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27 August 2009 Military News

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  • Young Detainee Freed From Guantanamo to Sue US VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- A young Afghan who was detained without charge for more than six years at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba plans to sue the U.S. government.

  • Missile Defense Technology Moves from Testing to Fielding AFPS 27 Aug 2009 -- Boosted by a few strong years of testing successes, much of the United States’ missile defense technology that once was questioned is now ready to be fielded.
  • Most 'Fall Rollers' Won't See Orders Until October Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- Nearly 14,000 Sailors who have negotiated permanent change of station (PCS) moves for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 won't get a hard copy of their orders until after Oct. 1 as the Navy's current PCS funding account runs dry.
  • After Delivery, PCU New York Crew Looking Forward to Missions Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- Pre-Commissioning Unit New York hit another major milestone Friday. Northrop Grumman delivered the ship to the Navy during a ceremony at 9:11a.m. at Northrop Grumman Shipyard.
  • Nimitz Visits Japan, Reinforces Friendship, Cooperation in Region Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Sampson (DDG 102) arrived at Yokosuka Naval Base Aug. 24 for a scheduled port visit as part of their 2009 Western Pacific (WESTPAC) deployment.
  • USS Theodore Roosevelt Contract Awarded Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded a $2.4 billion contract on Aug. 26 to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding - Newport News for the Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
  • NEXCOM Holds Change of Command Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) held a change of command ceremony at the NEXCOM headquarters in Virginia Beach, Va. Aug. 21.
  • Pacific Commands Team to Build Future Engineering Force Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona partnered with other U.S. Navy Pacific commands to exhibit at the Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) conference Aug. 26-28 in Kauai, Hawaii.
  • Future Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Contract Awarded Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) announced Aug. 23 the award of a design/build contract to Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in the amount of $181 million for the completion of Phase II of the Future Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
  • Fisher Houses Demolition Opens Space for Larger Facilities Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- Demolition began last month to pave way for construction of three new Fisher Houses at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC).
  • 1000th Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Delivered Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- The 1,000th Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) (RIM 163) was delivered by Raytheon Missile Systems to the navies of the NATO Sea Sparrow consortium Aug. 25 during a ceremony held at Raytheon's Weapon Integration Center in Camden, Ark.
  • Orders Negotiation Window Shrinking; Sailor Involvement Key Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- Under NAVADMIN 249/09, Sailors can expect a shortened orders-negotiation window beginning this fall.
  • T-45 Pilots Make First Carrier Landings on Truman Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) recently got underway conducting training carrier qualifications for 40 student pilots, who are making their first landings on an aircraft carrier.
  • Zone B PTS Results to be Released Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- Commands of the first group of Zone B Sailors selected for retention through Perform-to-Serve (PTS) will receive results by Aug. 28.
  • SECNAV Visits Joint Region Marianas Navy NewsStand 27 Aug 2009 -- The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) visited Guam Aug. 23-24 for the first time since becoming the nation's 75th SECNAV.
  • Green Flag provides Italian air force new insight on close air support AFNS 27 Aug 2009 -- Italian airmen sharpened their close-air-support skills in realistic combat conditions here during their first-ever exercise appearance at Green Flag West Aug. 9 through 20.
  • AMC wing hits high marks for nuclear surety AFNS 27 Aug 2009 -- Air Mobility Command Airmen showed strong support for "reinvigorating the Air Force nuclear enterprise" through a command-level no-notice inspection recently.
  • Leaders to Draw From Defense Board’s NSPS Review AFPS 27 Aug 2009 -- Senior defense leaders will use a recently issued report on the National Security Personnel System when they decide what to do with the civilian personnel system this fall, a Pentagon official said here today.
  • Chairman Cites Urgent Need for Brain Injury Treatments AFPS 27 Aug 2009 -- Time is of the essence when it comes to finding better treatments for traumatic brain injuries, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday at the 6th Annual World Congress for Brain Mapping and Image Guided Therapy.
  • Dragons defend with fire and steel Army News 27 Aug 2009
