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04 March 2010 Military News

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  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 Mar 2010 [PDF]

  • Providers bring new life to trucks with Project Phoenix Army News 04 Mar 2010 -- Soldiers with the 3666th Support Maintenance Company at Contingency Operating Base Taji, Iraq, rebuild Heavy Equipment Transporter systems to ensure the M-1070 HET tractors in Iraq are mission capable.
  • At Least 12 Killed As Early Voting Begins In Iraq RFE/RL 04 Mar 2010 -- At least seven soldiers were reported killed in suicide bombings at polling stations in Baghdad today, as early voting began ahead of Iraq's parliamentary election on March 7.
  • Election Campaigning In Iraq, A Local View RFE/RL 04 Mar 2010 -- As campaigning winds up for Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election, the mood varies widely in different parts of the country.
  • Early Voting in Iraq Marred by Suicide Attacks VOA 04 Mar 2010 -- Suicide bombers have attacked two polling stations in Baghdad, killing at least seven soldiers, while an explosion near another voting place not yet in use took the lives of seven civilians. The blasts occurred as early voting got under way for Sunday's national elections.
  • Security Key to Success of Iraq Election VOA 04 Mar 2010 -- Iraqi voters are preparing to cast ballots in national parliamentary elections this Sunday (7 March).
  • Joint project lifts economy, skills in Kirkuk AFNS 04 Mar 2010 -- A joint project involving the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron readiness management support engineers and a local contractor is helping Iraqis rebuild their nation on the concepts of learning and earning.

  • Providers manage munitions in Iraq, Afghanistan Army News 04 Mar 2010 -- Soldiers with the 63rd Ordnance Company out of Fort Lewis, Wash., at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, run operations to support the logistical supply for all types of munitions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • DOD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Nicholson from Afghanistan DoD 04 Mar 2010 -- Presenter: Commander, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Brig. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson
  • 101st CAB prepares for deployment Army News 04 Mar 2010 -- The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) cased its colors during a ceremony Tuesday in advance of its upcoming deployment to Afghanistan this month.
  • Colors cased by 87th CSSB in preparation for deployment Army News 04 Mar 2010 -- The 87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade cased their colors at Marne Garden, March 1 in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
  • US Marines: Taliban Insurgents Mostly Cleared from Marja VOA 04 Mar 2010 -- Three weeks after U.S. Marines and Afghan Army soldiers launched the largest military offensive in Afghanistan since 2001, a top American commander said Thursday that most of the insurgents have been cleared from the Taliban enclave of Marja.
  • Troops in Marja Focus on Public Support for Government AFPS 04 Mar 2010 -- U.S. and Afghan forces are focused on winning public support in Marja, Afghanistan, a Taliban stronghold in Helmand province known for its open opposition to the Afghan government, the commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade said today.
  • World must enhance understanding of Afghanistan, says outgoing UN envoy UN News Centre 04 Mar 2010 -- Success in Afghanistan hinges on a better understanding of Afghan society by the world and the assumption of greater responsibility by its authorities, the outgoing United Nations envoy there said today.
  • Forces Discover Drug Caches in Afghanistan AFPS 04 Mar 2010 -- Combined Afghan and international patrols discovered several drug caches in Afghanistan’s Nimroz province over the past two days.

