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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 23 Oct 2006 [PDF]
• Soldier killed by small-arms fire
• MND-B Soldier killed by roadside bomb
• One killed, Four wounded by IED
• MNF-W Marine killed in Al Anbar Province
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 23 AFPN 23 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 23.
• Coalition Soldiers Kill Six Insurgents, Seize Weapons AFPS 23 Oct 2006 -- Coalition forces killed six insurgents, wounded four and netted five sniper rifles yesterday in the Euphrates River city of Hit, Iraq, military officials reported.
• Dining facility boosts Soldier morale in Iraq Army News 23 Oct 2006 -- Napoleon Bonaparte is credited with having first uttered the famous words: "An Army travels on its stomach."
• US, Afghan troops leave area after another deal: Taliban IRNA 23 Oct 2006 -- US and Afghan soldiers pulled out of an area in eastern Afghanistan under a deal clinched with tribal elders, a second in a week, a Taliban spokesman said on Sunday.
• $94 Million Helps Progress in Afghanistan AFPS 23 Oct 2006 -- The United States has awarded $94 million to seven Afghan firms to build or improve road and water distribution systems in six Afghan provinces.
• South Asia: Will North Waziristan Peace Deal Spawn Imitations? RFE/RL 23 Oct 2006 -- Having failed to stop militants' infiltrating into neighboring Afghanistan by military means, the Pakistani government in September opted for a deal with locals in the region along their mutual border.
• Horn of Africa Troops Working to Stem Terror Before It Takes Root Navy NewsStand 23 Oct 2006 -- Doing good here in the Horn of Africa is a key to ensuring that terrorism doesn't gain a foothold in the region, the commander of Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) told visiting civilian leaders Oct. 21.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron thinks lean, saves money AFPN 23 Oct 2006 -- When Lt. Col. Anthony Krawietz, the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron commander, charged incoming troops to think smarter and leaner, a group of aerial porters took it to heart.
• Rumsfeld Discusses NATO, Afghanistan With Spain's Defense Minister AFPS 23 Oct 2006 -- The United States and Spain have an important bilateral relationship, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today after a meeting with his Spanish counterpart.
• GW's New DC Training Program In Full Effect Navy NewsStand 23 Oct 2006 -- USS George Washington's (CVN 73) Damage Control (DC) Division has implemented a new training program while the ship is in dry dock.
• Electromagnetic Gun Facility Operational with Successful First Test Navy NewsStand 23 Oct 2006 -- A significant milestone in the advancement of naval gun technology happened with the successful test and standup of an electromagnetic (EM) railgun facility at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division Laboratory, Oct 2.
• Ike Makes Port Call to Naples Navy NewsStand 23 Oct 2006 -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) weighed anchor in the Bay of Naples, Italy, Oct. 21, following a successful four-day port visit.
• Ronald Reagan Returns Following Successful Week of Carrier Qualifications Navy NewsStand 23 Oct 2006 -- USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) returned to San Diego Oct. 20 following a successful week of carrier qualifications for Training Squadron (VT) 4 off the coast of Southern California.
• LCAC's Role in Future Operations Addressed During Annual Conference Navy NewsStand 23 Oct 2006 -- The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) community held its annual Fleet Support Conference to discuss amphibious community issues at the Marine base here Oct. 18.
• Damage Control Top Focus During Tortuga SRA Navy NewsStand 23 Oct 2006 -- A ship-wide damage control (DC) test was administered Oct. 19 aboard USS Tortuga (LSD 46) as part of an ongoing all hands effort to get the crew proficient in casualty response while the ship undergoes its restricted availability (SRA) period.
• Boxer ESG Visits Singapore Navy NewsStand 23 Oct 2006 -- USS Boxer (LHD 4) Expeditionary Strike Group (BOXESG) visited Singapore Oct. 12-16 for their first port visit since entering U.S. 7th Fleet on their way to the Persian Gulf.
• Boxer ESG Transits Strait of Malacca Navy NewsStand 23 Oct 2006 -- USS Boxer (LHD 4) Expeditionary Strike Group (BOXESG) navigated through the Strait of Malacca Oct. 16 while transiting towards the Persian Gulf in support of the global war on terrorism.
• Ukraine could join NATO by 2010 - defense minister RIA Novosti 23 Oct 2006 -- Ukraine's defense minister said Monday that the country could join NATO by 2010.
• Army Names Commander for New Installation Management Command Army News Release 23 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. Army announced Oct. 23 that Lt. Gen. Robert Wilson, the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management will be the commander of the new Installation Management Command (IMCOM)
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 23 Oct 2006
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow White House 23 Oct 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for October 23, 2006
• BAE SYSTEMS AWARDED $7.8 MILLION CONTRACT MODIFICATION TO MANUFACTURE ADDITIONAL IRAQI LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES BAE Systems 23 Oct 2006 -- BAE Systems has received a $7.8 million Foreign Military Sales contract modification to manufacture 20 additional Iraqi Light Armored Vehicles from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command.
• Data Link Solutions wins Hellenic F-16 competition for Link 16 terminals BAE Systems 23 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command has selected Data Link Solutions (DLS) to supply Link 16 Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Low Volume Terminals (LVT) for Hellenic Air Force F-16 aircraft.
• BAE SYSTEMS ACHIEVES SAMPSON MILESTONES BAE Systems 23 Oct 2006 -- The first SAMPSON Multi Function Radar system, designed to give new UK Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyers a world-beating air defence capability, has been despatched from the BAE Systems facility at Cowes and completed installation at the Eskmeals sea-level test site in Cumbria and has now commenced the setting to work phase.
