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07 November 2009 Military News

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Current Operations

  • Nov. 6 airpower summary AFNS 07 Nov 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 6 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

  • Estonia rotates troops in Afghanistan RIA Novosti 07 Nov 2009 -- Estonia has sent fresh troops to Afghanistan as part of a regular rotation of its peacekeeping contingent in the south of the war-torn Central Asian country, the Estonian Defense Ministry has said.
  • Afghanistan: NATO Strike Kills 7 Afghan Security Members VOA 07 Nov 2009 -- The Afghan government says a NATO air strike has mistakenly killed seven members of the Afghan security forces in Badghis province.
  • Afghanistan Rejects UN Criticism of Karzai VOA 07 Nov 2009 -- Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry has rejected comments from the top U.N. official in the country warning President Hamid Karzai to combat corruption or risk losing international support.

  • Pakistan Army: 12 Militants Killed in Recent Fighting VOA 07 Nov 2009 -- Pakistan's military says soldiers killed 12 militants in recent operations targeting Taliban insurgents in South Waziristan.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • Obama Praises Those Who Ended Fort Hood Rampage VOA 07 Nov 2009 -- U.S. President Barack Obama is praising the heroism of the people who ended Thursday's shooting spree at an Army post in Texas. The president is promising a thorough investigation of the violence, which left 13 people dead and 30 others wounded.
  • Obama Praises Fort Hood Responders in Weekly Address AFPS 07 Nov 2009 -- President Barack Obama expressed his sorrow over the tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas, and praised the soldiers and civilians who responded to aid the wounded in his weekly address to the nation today.

  • McHugh, Casey, entire Army family stand with Fort Hood after unthinkable tragedy Army News 07 Nov 2009 -- After a moment of silence for those killed in the shootings Nov. 5, at Fort Hood, Texas, Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh and Chief of Staff of the Army George W. Casey Jr. addressed Soldiers, family members and the press.
  • Blue Ridge Delivers Goodwill to Vietnam Navy NewsStand 07 Nov 2009 -- USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet Sailors delivered medical and hygiene supplies, sewing materials, school supplies and toys to residents in Da Nang, Vietnam, as part of Project Handclasp Nov. 7 during a scheduled port visit.
  • Ike Helps Rescue Three Distressed Mariners Navy NewsStand 07 Nov 2009 -- The Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) responded to a distress signal from a civilian vessel in the early morning of Nov. 7, resulting in the rescue of three Canadian civilian mariners from an overturned sailboat, approximately 300 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
  • Navy Commissions USS New York in Big Apple Navy NewsStand 07 Nov 2009 -- USS New York (LPD 21), the fifth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, was commissioned here Nov. 7 in a ceremony held in the shadow of the city for which it is named.
  • Fitzgerald Arrives in Hong Kong Navy NewsStand 07 Nov 2009 -- The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) arrived in Hong Kong on the morning of Nov. 7 for a scheduled port visit.
  • Lassen Visits Vietnam in Storybook Return of Its Commander Navy NewsStand 07 Nov 2009 -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), commanded by a man who as a boy sought escape from those once war-torn Vietnamese homeland waters, arrived in Da Nang, Vietnam Nov. 7, for a scheduled port visit.
  • Chief of Staff addresses key mobility, Air Force issues at conference AFNS 07 Nov 2009 -- Gen. Norton Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, recently attended the 41st Airlift Tanker Association conference where he addressed a gathering of more than 4,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian Airmen.
  • USS New York Receives Official Commission AFPS 07 Nov 2009 -- A new Navy ship named in honor of the courage displayed by New York City’s residents during and after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks received its official commission today.
  • R.O.K. and U.S. Marines Strike by land, air and sea: 31st MEU completes KITP ‘10 USMC News 07 Nov 2009 -- Training with allied forces on foreign terrain introduces new obstacles and allows for the development of new war-fighting tactics, or the honing of existing doctrine specific to a region

  • Crew of crashed Russian Tu-142 did not use life raft - source RIA Novosti 07 Nov 2009 -- There is no indication that the crew of a Russian military Tu-142 plane that crashed late on Friday made use of emergency equipment, a highly-placed Air Force source told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
  • Russia's Pacific Fleet suspends flights of its naval planes RIA Novosti 07 Nov 2009 -- The Russian Pacific Fleet suspended on Saturday all flights of its naval aviation following the crash of a Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance plane in Russia's Far East, the fleet spokesman said.
  • Eleven people missing in Russian military plane crash RIA Novosti 07 Nov 2009 -- There were 11 people on board the Pacific Fleet's Tu-142 plane that has crashed off Russia's Pacific coast, an Air Force source in the Far Eastern Military District said on Saturday.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

  • Japan clarifies warning to Taiwan ship in disputed waters CNA 07 Nov 2009 -- The Interchange Association (ICA), Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan, explained Saturday that Japanese authorities did not attempt to drive away a Taiwanese research vessel from the disputed waters close to the Tiaoyutai islands, but rather issued a warning to the ship

  • Prosecutor to ask International Criminal Court to probe Kenyan violence UN News Centre 07 Nov 2009 -- The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced that he will ask the tribunal to open an investigation into the deadly post-election violence in Kenya in December 2007 and January 2008.
  • ICC Prosecutor Promises Speed in Kenya Proceedings VOA 07 Nov 2009 -- The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, ended a crucial visit to Kenya Saturday detailing his plan to speedily investigate and then prosecute the top suspects of the nation's post-election violence. The prosecutor wants to name those to be charged before the campaign season begins for the 2012 elections.

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