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10 March 2010 Military News

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Current Operations

  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 10 Mar 2010 [PDF]

  • Airpower Summary: March 9 AFNS 10 Mar 2010
  • Airpower Summary: March 8 AFNS 10 Mar 2010
  • Airpower Summary: March 7 AFNS 10 Mar 2010

  • Transcript: DOD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Wolff from Baghdad DoD 10 Mar 2010 -- Presenter: Commander, 1st Armored Division and U. S. Division-Center, Iraq Maj. Gen. Terry Wolff
  • Iraqi Police Capture Suspected Terrorist Leaders AFPS 10 Mar 2010 -- Iraqi police captured four suspected al-Qaida in Iraq members today, two of whom are alleged leaders in the terrorist organization for the central Diyala province and Kirkuk regions.
  • Iraq Election Assists Drawdown Timetable AFPS 10 Mar 2010 -- As parliamentary election results are tallied in Iraq, a U.S. commander there said it’s unlikely any outcome would require American troops to stay beyond their scheduled withdrawal.
  • U.S. Troops in Iraq Adopt New Role AFPS 10 Mar 2010 -- Some of the 98,000 U.S. military forces in Iraq already have made the transition from security to stability operations ahead of the September deadline, American military commanders said.
  • Stability operations in Iraq making headway Army News 10 Mar 2010 -- Though the U.S. has been building up the civilian infrastructure of Iraq since 2003, the sense of ownership and level interest of the people has never been as great as it is now, and that makes all the difference.
  • U.S. partners assist Najaf's growth Army News 10 Mar 2010 -- Military leaders, diplomats, politicians, influential businessmen and shaykhs came together for an informal dinner to celebrate President's Day at Contingency Operating Station Endeavor, Feb. 24, 2010.
  • Soldiers develop strong bonds with counterparts Army News 10 Mar 2010 -- Iraq's security forces are in the lead, dedicated to and invested in the ongoing stability of their nation and ensuring the security of their U.S. partners, but the fewer U.S. troops still in the country assisting the Iraqi forces still have an essential job to do.
  • Cavalrymen run helo stables in southern Iraq Army News 10 Mar 2010 -- As the engines of approaching helicopters roar in the distance, flight operations at the Task Force Saber air cell at Contingency Operating Station Hunter once again prepare to receive aircraft that support troop movements all across southern Iraq.

  • Transcript: Press Conference with Secretary Gates and Minister of Defense Wardak from Afghanistan DoD 10 Mar 2010 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Afghanistan Minister of Defense Addul Rahim Wardak
  • Afghan, International Forces Capture Militants AFPS 10 Mar 2010 -- Afghan and international forces captured numerous suspected insurgents in four Afghanistan provinces during combined operations over the last two days, military officials reported.
  • Iran's Ahmadinejad Criticizes US Role in Afghanistan VOA 10 Mar 2010 -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Washington with his own words, as he appeared at a news conference alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.
  • Gates: US Forces in Afghanistan May Speed Up Security Handover VOA 10 Mar 2010 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says U.S. forces in Afghanistan may start handing over security responsibilities to Afghan authorities before the July 2011 target date.
  • Gates Visits Afghan Army Training Center AFPS 10 Mar 2010 -- For the last stop in his visit to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates opted to take a first-hand look at the Afghan National Army training center here.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Driven into the arms of the Taliban IRIN 10 Mar 2010 -- A year after his expulsion from Iran for not having a work permit, Abdul Majid, 26, has found paid employment in Muqor District, Badghis Province, northwestern Afghanistan.
  • UK seeks to speed up end to Afghan war IRNA 10 Mar 2010 -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband was paying a one-day visit to the US Wednesday to deliver a speech on war in Afghanistan at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • ‘Pegasus’ transfers authority to ‘Red Lions’ USMC News 10 Mar 2010 -- Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 “Pegasus” transferred control of air support for Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, to HMH-363 “Red Lions” during a transfer of authority ceremony here, Feb. 3.
  • Kabul Stuck In Between U.S., Iranian 'Double Game' Accusations RFE/RL 10 Mar 2010 -- U.S. and Iranian officials have taken advantage of their time in Afghanistan recently to trade mutual accusations of duplicity in the country.
  • Ahmadinejad Uses Afghan Visit To Lambast Kabul's Western Allies RFE/RL 10 Mar 2010 -- Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has used a visit to Afghanistan to lambast Kabul's Western allies, particularly the United States, saying Washington -- not Tehran -- was playing a "double game" in the country.
  • Ahmadinejad: US Forces Cannot Bring Peace to Afghanistan VOA 10 Mar 2010 -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai and again sharply criticized the U.S. mission to stabilize the country.

