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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Mar 2009 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldier death
• DoD News: DoD Announces Iraq Unit Rotations DoD 02 Mar 2009 -- The Department of Defense announced today that 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based in Ft. Lewis, Wash., will deploy in the fall of 2009 to support Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Mar. 1 airpower summary: MQ-9 targets enemy with missiles AFNS 02 Mar 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Mar. 1, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Unmanned aerial system fires weapons in combat; proves capabilities, makes history MNF-I 02 Mar 2009 -- A team of Soldiers from Alpha Troop, , 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, made history Feb. 23 when the unmanned aerial vehicle they were operating became the first armed Warrior Alpha unmanned aerial system to fire missiles in combat
• Dagger Brigade gains Stryker Soldiers, more ground Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- No sooner than the troopers of the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment said goodbye to the 2nd Heavy "Dagger" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, did Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment arrive and begin combat operations as an attached unit to the Dagger Brigade.
• Keystone state Soldiers settle into mission Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- Several days into the official start of his unit's mission in Iraq, the commander of an Army National Guard battalion from central Pennsylvania says a partnership is already being developed between his Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces.
• Black Dragons on the move Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- After providing base security just north of Baghdad, then training a new Iraqi Army brigade in southern Iraq, the 'Black Dragons' of the 4thBrigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, were once again on the move.
• DoD News: DoD Announces Units For Next Afghanistan Rotation DoD 02 Mar 2009 -- The Department of Defense announced today major units scheduled to deploy as part of the next rotation operating in Afghanistan
• Officials Announce Upcoming Iraq, Afghanistan Deployments AFPS 02 Mar 2009 -- Defense Department officials today announced replacement units scheduled for 12-month deployments later this year to Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Airmen deliver 1 million pounds of supplies in 42 days AFNS 02 Mar 2009 -- The 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron dropped 1 millionth pound of equipment over Afghanistan.
• UN Says April Afghan Elections Nearly Impossible VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- A senior United Nations official said it will be very difficult for Afghanistan to hold credible elections earlier than July.
• Rescue crews join search for missing NFL players, boaters AFNS 02 Mar 2009 -- USAF Reserve Rescue crew from the 920th Rescue Wing took off to join the Coast Guard in a search for 4 missing boaters.
• Coast Guard Rescues Missing Boater, Continues Search for Three Others AFPS 02 Mar 2009 -- The Coast Guard rescued a boater whose vessel capsized in the Gulf of Mexico.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Guard, Reserve Soldiers train at Joint Multinational Readiness Center for Kosovo mission Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- Just three months after returning to the United States from a 15-month tour in Iraq with the 29th Infantry Division, Spc. Sean Evans of the California Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 185th Armor jumped at the opportunity to deploy again.
• Joint Multinational Readiness Center team takes Hohenfels training area to Fort Bragg Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- The Joint Multinational Readiness Center's Operations Group is taking on the largest mission and most complex road trip in its history.
• Army Materiel Command CG visits with Soldiers and civilians of 12th CAB Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- The commanding generals of the U.S. Army Materiel Command and U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, along with their senior enlisted staff members, visited the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade at Katterbach Army Airfield here, Feb. 25.
• Preble Visits Fukuoka, Fosters Relationship Navy NewsStand 02 Mar 2009 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) arrived in Fukuoka, Japan, Feb. 27 for a scheduled port visit.
• Submarine Group Trident Hosts 1000th Patrol Ceremony in Bangor Navy NewsStand 02 Mar 2009 -- Commander Submarine Group Trident hosted a ceremony Feb. 26, at Naval Base Kitsap in Bangor, Wash.,
  commemorating the 1000th strategic deterrent patrol conducted by an Ohio-class fleet ballistic missile submarine (SSBN).
• VR-54 Hosts Change of Command Navy NewsStand 02 Mar 2009 -- Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 54 (VR-54), hosted a change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS JRB) New Orleans Feb. 28.
• CSTO to establish regional military integration systems RIA Novosti 02 Mar 2009 -- The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) plans to establish several different types of regional integration military systems, the post-Soviet security grouping's general secretary said Monday.
• Guard Ends New Orleans Mission, Focuses on Wildfires, Snow AFPS 02 Mar 2009 -- As the Louisiana National Guard wrapped up its “precedent-setting” law enforcement mission in New Orleans yesterday, the Texas National Guard dispatched helicopters to combat wildfires torching Central Texas.
• Gates: U.S. Military Could Help Mexico Fight Drug Cartels AFPS 02 Mar 2009 -- The United States could increase its military support to help Mexico fight drug cartels that pose an increasingly alarming security risk, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday.
