14 November 2009 Military News

Report: US Troop Morale Down in Afghanistan VOA 14 Nov 2009 -- A U.S. military survey says morale among American troops in Afghanistan has dropped sharply because of increased fighting and multiple deployments.

Bomb Blast Kills 11 in Pakistani City of Peshawar VOA 14 Nov 2009 -- Pakistani police say a suicide car bombing killed at least 11 people, including three children, in the latest attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

Obama Orders Review of Fort Hood Prelude AFPS 14 Nov 2009 -- President Barack Obama used his weekly address today to call for a careful and complete review of what happened before the Nov. 5 tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas.
Obama Calls for Thorough Investigation of Fort Hood Shooting VOA 14 Nov 2009 -- U.S. President Barack Obama has called for a thorough investigation of the steps leading to last week's tragic shooting on a Texas army base.

Essex rejoins PHIBRON 11 and 31st MEU during Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Led Exercise USMC News 14 Nov 2009 -- In a display of flexibility, coordination and efficiency, more than 1100 Marines, sailors, and assets assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, (MEU) embarked aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and the forward-deployed dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) at White Beach Naval Facility during an in-port reconfiguration, Nov. 9-11

Retiring Sri Lankan Gen. Contends Gov. Politicians Planted Coup Rumors VOA 14 Nov 2009 -- Sri Lanka's president Friday gave the country's top military figure permission to leave his post immediately, a day after the army general submitted retirement papers to his commander-in-chief.

Medvedev orders checks of Russian arms depots after fatal fire RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2009 -- Russian President Dmitry Medevedev issued an order on Saturday for the country's weapons depots to undergo safety checks, after a fire that killed two people and injured many others.
Two servicemen found dead at blast-hit Russian arms depot RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2009 -- The bodies of two servicemen have been found at a naval weapons depot in the Russian Volga city of Ulyanovsk which burst into flames on Friday night, the Defense Ministry said.
Ulyanovsk governor orders urgent repairs after depot blast RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2009 -- Urgent work is needed to repair damaged social infrastructure near a military depot in central Russia that blew up on Friday night, the Ulyanovsk governor has said.
Search for Tu-142 wreckage suspended over bad weather RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2009 -- A search for the wreckage of a Russian military Tu-142 plane that crashed last Friday to the surface in the Tatar Strait, was suspended due to bad weather, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Saturday.
Fire at Volga area military depot put out RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2009 -- The fire at a military depot in the Volga area city of Ulianovsk has been put out, a spokeswoman for the regional emergencies service said on Saturday.

Northrop Grumman Hosts Keel Laying Ceremony for the First Ship in the Next Generation of Aircraft Carriers, Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Northrop Grumman 14 Nov 2009 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Shipbuilding sector hosted a keel laying ceremony today for the next generation aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), in Newport News, Va.

Turkey offers to store uranium for Iran RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2009 -- Turkey has said it would be willing to store enriched uranium for use in Iranian atomic power plants, to ease international concerns over Iran's nuclear program.

Obama Lays Out America’s Asia-Pacific Agenda AFPS 14 Nov 2009 -- The United States is a Pacific nation, and America wants to strengthen alliances and understandings in the region, President Barack Obama said in Tokyo today.
Obama Says U.S. Will Play Greater Role In Asia RFE/RL 14 Nov 2009 -- U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged greater U.S. engagement in Asia in a major speech today in Tokyo
Obama Calls for New Era in Trans-Pacific Relations VOA 14 Nov 2009 -- U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for a new era in trans-Pacific relations. In a speech in Tokyo, the president said America is determined to partner with Asia to meet the global challenges of today.
World Leaders at APEC Summit Call for Cooperation VOA 14 Nov 2009 -- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders, meeting in Singapore, have called for more cooperation on global economic recovery efforts, and have warned against withdrawing economic stimulus measures too early.
Peru Cancels Talk With Chile Over Espionage Dispute VOA 14 Nov 2009 -- Peru has canceled planned talks with Chile at an Asia-Pacific summit and is leaving the meeting a day early over an espionage dispute.

U.S., world community "will not be cowed" by N.Korea — Obama RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2009 -- U.S. President Barack Obama said his country and the international community "will not be cowed" by North Korea's nuclear program, according to a transcript of his speech in Tokyo, released by The Washington Post.
North Korea, Free Trade Likely to Dominate Obama's Korea Visit VOA 14 Nov 2009 -- President Obama arrives in South Korea next week (November 18-19) as he wraps up his tour of Asia. Opening markets and dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons are high on the agenda.

NASA experiment reveals large volume of water on moon RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2009 -- Data from last month's lunar research mission has revealed that the grey planet contains a large amount of frozen water, NASA has said.
NASA finds water reserves on Moon RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2009 -- A NASA lunar mission has uncovered ice reserves in a crater near the Moon's south pole, NASA has said on its website.
Three-ton Rosetta's journey to a comet RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2009 -- The spacecraft Rosetta, designed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and launched five years ago, completed a high-orbit "flyby" of Earth on November 13, taking advantage of our planet's gravitational energy to catapult it towards its destination

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