  • Raider Focus solidifies 'advise and assist' mission Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- The sky is still dark as Soldiers from 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team roll up on the Metz Military Operations in Urban Terrain site on Fort Stewart, Aug. 15
  • China Mile preps 3/15 Infantry Regiment for any mission Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- During this era of persistent conflict, Soldier deployments to the Iraqi desert and the mountainous regions of Afghanistan are ever constant
  • Third Army breaks ground on new headquarters Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- Third Army/U.S. Army Central began a historic step in its move from Fort McPherson to Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C., as leaders from the 20th Fighter Wing, the 9th Air Force, the CIty of Sumter and Third Army broke ground for the unit's new command and control complex Aug. 17
  • Patrol caps limited to field environments Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- The headgear for garrison operations is the black beret. The headgear for training environments is the patrol cap
  • Testing Community Enters New Era Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- Two Army organizations - each known for their long history of technical expertise, customer service and war fighter support - officially merged to become the Redstone Test Center in a ceremony Thursday that brought together the best the Army has to offer in testing and evaluation capabilities
  • Soldiers try to maintain 'cool' during Battle Lab experiment Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- The Army is looking at ways to keep Soldiers cooler in the desert and reduce the number of heat-related illnesses within the ranks
  • Last of Large-Scale BRAC Footprint Becomes Reality Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- It's official - ground has been broken for the last of the large-scale, BRAC-related construction projects coming to Redstone Arsenal
  • Traffic devices at Lawson to have 'minimal' impact Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- Flashing traffic control devices have been installed at three locations near the intersection of Sunshine and Sightseeing roads to ensure an unobstructed radar signal to aircraft approaching Lawson Army Airfield from the south during inclement weather, the airfield division chief said this week
  • 228th CSH trains for combat support during exercise Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- Military trucks carrying Soldiers with various mock combat injuries such as gunshot wounds, impalements, arm wounds, head wounds, back injuries, and chest injuries stopped in front of the 228th Combat Support Hospital for treatment
  • Special Delivery: Logisiticans complete huge fuselage move Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- A 5,000-mile sea and land odyssey that began at an Orange County, Calif., testing facility came to an end Saturday at Fort Lee.
  • CASCOM improves on collecting 'Lessons Learned' Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- In order to meet the training needs of an evolving force, the Lessons Learned Integration Team never stops looking for ways to collect better data from the operational Army.
  • Campaign plan a roadmap for the future Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- Some six months ago, the senior leaders on post put their heads together to outline all of the things we do here on Fort Jackson and figure out the best way to plot our course into the future.
  • ADA Troopers sharpen warfighting skills Army News 27 Aug 2009 -- Although typically known for shooting down enemy aircraft or rockets, air-defense artillerymen recently took time to focus on other facets of their war-fighting skills, firing machine guns
  • Air evacuation liaison team's battle buddies wear Army green AFNS 27 Aug 2009 -- Airmen with an Air Mobility Command air evacuation liaison team and Soldiers from Army patient administration staff trained with each other during Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 at Folk Polk, La., through Aug. 25. Their goal: prepare for Middle East deployments.
  • Osan AB's airfield damage repair team train with South Korean air force AFNS 27 Aug 2009 -- Airmen of the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron airfield damage repair team here participated in a combined-rapid-runway-repair-training exercise with the South Korean air force's 19th Tactical Fighter Wing and 91st Air Civil Engineer Group Aug.19 at Jungwon Air Base, South Korea.
  • Center Works With Warfighters to Assess Systems AFPS 27 Aug 2009 -- U.S. Joint Forces Command officials called on warfighters to help in evaluating the effectiveness of the command’s high-technology systems and to offer suggestions for improvements.
  • Proposed Leave Rule Would Provide for Warrior Care AFPS 27 Aug 2009 -- Defense Department federal employees could receive up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a military family member injured in the line of duty if an Office of Personnel Management proposal is adopted.
  • New GI Bill Will Heighten Professional Work Force AFPS 27 Aug 2009 -- More college-educated professionals will enter the next generation’s professional work force as a result of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said this week at the American Legion’s 91st National Convention in Louisville, Ky.