  • Militants Kill 6 Aid Workers in Pakistan's Northwest VOA 10 Mar 2010 -- Pakistani police say militants have attacked the office of a Christian aid group in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, killing six people and wounding several others.

  • Some North Dakota Soldiers in Kosovo to Return in May Army News 10 Mar 2010 -- An announcement yesterday from Headquarters of the U.S. Army in Europe indicated that about 550 U.S. Soldiers serving with Kosovo Force (KFOR) 12, Multi-National Battle Group-East, will be returning home before summer. About 160 Soldiers of the 231st Maneuver Task Force (231st Brigade Support Battalion), Valley City, N.D., and the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade of North Dakota are expected home in May versus the initial July or August mission end date.

  • NMCB-7 Conducts Hotel Montana Search, Recovery Effort in Haiti Navy NewsStand 10 Mar 2010 -- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 relieved Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 202, and joined Naval Facilities Engineering Command and several international agencies in ongoing efforts to recover the remains of several Americans, Canadians and other citizens trapped beneath the rubble of the Hotel Montana in Haiti.
  • US, Haitian Presidents Discuss Earthquake Recovery VOA 10 Mar 2010 -- U.S. President Barack Obama says the situation in Haiti remains dire, with people in desperate need of shelter, food and medicine after the devastating January 12 earthquake.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • Review Drops Two-War Force Size Paradigm AFPS 10 Mar 2010 -- The model used to determine the appropriate size of the United States military is being replaced following the Quadrennial Defense Review process, a senior defense official said here today.

  • Navy to Update Fitness Reports, Evals Navy NewsStand 10 Mar 2010 -- The Navy announced changes to the performance evaluation system and advancement policy March 9 to better reflect service as an individual augmentee (IA)/Global War on Terror support assignment (GSA) and physical fitness assessment results.
  • Environmental Cleanup Contract Awarded to Hawaii Small Businesses Navy NewsStand 10 Mar 2010 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $30 million maximum, firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract March 9 to four small businesses in Hawaii.
  • Navy Builds Guam Army National Guard a New Readiness Center Navy NewsStand 10 Mar 2010 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas awarded a $18.4 million firm-fixed-price contract March 10 to dck pacific guam LLC, of Barrigada Guam, for the design and construction of the new Guam Army National Guard (GUARNG) Readiness Center.
  • US Defense Secretary Visits Saudi Arabia After Afghan Trip VOA 10 Mar 2010 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is keeping up the pressure on Iran, consulting with close U.S. ally Saudi Arabia about how to respond to Tehran's disputed nuclear program. Saudi support is seen as key to any effective approach in putting pressure on Tehran.
  • Regional Issues Top Gates’ Saudi Arabia Agenda AFPS 10 Mar 2010 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will discuss Iran, Afghanistan and military-to-military contacts with Saudi officials here today.
  • Gates in Saudi Arabia for Talks Focused on Iran VOA 10 Mar 2010 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Saudi Arabia for talks centered on Iran's controversial nuclear program.

