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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Mar 2007 [PDF]
• Non-combat casualty in Al Anbar
• Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Transcript: DoD Special News Briefing with Colonel Burton from the Pentagon Briefing Studio, Arlington, Virginia 16 Mar 2007 -- Presenter: Colonel J.B. Burton, U.S. Army, Commander, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
• March 16 airpower: C-130s backbone of tactical airlift AFPN 16 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 16.
• Security Plan Working as Violence Drops in Northwest Baghdad AFPS 16 Mar 2007 -- Moving coalition forces out of big forward operating bases and into smaller community-based combat outposts as part of the Baghdad Security Plan has reduced violence and helped to stabilize northwestern Baghdad, a senior Army officer serving there said today.
• Support Troops Put Surge Total at 28,000 U.S. Servicemembers AFPS 16 Mar 2007 -- The total number of U.S. servicemembers who will be part of the surge in Iraq will be about 28,000 overall, a Defense Department official said today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Airborne Laser Completes Successful In-Flight First Firing of Laser Tracking System MDA 16 Mar 2007 -- Lt. General Henry A. "Trey" Obering, Missile Defense Agency director, announced today the successful completion March 15, 2007 of the first in-flight test of the laser targeting system for the Airborne Laser (ABL)
• Fallon Takes Reins of Central Command AFPS 16 Mar 2007 -- For the first time since the United States created a combatant command with responsibility for the Middle East, Northern Africa and Southwest and Central Asia, a naval officer took over the helm of U.S. Central Command here today.
• Bush Assures Wounded Warrior Commission He'll Act on Recommendations AFPS 16 Mar 2007 -- President Bush met this morning with members of the Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors to tell them he's behind their efforts and will act on the problems they identify.
• Harpers Ferry Supports Sailors and Marines on Iwo Jima Navy NewsStand 16 Mar 2007 -- USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) finished its mission to support the 62nd anniversary commemoration ceremony of the World War II battle of Iwo Jima on March 14.
• Navy Reserve Breaks Ground on New Administrative HQ at NSA Norfolk Navy NewsStand 16 Mar 2007 -- Navy officials manned shovels and tossed sand at the ceremonial groundbreaking for a three-story, $29 million U.S. Navy Reserve administrative facility at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Norfolk on March 9.
• CENTCOM Coordination Center Represents Strong Coalition AFPS 16 Mar 2007 -- In a nondescript building at U.S. Central Command headquarters here, officers from 64 countries work together daily to ensure the coalition fighting terrorism in the Middle East remains strong and well organized.
• Nature of War Makes Airlift Essential, General Says AFPS 16 Mar 2007 -- Airlift is essential to success in the war in Afghanistan, the commander of U.S. Transportation Command said here March 14.
• U.S. and S. Korean Forces Engrossed in War Exercises against DPRK KCNA 16 Mar 2007 -- Warplanes of the U.S. imperialist aggression forces and the south Korean forces have become more frantic in their aerial war exercises against the DPRK since they announced the plan for RSOI and Foal Eagle joint military exercises, according to a military source.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 16 Mar 2007
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 16 Mar 2007

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for March 16, 2007
• Boeing Delivers 200th T-45 Trainer to U.S. Navy Boeing 16 Mar 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today delivered the 200th T-45C Goshawk to the U.S. Navy, marking a significant milestone in naval aviation.
• General Dynamics Awarded $12 Million U.S. Army Contract for Mortar Increment Charges General Dynamics 16 Mar 2007 -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $12 million contract by the U.S. Army Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command for the production of mortar propelling increment charges for 81mm and 120mm mortar ammunition.
• U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $10 Million For Work on USS Texas General Dynamics 16 Mar 2007 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $10 million contract modification to continue to perform a range of work on USS Texas (SSN-775) during its post-shakedown availability (PSA).
• Lockheed Martin Engineers Observe VSTOL on USS Nassau Navy NewsStand 16 Mar 2007 -- More than 10 Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) 35 design engineers came aboard USS Nassau (LHA 4) on March 9 to observe AV-8B Harrier vertical short take off and landings (VSTOL).
• U.S. Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman $287 Million Contract for Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Systems Northrop Grumman 16 Mar 2007 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $287 million contract for the next production lot (Lot 5) of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial systems.
• Boeing-led Airborne Laser Team Fires Tracking Laser at Airborne Target Boeing 16 Mar 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], along with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, yesterday successfully fired the Airborne Laser (ABL) weapon system's tracking laser in-flight at an airborne target for the first time.
• Davidson Joins Raytheon-Led Team in Bid for Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System Raytheon 16 Mar 2007 -- Davidson Technologies Inc. has joined Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) industry team in a bid for the U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS).
• Awarding of certificates to Malaysian submariners DCN 16 Mar 2007 -- The Chief of Staff of the Malaysian Navy, Admiral Ramlan, accompanied by Admiral Boiffin, Commander of the Submarine Fleet and Strategic Forces of the French Navy, the directors of ARMARIS -- the prime contractor of the Malaysian submarine program -- and directors of DCI's (Défense Conseil International) submarine training unit, NAVFCO, today handed out certificates and insignia to 29 Malaysian students at the Naval Training Center.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 16 Mar 2007
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT United Nations 16 Mar 2007
• CONGO: Peace eludes Pool four years after conflict ended IRIN 16 Mar 2007 -- Four years after a peace agreement brought an end to the conflict in the Republic of Congo's Pool region, in the south of the country, residents still face considerable humanitarian challenges.
• CAR: More violence reported in tense northwest IRIN 16 Mar 2007 -- Several civilians have been killed and homes burnt by the army in ongoing clashes with rebels in northwestern Central African Republic, an international advocacy group has said.
• Ban Ki-moon recommends one-year extension of UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia UN News Centre 16 Mar 2007 -- Despite numerous successes made in Liberia to bolster peace and further economic progress, the impoverished West African country still faces many obstacles including poverty, high unemployment and incapacitated public services, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report
• Solution to Nigeria's Delta Problems Should Be Homegrown Washington File 16 Mar 2007 -- The United States will help, but Nigerians hold the key to ending violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta region by implementing democracy and anti-corruption measures themselves, says Phil Carter, director of the State Department's Office of West African Affairs.
• White House Rejects Negotiations with New Palestinian Government VOA 16 Mar 2007 -- U.S. President George Bush will not negotiate with the new Palestinian government, because it does not accept international conditions including recognition of Israel's right to exist
• Kosovo: 'We're Looking At An Independent Kosovo' RFE/RL 16 Mar 2007 -- Recent reports indicate that the final draft of the UN's proposal for the final status of Kosovo calls explicitly for full independence

News Reports

• Britain Wants UN Security Council Attention on Zimbabwe VOA 16 Mar 2007 -- Britain is calling for a U.N. Security Council briefing on events in Zimbabwe, including the crackdown on government opponents
• Israeli PM Admits He's Unpopular but Rejects Calls to Resign VOA 16 Mar 2007 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is brushing off polls which show the vast majority of the public wants him to resign