  • Pakistan Forces Kill 30 Militants in NW Tribal Region VOA 04 Mar 2010 -- Pakistani officials say security forces have killed at least 30 militants after more than 100 insurgents attacked a security checkpoint in a tribal region near the Afghan border.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • DoD News: Pentagon Statement on Metro Entrance Shooting DoD 04 Mar 2010 -- A shooting incident has occurred at the Pentagon Metro Entrance this evening at approximately 6:40 p.m. EST. Two Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) officers were injured when an unknown suspect fired at them.
  • Budget Balances Security, Economics, Lynn Tells Congress AFPS 04 Mar 2010 -- The fiscal 2011 defense budget request includes modest but necessary spending increases in line with President Barack Obama’s effort to balance national security with economic needs, the deputy defense secretary told Congress members today.
  • Exercise builds NATO partnerships at Ramstein AFNS 04 Mar 2010 -- The latest U.S. Air Forces in Europe Silver Flag Exercise offered Airmen from Italy to England to participate in a week long contingency operations training exercise Feb. 21 through 28, here.
  • B-2s arrive at Andersen AFNS 04 Mar 2010 -- More than 240 Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., arrived here in late February to support the deployment of B-2 Spirits as part of the continuous bomber presence here.
  • PEO Ships Participates in ASNE Energy Futures Symposium Navy NewsStand 04 Mar 2010 -- Representatives from the Navy's Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) participated in the American Society of Naval Engineer's (ASNE) Energy Futures Symposium held in Arlington, Va., Feb. 24 to highlight the Navy's commitment to energy efficiency and the reduction of fossil fuel use aboard ships.
  • Navy Tests Mobile Landing Platform Concept Navy NewsStand 04 Mar 2010 -- The Navy completed an at-sea exercise Feb. 15 to demonstrate the transfer of vehicles between a surrogate Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) ship and a Large Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) ship.
  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dam Neck Hosts Anti-Piracy Conference Navy NewsStand 04 Mar 2010 -- An international group of 50 leading scientists, engineers and technologists convened at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dam Neck Feb. 23 to explore new technological concepts and collaboration initiatives to defeat piracy.
  • Sniper rifle improvements to see testing this spring Army News 04 Mar 2010 -- Candidates for an improved version of the Army's sniper rifle -- the M-24 -- are expected to go into testing this spring after industry reveals their efforts this month.
  • Leading Change Team to chart USAACE, Fort Rucker future Army News 04 Mar 2010
  • FORSCOM, USARC 'BRAC Express' on track Army News 04 Mar 2010 -- Just as a locomotive builds momentum as it leaves a station, the ongoing efforts to relocate U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command to Fort Bragg, N.C., is steadily picking up steam.
  • New Army Black Hawk succeeds in combat Army News 04 Mar 2010 -- The Army's new high-tech UH-60 Black Hawk M-model helicopter -- equipped with a stronger engine, a digital cockpit and composite rotor blades -- performed exceptionally well in Afghanistan during its first major combat deployment, according to a recently completed After Action Review at Fort Campbell, Ky., service officials said.
  • BAMC construction reaches next phase Army News 04 Mar 2010 -- The Base Realignment and Closure project to expand Brooke Army Medical Center is moving into an accelerated phase of construction with the completion of the structural steel frame of the hospital's seven-story addition.
  • Third Army partners with Lebanon for exchange Army News 04 Mar 2010 -- In its continued effort to shape the future, Third Army/U.S. Army Central partnered with the Lebanese Armed Forces for the first of three theater security cooperation events which focused on the role of civil military operations.
  • Army pays final tribute to Gen. Haig Army News 04 Mar 2010 -- In life, retired Gen. Alexander Haig spent more than 60 years serving the United States of America.
  • NEPMU 6 Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Navy NewsStand 04 Mar 2010 -- An official grand opening ceremony was held aboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a new Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit (NEPMU) 6 facility Feb. 17.
  • JGSDF, Yokosuka Security Participate in Guard and Protect Exercise Navy NewsStand 04 Mar 2010 -- Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) security and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), 2nd Company, 13th Infantry Regiment worked together during the cooperative Guard and Protect exercise March 3-4 within the confines of CFAY.
  • Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group Conducts PMINT Navy NewsStand 04 Mar 2010 -- Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 3 and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted PHIBRON-MEU Integrated Training (PMINT) Feb. 22-March 5, off the coast of Southern California.
  • U.S. Air Forces in Europe leader discusses future challenges AFNS 04 Mar 2010 -- The U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander recognized the contributions of 86th Airlift Wing Airmen to the U.S. military, as well as to all of Europe during his visit here March 2.
  • Economic Training for Junior Ranks Resonates With Military Chief AFPS 04 Mar 2010 -- As a student at the Command and General Staff War College here, part of Maj. Jackie Thompson’s studies have included examining how broad economic theories relate to warfare.
  • Global Positioning System continues improvement initiative AFNS 04 Mar 2010 -- Building on the January 2010 upgrade to the Global Positioning System ground control segment, Air Force Space Command engineers will be installing another software release primarily designed to support the pending mid-2010 launch of the first GPS IIF space vehicle.
  • U.S., Thai servicemembers conduct personnel airdrop training AFNS 04 Mar 2010 -- U.S. Airmen, Royal Thai Air Forces, and Royal Thai Air Force and army members conducted personnel airdrop training from a C-17 Globemaster III as part of Cope Tiger 2010, March 3, here.
  • AFP and U.S. Marines plan for Balikatan 2010 USMC News 04 Mar 2010 -- Armed Forces of the Philippine Marine and Naval Officers and U.S. Forces conduct detail planning for upcoming Balikatan 2010.
  • LOGCOM opens newest storage facility USMC News 04 Mar 2010 -- The newest building on base was opened for business, Feb. 24, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Command and local officials.
  • Marines return equipment to FMF quickly USMC News 04 Mar 2010 -- Headquarters Marine Corps, in conjunction with Marine Corps Systems Command and Marine Corps Logistics Command, recently established the Command Support Team Detachment to expedite fulfillment of critical communications equipment shortfalls throughout the Marine Corps.
  • LOGCOM CG talks vision, reset, more at town hall USMC News 04 Mar 2010 -- The commanding general of Marine Corps Logistics Command, held his first town hall meetings in Thomason Gymnasium at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Feb. 18.

