Operations
Defense Policy / Programs
Defense Industry
Other Conflicts
News Reports

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 Sep 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Maj.Gen Kevin Bergner, September 13, 2007 MNF-I 13 Sep 2007
• Sept. 12 airpower summary: A-10s unleash the thunder AFPN 13 Sep 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 12, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Five Terrorists Killed in Coalition Operations in Iraq AFPS 13 Sep 2007 -- Coalition forces killed five terrorists during operations today targeting al Qaeda leaders and operatives in central and northern parts of the Iraq.
• Iranian-Made Mortar Likely Used in Recent Attack, General Says AFPS 13 Sep 2007 -- A mortar that killed a coalition servicemember and injured 12 when it detonated earlier this week at a coalition operating base likely was manufactured in Iran, a spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq said yesterday.
• US General Says Rocket Fired at US Base in Iraq Originated in Iran VOA 13 Sep 2007 -- A U.S. general has accused Tehran of sending rockets to Shi'ite groups fighting Iraq's government and U.S. forces in Iraq
• US General Says Rocket Fired at US Base from Iran VOA 13 Sep 2007 -- A U.S. general has accused Teheran of sending rockets to Shi'ite groups fighting Iraq's government and U.S. forces in Iraq
• Afghan Forces Kill 45 Terrorists in Battle AFPS 13 Sep 2007 -- Afghan national security forces advised by coalition forces killed more than 45 Taliban insurgents today in a battle in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province and detained 10 suspected militants in Helmand province.
• AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Insecurity main obstacle for Afghan returnees IRIN 13 Sep 2007 -- Growing insecurity in Afghanistan is the main impediment to the return of more than 2 million registered Afghans still living in Pakistan today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the President's Speech The White House 14 Sep 2007
• AFMC executive director discusses challenges AFPN 13 Sep 2007 -- Air Force Materiel Command's top civilian leader discussed several challenges facing the Air Force, including the increasing costs of personnel and military health care, during a speech to the International Test and Evaluation Association Antelope Valley chapter Sept. 5 here.
• Military Advanced Training Center Opens at WRAMC Army News 13 Sep 2007 -- Walter Reed Army Medical Center's new Military Advanced Training Center opened its doors today to offer rehabilitating Soldiers the latest in cutting edge equipment to help with their recovery.
• USS Forrest Sherman Arrives in Comoros Navy NewsStand 13 Sep 2007 -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) arrived off the coast of Moroni, Sept. 12 as the first U.S. Navy ship to visit the island nation in more than 30 years.
• Bataan Dominates Surface Line Week Navy NewsStand 13 Sep 2007 -- Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic, Rear Adm. D. C. Curtis, named the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) the overall winner of the Surface Line Week (SLW) competition at an award ceremony Aug. 30 at Salty Marsh Park, Naval Station Norfolk.
• Opportune Lift Moves Vehicles to Mainland and Hawaii Navy NewsStand 13 Sep 2007 -- Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific's (COMNAVSURFGRU MIDPAC) Supply Department with help from USS New Orleans (LPD 18) conducted Opportune Lift (OPLIFT) Sept. 10-13, a program in which military personnel stationed in the Oahu area have their personally owned vehicles (POVs) transported to and from the mainland.
• Texas, Louisiana Guard Troops Stand Ready in Hurricane's Wake AFPS 13 Sep 2007 -- Texas and Louisiana National Guard troops are standing by to assist residents affected by strong winds, heavy rains and flooding caused by Hurricane Humberto, state military officials said today.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 13, 2007
• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Advances Hypersonic Technology for Dual-Mode Ramjet Application 13 Sep 2007 -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), a United Technologies Corp. [NYSE:UTX] company, has successfully demonstrated sub-scale combustor operation for a hydrocarbon fueled, dual-mode ramjet engine designed to operate over a wide range of Mach numbers.
• General Dynamics European Land Systems Adopts New Name General Dynamics 13 Sep 2007 -- General Dynamics announced today that it has changed the name of its Europe-based vehicle, armaments and munitions business to General Dynamics European Land Systems, effective immediately.
• U.S. Army awards General Dynamics $233 Million for Additional Improved Ribbon Bridge Equipment General Dynamics 13 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. Army TACOM recently awarded General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas GmbH, a part of General Dynamics European Land Systems, a $233 million multi-year requirement contract for additional Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) equipment.
• L-3 Selected to Provide EO/IR Imaging Turrets to the French Gendarmerie L-3 Communications 13 Sep 2007 -- L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its WESCAM (L-3 WESCAM) subsidiary has been selected by Eurocopter Deutschland (ECD) to provide 12 MX-15i electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) imaging sensors to the French Gendarmerie. System deliveries are scheduled to begin in December 2007, and will continue into 2009.
• Northrop Grumman Supports First Littoral Combat Ship Mission Package Delivery to Navy Northrop Grumman 13 Sep 2007 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command, along with members of the government-contractor team, will celebrate the delivery of the first mission package for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) at ceremonies tomorrow in Panama City, Fla.

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 13 Sep 2007
• PRESS CONFERENCE: PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION ON BURUNDI United Nations 13 Sep 2007
• Bolstered efforts crucial to consolidate peace and stability in Burundi - UN UN News Centre 13 Sep 2007 -- Intensified efforts are crucial to consolidate peace in Burundi and thwart a relapse into violence and chaos, the leader of a United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) fact-finding mission to the small Central African nation, which suffered decades of ethnic conflict pitting the Hutu majority against the Tutsi minority, said today.
• ISRAEL-OPT: Rocket attacks from Gaza hampering aid deliveries, Israel says IRIN 13 Sep 2007 -- Palestinian militant groups' rocket fire and mortar attacks on crossing points between the Gaza Strip and Israel are forcing the temporary closure of crossing points and thus restricting the delivery of aid and basic supplies, according to the Israeli government.
• SOMALIA: Call to help neglected IDPs IRIN 13 Sep 2007 -- Civil society organisations in Somalia have urged aid agencies to help at least 2,500 displaced families who have sought refuge in the northern outskirts of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
• Somalia Government Ridicules Opposition Gathering in Eritrea VOA 13 Sep 2007 -- Somalia's interior minister has ridiculed opposition leaders meeting in Eritrea who have formed a new group that has promised war with Ethiopian troops that are backing the government
• Somali Opposition Alliance Worries Some Analysts VOA 13 Sep 2007 -- Somali opposition leaders meeting in Eritrea's capital, Asmara, have united to form an alliance against the Ethiopian forces now in Somalia
• Russia warns Georgia of negative outcome over peacekeepers' arrest RIA Novosti 13 Sep 2007 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday the detention of Russian peacekeepers by Georgia August 29 was a 'blunt arbitrariness' on behalf of the ex-Soviet republic.
• Uganda's Rebel's Disappointed in Museveni VOA 13 Sep 2007 -- Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels say any attack on their base in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) would be an indication for them to abandon the peace talks and resume their insurgency in northern Uganda

News Reports

• U.S. develops 14-ton super bomb, bigger than Russian vacuum bomb RIA Novosti 13 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. has a 14-ton super bomb more destructive than the vacuum bomb just tested by Russia, a U.S. general said Wednesday.