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Current Operations

• Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
• Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
• MND-B patrol struck by roadside bomb
• Patrol hit by small arms fire
• Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
• TF Marine Soldier attacked by suicide bomber
• MND-B patrol struck by roadside bomb
• Roadside bomb strikes MND-B patrol
• MND-B patrol targeted by roadside bomb
• Search Continues for Missing Soldiers; Iraq Operations Updated AFPS 03 Jun 2007 -- Coalition and Iraqi troops continue to search for two missing U.S. soldiers abducted by terrorists after a complex attack in Iraq on May 12.
• BMU 1 Returns Home from Deployment Navy NewsStand 03 May 2007 -- Beach Master Unit (BMU) 1 Det. Foxtrot returned to Naval Amphibious Base Coronado after their nine-month deployment with Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 30.
• Gates Arrives in Afghanistan to Assess Progress AFPS 03 May 2007 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here tonight to meet with the new U.S. ground commanders and ambassador to evaluate progress and explore ways to make sure it continues.
• Gates: Asian Leaders Receptive to Call for More Help in Afghanistan AFPS 03 May 2007 -- Asian defense and military leaders meeting here showed "great receptivity" to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' call for Asian countries to contribute more toward stabilizing Afghanistan and Central Asia, Gates told reporters today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Statement by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to Reporters on Plane Enroute Afghanistan 03 Jun 2007 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
• Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, and Commander of the Pacific Command Adm. Timothy Keating at Shangri-LA International Security Conference, Republic of Singapore 03 Jun 2007 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, and Commander of the Pacific Command Adm. Timothy Keating
• Too Soon to Say if U.S., Coalition Winning Terror War, Gates Says AFPS 03 May 2007 -- It's too soon to say if the United States and its coalition partners are winning the war on terror, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here yesterday.
• ACE embarks for Talisman Saber 07 Navy NewsStand 03 May 2007 -- USS Essex (LHD 2) received the air combat element (ACE) aircrew and aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for Talisman Saber 07 (TS 07) on May 22.
• Midway Demonstrated Carrier Importance Navy NewsStand 03 May 2007 -- In the late spring of 1942, a Japanese carrier strike force launched more than 100 planes from the northwest to conduct an air attack on the U.S. military at Midway Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
• Harpers Ferry, U.S. Frigates Conduct Joint VBSS Training Navy NewsStand 03 May 2007 -- Visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team members from USS Jarrett (FFG 33) and USS Ford (FFG 54) practiced a joint compliance boarding exercise aboard USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) on May 29.
• Comstock Returns from Deployment, Receives Recognition by FAMOS Navy NewsStand 03 May 2007 -- USS Comstock (LSD 45) returned to its homeport here from a nearly nine-month deployment May 31 and received recognition for its humanitarian assistance in the Philippines.
• Change of Command on High Seas Navy NewsStand 03 May 2007 -- Capt. Todd Zecchin relieved Capt. Ed McNamee as Kitty Hawk's commanding officer during a change of command ceremony on the ship's flight deck May 18.

Defense Industry

• SkyLite B - Extended Range, Longer Endurance Rafael 03 Jun 2007 -- RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Ltd. is proud to disclose an improved version of its SkyLite B, mini-UAV. The new version features a range of over 35 km, flight endurance of up to 3 hours and a secure digital data link.

Other Conflicts

• LEBANON: Three-day bombardment of camp cuts off vital aid supplies to terrified residents IRIN 03 May 2007 -- Aid agencies and emergency services have been unable to access the besieged Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon for three days to either evacuate the injured or deliver vital supplies of water and food to trapped residents.
• Somali PM Escapes Suicide Bomb Attack VOA 03 May 2007 -- Officials in Somalia say interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has escaped a deadly suicide bomb attack outside his home in Mogadishu.
• Lebanese Army Continues Pounding Militants in Refugee Camp VOA 03 May 2007 -- The Lebanese Army kept up pressure Sunday on Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon to get them to surrender

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