  • Experts doubt Russian military has moved Bulava production RIA Novosti 27 Aug 2009 -- Russia cannot assign production of Bulava ballistic missiles to another manufacturer because there is only one plant in the country that makes solid-fuel ballistic missiles, Russian experts have said.

  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 27 Aug 2009
  • Press Briefing By Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton, 8/27/2009 The White House 27 Aug 2009

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

  • AU to Hold October Summit on Refugees and Displaced VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- Conflict and natural disasters have created many internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees in Africa. In October, the African Union will hold a summit in Uganda on developing a unified policy to deal with humanitarian crises – something called the Kampala Convention.
  • Security Council extends mandate of UN force in southern Lebanon UN News Centre 27 Aug 2009 -- The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for an extra year as it commended its role, in concert with the national armed forces, in creating a new strategic environment in the south of the country.
  • Darfur: Senegalese police unit joins African Union-UN peacekeeping force UN News Centre 27 Aug 2009 -- A contingent of police officers from Senegal arrived in Darfur today, adding to the strength of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force tasked with protecting civilians and ensuring access for humanitarian workers in the strife-torn Sudanese region.
  • Fighting Displaces Civilians in Central African Republic VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- Ugandan troops are fighting alongside soldiers from the Central African Republic against the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, which has crossed into the Central African Republic from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Ugandan Rebel Group Motives Unclear as Terror Campaign Expands VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- The Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army is increasingly venturing out from its new base in the Democratic Republic of Congo into neighboring South Sudan and the Central African Republic, expanding what was already a transnational conflict.
  • YEMEN: IDP camp situation worsens IRIN 27 Aug 2009 -- The humanitarian situation in IDP (internally displaced persons) camps in war-ravaged Saada and neighbouring governorates in northern Yemen is worsening due to a lack of basic services - water, sanitation and food - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Ann Veneman said in a statement on 24 August.
  • YEMEN: Upcoming flash appeal to tackle IDP problem IRIN 27 Aug 2009 -- The UN and international aid organizations are calling for more help to tackle the worsening humanitarian crisis in northern Yemen as a result of clashes between government forces and a Shia rebel group.
  • SOMALIA: Cut off by insecurity, IDPs in Jowhar run out of food IRIN 27 Aug 2009 -- Two months after food deliveries to Somalia's south-central town of Jowhar were halted, several thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs) are facing a food crisis, sources said.
  • Ingushetia Bombing Claimed By Rebels' Spiritual Leader RFE/RL 27 Aug 2009 -- The website of the North Caucasus insurgency says the suicide bombing of the police department in Nazran, Ingushetia, on August 17 was carried out by Said Abu Saad al-Buryati, RFE/RL's North Caucasian Service reports
  • Israel ready for 9-month freeze on outpost expansion - paper RIA Novosti 27 Aug 2009 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered a nine-month moratorium on Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank, a government source told Haaretz.
  • Russia denies boosting Caucasus antiterrorism forces RIA Novosti 27 Aug 2009 -- Russia's Defense Ministry denied on Thursday media reports alleging that 3,800 troops would be redeployed from the Moscow Region to the Caucasus to bolster antiterrorism efforts.
  • Peacekeeping Chief: Darfur No Longer at War VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- The outgoing commander of international peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region says the area no longer is in a state of war.
  • Thousands of Burmese Refugees Flee to China VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- Thousands of Burmese civilians have crossed the border into China recently, fleeing fighting between Burmese troops and rebels in Burma's eastern state of Shan.

