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• June 27 airpower summary: F-15s destroy enemy forces AFPN 28 Jun 2008
• New Envoy Calls For Revival Of Pakistan-Afghan Peace Councils RFE/RL 28 Jun 2008 -- The government of Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP) recently appointed veteran Pashtun politician and human rights activist Afrasiab Khattak as its peace envoy
• Pakistan Launches Military Operation Against Taliban RFE/RL 28 Jun 2008 -- Pakistani forces have launched a military operation against Taliban militants near the northwestern city of Peshawar.
• UN relief chief meets with tribal elders and provincial officials in Afghanistan UN News Centre 28 Jun 2008 -- The United Nations relief chief today met with local officials and tribal elders in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan on the third day of his visit to assess the humanitarian situation in the impoverished and strife-torn country.
• Pakistan Army Moves Against Pro-Taliban Militants VOA 28 Jun 2008 -- Security forces in Pakistan have begun an operation against pro-Taliban militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan and serving as a major route for trade and supplies to U.S-led foreign forces based there

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• Reservists train first responders during two-week training requirement USMC News 28 Jun 2008 -- Marines and sailors from Combat Logistics Company West worked long hours at the Combat Center for a week to train as first responders June 13- 28.
• Combined Medical Team Makes History Aboard Mercy Navy NewsStand 28 Jun 2008 -- For the first time in 32 years, the Vietnamese government allowed its citizens to board a U.S. military vessel, June 20.
• Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 Prepares For Joint Logistics Exercise Navy NewsStand 28 Jun 2008 -- Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1 Seabees established a Life Support Area (LSA) June 24 at Camp Pendleton, as part of a joint task force exercise that ends in August 2008.
• SWFPAC Holds Change of Command Ceremony Navy NewsStand 28 Jun 2008 -- More than 400 family members, friends, guests and staff of Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC) gathered outside SWFPAC headquarters at Naval Base Kitsap during a traditional change of command ceremony June 27.
• In-Port Emergency Team Prepares for Crew to Move Aboard Navy NewsStand 28 Jun 2008 -- The Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) George H.W. Bush's (CVN 77) In-port Emergency Team (IET) practiced every Tuesday and Thursday for the past month to prepare for any emergencies the crew might encounter when they officially move aboard the ship later this summer.
• U.S. Naval Activities Spain, Naval Station Rota, Welcomes New Commanding Officer Navy NewsStand 28 Jun 2008 -- U.S. Naval Activities Spain and Naval Station Rota received a new commander during a change of command ceremony, June 27.
• Blue Ridge Completes INSURV Navy NewsStand 28 Jun 2008 -- USS Blue Ridge (LCC19) successfully compeleted the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) June 25, marking the end of a three-day inspection of the ship's spaces and equipment.
• Russia's Putin warns Ukraine over plans to join NATO RIA Novosti 28 Jun 2008 -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine over its plans to join NATO and said Russia would transfer its space and hi-tech facilities to domestic soil, if the ex-Soviet republic enters the alliance.

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