  • NATO plans military exercises near Russian border RIA Novosti 04 Mar 2010 -- NATO has announced it will hold military exercises involving fighter planes over the Baltic Sea this month, the first in a series of military drills to be held this year near the Russian border.
  • Cooperation with Russia should become NATO's top priority — report RIA Novosti 04 Mar 2010 -- Closer cooperation with Russia should become a major foreign policy priority for NATO, but better relations with Moscow cannot come at the expense of the security of eastern European alliance members, an influential U.S. foreign policy research center has said.

  • UK squandering millions on defence, say MPs IRNA 04 Mar 2010 -- Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is squandering hundreds of millions of pounds a year on unproductive activities because it has commissioned more work than it can afford to pay for, a parliamentary report warned Thursday.

  • Russia, India to sign $4 billion military technical cooperation contracts RIA Novosti 04 Mar 2010 -- Russia and India are expected to sign three contracts in military technical cooperation totaling $4 billion, including retrofitting the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to India, Vedomosti Russian daily reported.

  • Russia carries out successful test of Sineva ICBM RIA Novosti 04 Mar 2010 -- Russia successfully test-launched a Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine in the Barents Sea on Thursday, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.

  • China Says 2010 Defense Budget To Rise 7.5 Percent RFE/RL 04 Mar 2010 -- China's military budget for 2010 will rise 7.5 percent over last year.

  • Inter-Korean Military Working-level Talks Held KCNA 03 Mar 2010 -- The north-south military working-level talks took place in Kaesong Tuesday.

  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 04 Mar 2010
  • Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 3/4/10 The White House 04 Mar 2010

Defense Industry

  • DoD News: Contracts for March 04, 2010
  • Boeing to Offer NewGen Tanker to US Air Force Boeing 04 Mar 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that it will offer the Boeing NewGen Tanker in the competition to supply the U.S. Air Force with a multi-mission aerial refueling aircraft that will meet all the warfighter’s mission requirements for the next several decades.
  • Boeing Awards Harpoon Launch Structure Contract to Danish Aerotech Boeing 04 Mar 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has awarded a contract valued at nearly $1.5 million to civil defense and aerospace company Danish Aerotech A/S to provide the Aluminum Launch Support Structure (ALSS) for ship-based deployment of the Harpoon weapon system.
  • Building on five years of success, Her Majesty's Armed Forces extend partnering agreement with Rheinmetall Rheinmetall Defence 04 Mar 2010 -- Rheinmetall AG and Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), the UK's defence procurement organisation, have agreed to extend their successful cooperation in the field of ammunition, which began in 2005, for another five years, with an option for a further two years. The partnering agreement represents a new order volume worth minimum €150 million for the period through to 2015. The parties now signed a contract to this effect at Rheinmetall Defence's regional office in Bristol.
  • CACI Awarded Prime Contract on $588 Million, Multiple-Award Program with U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command CACI 04 Mar 2010 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) announced today that it has been awarded one of five prime contracts to support the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command's (SPAWAR) command and control (C2) operations. The multiple-award, five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) task order contract was awarded to CACI for a three-year base and two one-year option periods. The contract ceiling for CACI's contract is $588 million. The new award calls for CACI to enhance the command's communications and networking systems to enable SPAWAR's end customer – the warfighter – to gain access to mission critical information more efficiently.
  • Orbital To Acquire General Dynamics' Satellite Development and Manufacturing Business Orbital Sciences Corp. 04 Mar 2010 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics Corporation’s (NYSE: GD) subsidiary, GD Advanced Information Systems.
  • EADS North America delivers 100th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army EADS 04 Mar 2010 -- EADS North America delivered its 100th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army today, marking another on-time and on-budget achievement for a highly successful program that supports America’s warfighters and contributes to the nation’s homeland security.
  • L-3 Awarded Naval Systems Engineering and Technical Services Contract L-3 Communications 04 Mar 2010 -- L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Command & Control Systems and Software (C2S2) division has been awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the U.S. Navy for systems engineering and technical support services.
  • Lockheed Martin Awarded $171 Million For Advanced Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning Radars Lockheed Martin 04 Mar 2010 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a low-rate initial production contract valued at $171.8 million from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Bethpage, NY, for four AN/APY-9 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar systems and spare parts. The radar systems will be integrated into the U.S. Navy’s new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
  • First Flight For Canada’s New Airlifter Lockheed Martin 04 Mar 2010 -- The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] CC-130J Super Hercules for Canada completed its first flight, March 3, 2010. The aircraft is the first of 17 CC-130Js and will be delivered in summer 2010. Deliveries will be completed through 2012. The CC-130J Super Hercules will give Canada increased airlift capability with an aircraft that has greater range, power and reliability over previous C-130 models. Canada is one of 12 countries that have now ordered the Super Hercules, in demand worldwide thanks to its mission flexibility and capability.
  • Lockheed to Speed Development of Joint Strike Fighter AFPS 04 Mar 2010 -- Defense Department leaders and Lockheed Martin executives explained to international partners changes that have been made in the Joint Strike Fighter program.

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