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24 September 2008 Military News

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  • Seabees Answer the Call for Local Romanian Clinic Navy NewsStand 24 Sep 2008 -- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 walked through a dilapidated medical clinic in Sinoe to gather measurements, digital pictures, and schematic ideas Sept. 11 in advance of major repairs.
  • New Weather Agency facility sets gold standard AFPN 24 Sep 2008 -- The Air Force Weather Agency headquarters facility here recently became the first facility in the Air Force to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold rating by the U.S. Green Building Council.
  • Conference speakers say users' needs matter most AFPN 24 Sep 2008 -- Speakers at the sixth annual Network Centric Operations Conference held here Sept. 22 offered various perspectives on the pathways to achieving "net-centricity," but all agreed on the goal.
  • Airmen to deliver 10,000th MRAP to troops AFPN 24 Sep 2008 -- The 10,000th mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle is scheduled to be delivered to troops supporting Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom Sept. 25 by Air Mobility Command Airmen.
  • Recon Marines stay prepared in the sky USMC News 24 Sep 2008 -- A reconnaissance Marine's mission may sometimes require him to parachute from various types of aircraft
  • Combat casualties surviving at higher rate USMC News 24 Sep 2008 -- The ratio of casualties dying from combat wounds in the Long War, less than one in ten, is lower than that of recent 20th-century wars, including Operation Desert Storm, according to a recent comparison study.
  • CNO, USCG Commandant Address Global Maritime Senior Enlisted Symposium USMC News 24 Sep 2008 -- The second day of the Global Maritime Senior Enlisted Symposium, Sept. 23, featured remarks from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead and Commandant of the United States Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen.
  • USS Curts Departs Palau USMC News 24 Sep 2008 -- USS Curts (FFG 38) departed Koror Sept. 20 after a scheduled six-day port visit during her return homeward after a Western Pacific and Persian Gulf deployment with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.
  • Partnership with New Zealand emphasized at air conference AFPN 24 Sep 2008 -- Partnership between the United States and New Zealand militaries is vital to meeting the security challenges of the Pacific region, said the 13th Air Force commander at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Chief of Air Force Conference Sept. 23.
  • Future Combat Systems (FCS) Program Fires First Round From a Fully Automated Cannon Army News 24 Sep 2008 -- The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) Program successfully fired the first artillery projectile from the Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) Prototype Sept. 22 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz.,.
  • NMCB 4 Mechanics Tune-Up GTMO CESE Navy NewsStand 24 Sep 2008 -- There is always plenty of work for Seabees to do on deployment, and in the midst of it all, the construction mechanics of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are upgrading their civil engineering support equipment (CESE).

  • U.S. military experts discuss missile radar in Prague RIA Novosti 24 Sep 2008 -- U.S. military experts have started consultations in Prague on the deployment of a missile-defense radar in the Czech Republic, the Czech Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

  • Russia's Northern Fleet joins Russia-Belarus war games RIA Novosti 24 Sep 2008 -- Naval task groups from Russia's Northern Fleet have joined large-scale Russia-Belarus military exercises now in their third day, the fleet's press service said on Wednesday.
  • Russia could order aircraft carriers from Ukraine - MP RIA Novosti 24 Sep 2008 -- Moscow may offer Ukraine contracts to build aircraft carriers for the Russian Navy, a Russian MP told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
  • Russia sends missile frigate on long-range patrol mission RIA Novosti 24 Sep 2008 -- The Neustrashimy (Fearless) frigate from the Baltic Fleet left the main naval base in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad on Wednesday on an unspecified long-range patrol mission, a Navy spokesman said.

  • Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 24 Sep 2008

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  • Political Violence Said Rising In Zimbabwe Despite Political Accord VOA 24 Sep 2008 -- Political violence is on the rise again in Zimbabwe despite the signature less than two weeks ago of an agreement to establish a unity government in which power would be shared by the long-ruling ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe and the Movement for Democratic Change, now in majority in parliament, MDC officials said.
  • SADC Says Mbeki Remains Mediator for Zimbabwe Talks VOA 24 Sep 2008 -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) says South African President Thabo Mbeki will remain the mediator for talks on Zimbabwe's political crisis.
  • Taro Aso takes over as Japan's prime minister RIA Novosti 24 Sep 2008 -- Conservative former foreign minister Taro Aso became Japan's prime minister on Wednesday, after the ruling party outvoted the opposition in the divided parliament.



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