Operations
Defense Policy / Programs
Defense Industry
Other Conflicts
News Reports

Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Seven Killed In Baghdad Car Bombing RFE/RL 25 Aug 2007 -- Seven people have been killed and 30 more wounded in a car-bomb attack in a Shi'ite neighborhood of Baghdad.
• Suicide Bomber Attacks Coalition Convoy In Afghanistan RFE/RL 25 Aug 2007 -- Interior Ministry officials said today that a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of U.S.-led coalition troops near Kabul.
• U.S.-Led Afghan Coalition Defends Airstrikes After Britons' Deaths RFE/RL 25 Aug 2007 -- The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan is defending its use of air power, one day after a U.S. warplane mistakenly dropped a bomb on coalition forces, killing three British soldiers.
• South Korean Officials Rule Out Rescue Attempt for Hostages, says Afghan Minister VOA 25 Aug 2007 -- Afghanistan's defense minister says the South Korean government has been unwilling to allow Afghan forces to stage a rescue mission for a group of South Koreans held hostage by Taleban insurgents.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Mesa Verde Completes Successful Sea Trials Navy NewsStand 25 Aug 2007 -- Pre-commissioning Unit (PCU) Mesa Verde (LPD 19) successfully completed Builder's Sea Trials Aug. 13-16.
• Mobile Security Stands Watch Over Comfort Navy NewsStand 25 Aug 2007 -- Mobile Security Squadron (MSS) Six Det. 26 was relieved by Det. 22, Aug. 25, after two months of guarding hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) through seven of 12 ports.
• Comfort Continues Work in Colombia Despite Weather Navy NewsStand 25 Aug 2007 -- Despite weather forecasts on Aug. 24 predicting severe inclement weather, with up to 32 inches of rain over the next two days, hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) continues to provide health care services while monitoring the weather and adjusting its schedule to serve the greatest number of people possible.
• Comfort Continues Work in Colombia Despite Weather Navy NewsStand 25 Aug 2007 -- Despite weather forecasts on Aug. 24 predicting severe inclement weather, with up to 32 inches of rain over the next two days, hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) continues to provide health care services while monitoring the weather and adjusting its schedule to serve the greatest number of people possible.
• High Speed Vessel 2 Swift Conducts Crew Turnover Navy NewsStand 25 Aug 2007 -- High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift Gold and Blue crews completed their second "battle-turnover" while in port in Puerto Cortes Aug. 23, as part of the pilot Global Fleet Station (GFS).
• Reuben James Departs Pearl Harbor for Western Pacific Navy NewsStand 25 Aug 2007 -- Friends and family gathered at the pier on Naval Station Pearl Harbor Aug. 24, to say goodbye to more than 240 Sailors of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate, USS Reuben James (FFG 37).
• Naval Safety Center Changes Command Navy NewsStand 25 Aug 2007 -- During a ceremony steeped in tradition, Rear Adm. Arthur Johnson relieved Rear Adm. George E. Mayer as Commander, Naval Safety Center (NSC) Aug. 24.
• Hawaii Holds Change of Command Navy NewsStand 25 Aug 2007 -- The commandiing officer of USS Hawaii (SSN 776) was relieved in a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Submarine Base New London, Aug. 21.

Defense Industry

• Moscow Air Show Demonstrates Russian Commercial, Military Ambitions VOA 25 Aug 2007 -- President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday opened the Moscow International Aviation and Space Show, the eighth such event in the Russian capital since 1993

Other Conflicts

• Tbilisi Investigating Reports Of Plane Downed In Kodori RFE/RL 25 Aug 2007 -- Tensions between Russia and Georgia have edged up following claims by Tbilisi that it shot at, and may have brought down, an aircraft it believed was a Russian military plane flying over Georgian airspace.
• Georgia Says It Fired On 'Russian' Plane RFE/RL 25 Aug 2007 -- Georgian Interior Ministry official Shota Utiashvili has said a Russian military plane was fired on this week after it violated Georgian airspace.
• Georgian police looking for downed plane in Kodori RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2007 -- A special group of Georgia's Interior Ministry left for the Kodori Gorge Saturday to look for a plane allegedly downed in the area after Georgian airspace violation August 21.
• Israeli Troops Kill 2 Palestinian Militants in Clashes VOA 25 Aug 2007 -- The Israeli army says troops shot and killed two Palestinian militants after they tried to enter Israel from the Gaza Strip early Saturday.
• Sudan Allows EU Diplomat to Stay VOA 25 Aug 2007 -- Sudanese and European officials say a European diplomat ordered out of Sudan earlier this week will be allowed to finish the final weeks of his tenure.
• Two Somalia Reconciliation Delegates Injured in Grenade Attack VOA 25 Aug 2007 -- Officials in Somalia say that two delegates to the nation's peace and reconciliation conference have been injured in a grenade attack in the capital, Mogadishu.
• State of Alert Takes Effect in Northern Niger VOA 25 Aug 2007 -- Rebels in northern Niger have dismissed a government decision to impose a state of alert in the region

News Reports

• US Judge Refuses to Block Noriega Extradition VOA 25 Aug 2007 -- A U.S. judge has refused to block the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France to face money laundering charges.
• Ukraine's President Seeks to Revise Constitution VOA 25 Aug 2007 -- Ukraine's president, Viktor Yushchenko, says he wants to change the constitution in a bid to restore his presidential powers