• Exercise Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield '09 a Navy Success Navy NewsStand 02 Mar 2009 -- US Fleet Forces Command completed Exercise Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield '09 Feb. 27.
• Editorial: Army taking measures to improve property accountability Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- Since 9/11, our Army has been in a continuous cycle of deployment, redeployment and reset operations. We've had, and continue to have, a lot of property in motion
• 6-6 Cavalry support troops keep aircraft flying high Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- BWhen most people think of Army aviation, they picture pilots and helicopters flying the skies, transporting supplies and people, medically evacuating wounded troops, or providing close air support and overwatch security to ground forces
• U.S. and Australia establish project agreement for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program at AUSA Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- As part of the Army and Marine Corps' Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Australian Department of Defence have entered into a Land Force Capability Modernization (LFCM) Project Arrangement (PA) for JLTV.
• Iron Brigade Soldiers reduce stress by staying active, using Army programs Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- Deployment is never easy, especially a fifteen-month deployment where Soldiers face the possibility of missing the same holiday twice away from their loved ones.
• AKO/DKO exceeds million logins in single day Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- Army Knowledge Online/Defense Knowledge Online has reached a major milestone, recording more than one million logins during a single day last week.
• Obama 'ready to drop shield plans for Russian help on Iran' RIA Novosti 02 Mar 2009 -- Washington has told Moscow that Russian help in resolving Iran's nuclear program would make its missile shield plans for Europe unnecessary, a Russian daily said on Monday, citing White House sources.
• Estonia hosts NATO logistics exercise RIA Novosti 02 Mar 2009 -- Estonia will host on March 2-5 a NATO exercise aimed at coordinating logistical support for alliance's troops in a potential crisis situation, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• German defense minister to visit Russia for political talks IRNA 02 Mar 2009 -- German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung is to head for Moscow Tuesday for political talks for the first time since last summer's war in Georgia.
• Norwegian vessel to join EU anti-piracy operation in August RIA Novosti 02 Mar 2009 -- Norway will send a warship to join the European Union's anti-piracy operation off the Somali coast in August, Norwegian radio announced on Monday.
• Russia completing rotation of Sudan helicopter unit - Air Force RIA Novosti 02 Mar 2009 -- The second and final group of service personnel from Russia's aviation group will head for Sudan on Monday as part of a UN operation in the region, an Air Force spokesman said.
• Russia plans to rotate warships off Somali coast - Navy RIA Novosti 02 Mar 2009 -- The Admiral Panteleyev destroyer will replace the Admiral Vinogradov destroyer on an anti-piracy mission off the Somali coast, a spokesman for Russia's Pacific Fleet said on Monday.
• Daily Press Briefing 02 Mar 2009
• Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 3/2/09 The White House 02 Mar 2009

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for March 02, 2009
• CACI Awarded Task Order Valued at $40 Million to Support U.S. Army Forward Looking Infrared Systems CACI 02 Mar 2009 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced today that it has been awarded a new task order, totaling an estimated $40 million in value, under the U.S. Army's Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract vehicle.
• The Japanese Ministry of Defence signs for 2 Eurocopter EC135 Training Helicopters EADS 02 Mar 2009 -- The Japanese Ministry of Defence signed a contract for 2 EC135 helicopters with Euroheli (Eurocopter’s distributor in Japan) on 26/02/2009.
• Boeing Insitu ScanEagle UAS Completes Sea Trials With Singapore Navy Boeing 02 Mar 2009 -- ScanEagle, a long-endurance, fully autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and subsidiary Insitu, today successfully completed a ship-based trial with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).
• ATK and NASA Team Complete Successful Ares I Parachute Drop Test ATK 02 Mar 2009 -- Alliant Techsystems , the prime contractor for the first stage of the Ares I launch vehicle, along with NASA, the U.S. Army, and the United Space Alliance (USA), successfully conducted the second in a series of four Ares I drogue parachute drop tests.
• Northrop Grumman Delivers Payload Module Ahead of Schedule for Third Advanced EHF Military Communications Satellite Northrop Grumman 02 Mar 2009 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered the payload module for the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite on Feb. 27, marking three consecutive early deliveries by the company for the sophisticated flight hardware and software.
• Raytheon Completes Testing of Advanced Missile Warning Sensor Raytheon 02 Mar 2009 -- Raytheon Company has completed performance testing of an infrared missile warning sensor that monitors an entire hemisphere from a single telescope.