• Pratt & Whitney F135 Certified to Power Lightning II's First Flight Pratt & Whitney 23 Oct 2006 -- Pratt & Whitney announced today the certification of its F135 engine to power the Lightning II's first flight later this year after successfully completing all tests scheduled to date. Pratt & Whitney is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX)
• Boeing FAB-T Team Completes Prototype Software-Defined Radio for U.S. Air Force Boeing 23 Oct 2006 -- The Boeing Company's [NYSE: BA] Family of Advanced Beyond-line-of-sight Terminals program (FAB-T) has successfully completed the hardware and software integration of a Block 4 Software-Defined Radio (SDR) for the U.S. Air Force B-2 Bomber program.
• EADS CASA delivers the first C-295 aircraft to Brazil EADS 23 Oct 2006 -- EADS CASA has delivered today the first military transport aircraft C-295 to Brazilian Air Force. The ceremony took place in Brasilia attended by Walter Pires, Brazilian Minister of Defence, Luis Carlos da Silva Bueno, Brazilian Chief of Air Staff, Francisco José García de la Vega, Spanish Chief of Air Staff and Francisco Fernández Sáinz, Chairman of EADS CASA.
• Sagem Défense Sécurité completes the modernization of Norway’s ULA submarines’ INS Sagem (Safran group) 23 Oct 2006 -- On October 23, on the occasion of the Euronaval 2006 trade show, Sagem Défense Sécurité’s (SAFRAN Group) teams and representatives of the Norwegian Navy and Electronicon, a Norwegian corporate partner, completed the navigation system modernization program for ULA class submarines.
• U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics $18 Million for M313 120mm Mortar Weapon Sub-Caliber Training Systems General Dynamics 23 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., has awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems an $18.6 million contract modification for the manufacture, assembly, delivery, staging and fielding of M313 120mm Mortar Sub-Caliber Training Devices
• General Dynamics Deploys More Than 500 'Command Post of the Future' Systems to U.S. Army General Dynamics 23 Oct 2006 -- General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has deployed more than 500 Command Post of the Future (CPOF) systems in support of the U.S. Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom. CPOF is part of a program to insert technology into the Army's Battle Command System (ABCS), a suite of networked digital systems that enable interoperability at all levels across the battlespace.
• Russia to display stealth technology at Euronaval-2006 in Paris RIA Novosti 23 Oct 2006 -- Around 20 Russian shipbuilding companies will display a total of 130 units of naval equipment, many featuring stealth technology, at the Euronaval-2006 exhibition opening in Paris on Monday, an official from Russia's state arms exporter said.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 23 Oct 2006
• Rice Calls Sudan's Planned Expulsion of U.N. Envoy "Unfortunate" Washington File 23 Oct 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sudan's planned expulsion of U.N. envoy Jan Pronk is "unfortunate in the extreme," and said she planned to discuss the issue with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan October 23.
• CHAD: Janjawid attacks surge as rebels fight on IRIN 23 Oct 2006 -- An upswing in cross-border attacks on Chadian civilians since early October has coincided with new bouts of fighting between the Chadian army and rebels.
• Chad Forces Retake Villages From Rebels VOA 23 Oct 2006 -- Chad's government says it has regained control of two eastern villages after rebel advances on Sunday.
• United States Promoting Political Solution for Sri Lanka Washington File 23 Oct 2006 -- The people of Sri Lanka must grasp the opportunity of upcoming peace talks to pursue again a political solution to the island nation's 28-year conflict, says Richard Boucher, assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs.
• Annan calls for extension of UN mission in the Central African Republic, cites insecurity UN News Centre 23 Oct 2006 -- Painting a grim picture of the security and human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) and warning that it threatens regional stability, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for the mandate of the UN mission in the country to be extended for another year until the end of 2007.
• Israel Continues Overflights of Lebanon VOA 23 Oct 2006 -- Israeli warplanes flew missions over southern Lebanon and parts of Beirut, one day after Israeli officials rejected calls by the French government to halt the overflights.
• European Force Commanders in DRC Remain Optimistic VOA 23 Oct 2006 -- European rapid reaction force commanders in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they believe the second-round presidential run-off Sunday will have a much more peaceful outcome than the first round, when results were followed by deadly clashes in the capital.
• Russia has no plans to restore transport links with Georgia soon RIA Novosti 23 Oct 2006 -- Russia does not intend to restore transport links with Georgia in the near future, the Russian foreign minister said Monday.
• Abkhazia starts command and staff military exercises RIA Novosti 23 Oct 2006 -- Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia has launched command and staff military exercises to train for repelling an enemy attack, an Abkhaz military official said Monday.
• Somali Government Takes Control of 2 Towns Following Battle with Islamic Court VOA 23 Oct 2006 -- The Somali government says it has control over two towns that experienced battles with the Islamic Courts during the past few days.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS COORDINATOR FOR AVIAN AND HUMAN INFLUENZA United Nations 23 Oct 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS REPRESENTATIVE ON TORTURE CONVENTION United Nations 23 Oct 2006
• Astrium-built METOP satellite for EUMETSAT successfully deployed in orbit EADS 23 Oct 2006 -- Following its launch on 19 October 2006 by a STARSEM Soyuz rocket, EUMETSAT’s MetOp satellite has reached polar orbit. Astrium’s satellites business unit is prime contractor for the satellite.