News Reports

  • Swine Flu Death Toll Highest in Brazil, 557 VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- Brazil's health ministry says the country has the world's highest swine flu death toll.
  • H1N1 virus found in turkeys poses no threat to human health, says UN agency UN News Centre 27 Aug 2009 -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today that the detection of the H1N1 flu in turkeys in Chile does raise concerns about the spread of the virus in other poultry farms, but added that it does not pose any immediate threat to human health.

  • South Korea Presses North for More Reunions VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- South Korea is urging North Korea to allow reunions of families that have been separated for half a century to be held on a regular basis.

  • S. African President to Again Join Zimbabwe Political Talks VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- South African President Jacob Zuma is making a visit to Zimbabwe to try to unblock outstanding issues of the political agreement that led to a power-sharing government between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. He will again join talks with Zimbabwe's leaders.

  • Iraqi Shi'ite Leader's Death Leaves Political Vacuum RFE/RL 27 Aug 2009 -- Crowds of mourners gathered at the Iraqi Embassy in Tehran at a ceremony for an influential Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim leader who died from lung cancer on August 26. Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim's body will be transferred for burial to his native city in Iraq, the holy city of Najaf.
  • Iraq must step up oversight of its resources, Security Council says UN News Centre 27 Aug 2009 -- The Security Council believes the Iraqi Government must take greater responsibility for the management of its own resources, the head of the United Nations body said today.

  • Iran's Supreme Leader Says No Foreign Link To Leaders Of Unrest RFE/RL 27 Aug 2009 -- Iran's supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has played down hard-line accusations that the leaders of the huge opposition protests that followed the disputed presidential election in June were working for foreign powers.

  • NASA Prepares for Friday Shuttle Launch VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- The U.S. space agency NASA is preparing to launch the space shuttle Discovery Friday, after two other attempts this week were postponed.

  • Paris-based Group Says Accused Somali Pirates Denied Rights VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- A Paris-based legal aid network, Lawyers of the World, says agreements signed by the United States, Britain, the European Union, and Denmark to transfer suspected Somali pirates to Kenya for trial violate the human rights of the suspects.

  • US Prepares Further Sanctions Against Honduras Coup Leaders VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- The State Department signaled Thursday the Obama administration is ready to take tougher action against the defacto leadership in Honduras because of the political impasse over President Manuel Zelaya's ouster in June.

  • Taiwan approves Dalai Lama visit CNA 27 Aug 2009 -- President Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday that his administration has approved a visit to Taiwan by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to console and pray for the victims of Typhoon Morakot
  • Foreign ministry to help facilitate Dalai Lama's visit CNA 27 Aug 2009 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) will render whatever assistance is needed to facilitate a visit to Taiwan by the Dalai Lama, a MOFA official in charge of consular affairs said Thursday
  • MAC welcomes Dalai Lama's upcoming visit CNA 27 Aug 2009 -- The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, is welcome to visit Taiwan, as his visit will provide spiritual support for survivors of the devastating Typhoon Morakot, a Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official said Thursday
  • China furious over Dalai Lama's planned visit to Taiwan RIA Novosti 27 Aug 2009 -- China has criticized Taiwan's decision to invite the Dalai Lama, accusing the Tibetan spiritual leader of seeking to damage the republic's relations with Beijing.
  • Dalai Lama May Visit Typhoon Victims in Taiwan VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- President Ma Ying-jeou says he will allow the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan next week, bowing to political pressure from municipal leaders in the typhoon-ravaged south. The Tibetan spiritual leader is expected to visit victims of Typhoon Morakot next week.
  • Leonardo supply module, built by Thales Alenia Space, to be launched with STS-128 space shuttle Discovery mission Thales 27 Aug 2009 -- Leonardo, the Multi-Purpose Pressurized Logistics Modules (MPLM) developed by Thales Alenia Space, will be launched tomorrow with the space shuttle Discovery (STS-128 mission) to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Kennedy Space Center.



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