• Russia to earmark $220 mln to bail out defense firms RIA Novosti 02 Mar 2009 -- The Russian government will provide 7.9 billion rubles ($220 million) in financial assistance to defense companies to prevent them from going bankrupt, a deputy prime minister said on Monday.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 02 Mar 2009
• Hillary Clinton Begins First Foray Into Israel-Palestinian Conflict VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- Hillary Clinton has arrived in Israel, beginning her first foray into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the new U.S. secretary of state.
• Durable peace must be foundation for rebuilding Gaza, Ban tells donors meeting UN News Centre 02 Mar 2009 -- Secretary-General Ban stressing once again the importance of a durable ceasefire and a comprehensive peace deal.
• Donor's Pledge $4.48 Billion in New Gaza Aid VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- Representatives from donor nations meeting in Egypt have pledged more than $4.4 billion in new aid to help rebuild the war-torn Gaza Strip after the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas.
• Report: Israeli Plans Could Double West Bank Settlers VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- An anti-settlement Israeli group says Israel's Housing Ministry has plans that would nearly double the number of settlers in the West Bank.
• International donors pledge over $5 bln for Gaza reconstruction RIA Novosti 02 Mar 2009 -- International donors have pledged $5.2 billion to help rebuild the Gaza Strip, Egypt's foreign minister said on Monday.
• DRC-RWANDA: War against rebels "not over, despite troop withdrawal" IRIN 02 Mar 2009 -- The war against the rebel Forces démocratique pour la libération de Rwanda (FDLR), based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was not over, despite last week's withdrawal of Rwandan troops from the Congo's North Kivu province, officials said.
• Congolese Worry about Possible Fresh Rebel Insurgency VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- Residents of Congo's North Kivu province are expressing fear thatpressure on Kinshasa will force a former rebel leader to begin fresh fighting.
• Rwandan Soldiers Leave Eastern Congo, Militia Threat Remains VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- Rwandan soldiers have withdrawn from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but the fight against the Rwandan Hutu militia they were targeting is far from over.
• Peacekeepers will stay in Darfur even if Sudanese President indicted - UN official UN News Centre 02 Mar 2009 -- Chief of UN peacekeeping operations: Joint UN-AU mission in Darfur will continue its patrols protecting the local population.
• Darfur: joint UN, African envoy meets with local authorities on security UN News Centre 02 Mar 2009 -- UN/AU Darfur envoy travelled to Nyala, South Darfur, and El Geneina, West Darfur, to discuss security problems with local authorities.
• Belgium takes helm of coast flotilla for UN force in Lebanon UN News Centre 02 Mar 2009 -- Belgium took command of UN peacekeeping’s first-ever maritime task force deployed off the coast of Lebanon.

News Reports

• Guinea-Bissau President Assassinated VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- Military leaders in Guinea-Bissau said they will respect constitutional order after mutinous soldiers killed President Joao Bernardo Vieira early Monday.
• GUINEA-BISSAU: Assassination severe blow to civilian power IRIN 02 Mar 2009 -- The assassination of President João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau, hours after the killing of the country’s army chief of staff, has dealt a severe blow to efforts at stable, civilian government in the coup-wracked country, according to analysts.
• GUINEA-BISSAU: Key political events IRIN 02 Mar 2009
• Bangladesh Holds Mass Military Funeral for Army Officers Slain by Mutineers VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- Bangladesh's army has held a mass funeral to bury officers slain in last week's mutiny by paramilitary troops. The United States is expected to assist Bangladesh in probing the massacre while the military begins a manhunt for more than 1,000 suspects.
• OPT: Gaza solid waste management in dire straits IRIN 02 Mar 2009 -- The lack of technical means to transport and process solid waste in Gaza is posing a severe risk to people’s health in the enclave, experts say.
• Former Somali Ministers to Hand Over Power Officially to New Ministers VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- A Somali minister under the former Transitional Federal Government hand over official documents to President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's unity government.
• ASIA: Regional approach to Rohingya boat people IRIN 02 Mar 2009 -- Southeast Asian leaders have agreed to use the regional mechanism, known as the "Bali process", to try to solve the problem of the minority Muslim Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar.
• Zimbabwe Frees Prominent Activist VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- Zimbabwean authorities have freed human rights activist Jestina Mukoko after a court ordered her release.
• Tinashe Moyo, The Zimbabwe dollar is not only worthless but unavailable IRIN 02 Mar 2009 -- HARARE, The government's sanctioning of foreign currency for everyday use in Zimbabwe has collapsed the once flourishing - and illegal - currency dealing industry.
• Raul Castro Replaces Cuban Foreign Minister, Cabinet Chief VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- President Raul Castro reassigned several top government ministers, in first shakeup since he took office last year.