help to Overcome Crisis VOA 29 Jun 2006 -- A U.S. official has told members of Congress that the Bush administration is committed to helping East Timor overcome its recent crisis amid continuing violence.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN United Nations 29 Jun 2006
• Alcatel Alenia Space ready for the Space Shuttle STS-121 Discovery mission countdown Thales 29 Jun 2006 -- Alcatel Alenia Space today announced that the MPLM Leonardo (Multifunctional Pressurized Logistical Module), developed by Alcatel Alenia Space for the Italian Space Agency (ASI), will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery flight STS-121set to launch on Saturday July 1st from Cape Canaveral, in Florida.