  • Combat controllers bring order during chaotic times AFNS 10 Mar 2010 -- It was 1:30 in the morning Jan. 13 when Tech. Sgt. Chris Grove answered the phone call that shaped the next two weeks of his life.
  • Multi-aircraft mission provides key training in Thailand AFNS 10 Mar 2010 -- C-17 Globemaster III aircrews integrated with multiple aircraft types to complete an airdrop training mission as part of Cope Tiger 2010 March 8, here.
  • Rising Personnel Costs Could Affect Readiness, Official Says AFPS 10 Mar 2010 -- Maintaining good compensation and benefits helped to give the military a record recruiting year in fiscal 2009, but rising personnel costs could affect readiness in the future, the department’s new undersecretary for personnel and readiness told a Senate panel today.
  • Improving Arsenal capability, capacity one foot at a time Army News 10 Mar 2010 -- With demand for its products steady, the U.S. Army Watervliet Arsenal has brought on line in the last month more than $3.5 million of new equipment to expand its product line and to enhance its capacity to meet current and future requirements, said John Hockenbury, director of the arsenal's operations.
  • New York Artillery Officers Learning How to Lead at Camp Blanding Army News 10 Mar 2010 -- While their men focused on learning how to use a new howitzer, the staff officers of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, have been learning how to lead them better.
  • New York National Guard Artillerymen Train on New Weapon in The Florida Sun Army News 10 Mar 2010 -- The New York Army National Guardsmen of 1st Battalion 258th Field Artillery, based in ueens, New York City and Newburgh, N.Y. are spending two weeks here honing their skills on a new weapons system: the M119A2 howitzer.
  • Cyber Control System launch under way AFNS 10 Mar 2010 -- Electronic Systems Center program managers are in Virginia the week of March 8 for a contract kick-off meeting on Increment One of the Cyber Control System, after awarding the critical $8.9 million contract to Electronic Data Systems, a Hewlett Packard company, two weeks ago.
  • Petraeus Visits Kyrgyzstan Amid U.S. Plans For Counterterror Center RFE/RL 10 Mar 2010 -- The head of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus, has met with Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev in Bishkek to discuss bilateral cooperation and the situation in Afghanistan.
  • AFP and 31st MEU Provide Medical Aid in Support of Balikatan 2010 USMC News 10 Mar 2010 -- Members from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and servicemembers assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a three-day medical and dental civil action projects (MEDCAP/DENCAP) at Dinglas Elementary, Ternate Central Elementary and San Juan Elementary School in the province of Cavite, March 8 - 10.
  • Policy to Mandate Head Injury Evaluations AFPS 10 Mar 2010 -- Defense Department officials expect to launch a new policy in the coming months that will make head-injury evaluations mandatory for all troops who suffer possible concussions, a senior official with the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury said.

  • NATO commander backs cooperation with Russia on missile defense RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2010 -- The new U.S. adoptive approach for European missile defense includes the possibility of using a Russian radar system as part of an integrated system, NATO's top military officer has said.

  • Russia will not accept U.S. threat to its nuclear deterrent - Lavrov RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2010 -- Russia can not allow U.S. plans to deploy elements of its missile shield in Europe to threaten the effectiveness of its nuclear deterrent, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
  • Russian lawmaker questions plans for Mistral purchase RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2010 -- Plans to buy an expensive helicopter carrier from France could hinder the development of Russia's defense industry, a Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday.
  • Russia's Strategic Missile Forces conduct large-scale drills RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2010 -- More than 2,000 servicemen from Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) are taking part in large-scale command-and-staff exercises that started on Wednesday, a military spokesman said.
  • Russian military denies plans to buy Italian armored vehicles RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2010 -- The Russian Defense Ministry dismissed on Wednesday media reports that it was planning to purchase a large number of armored vehicles from Italy.

  • Iranian missiles pose no threat to U.S. and Europe - Lavrov RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2010 -- Iran currently has no missiles capable of striking Europe and the U.S., Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.

  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 10 Mar 2010

Defense Industry

  • DoD News: Contracts for March 10, 2010
  • BAE Systems Awarded $10.5 Million Contract for Armor Panels BAE Systems 10 Mar 2010 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a $10.5 million contract by Textron Marine and Land Systems to manufacture and deliver approximately 240 armor protection kits for Armored Security Vehicles (ASVs).
  • CACI Awarded $31 Million Task Order to Help Business Transformation Agency Modernize Defense Financial Systems CACI 10 Mar 2010 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) announced today it has been awarded a task order valued at approximately $31 million to help the Department of Defense Business Transformation Agency (BTA) implement the Oracle® E-Business Suite in support of BTA's Defense Agency Initiative (DAI) program for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and other defense agencies. The contract, which is new business for CACI, was competitively awarded under the Defense Information System Agency's ENCORE II contract vehicle. It is also one of three DAI-related awards CACI has won with the BTA in the past 12 months, which collectively total approximately $53 million.
  • SAIC Awarded Contract by the U.S. Navy Program Executive Office of Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) SAIC 10 Mar 2010 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office (PEO) of Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) to develop Department of Defense command and control (C2) software, as well as modification and enhancement of existing C2 systems. The multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, has a three-year base period of performance, two one-year options and a ceiling value of more than $625 million for SAIC. Work will be performed primarily at PEO C4I's headquarters in San Diego, Calif.
  • Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy Is ‘Effective, Suitable And Mission Capable’ For USAF Operations Lockheed Martin 10 Mar 2010 -- The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) Center has rated the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] C-5M as "effective, suitable and mission capable" based on results from OT&E testing completed in January 2010.
  • U.S. Navy Awards Lockheed Martin $17 Million Contract For MK 41 Vertical Launching System Lockheed Martin 10 Mar 2010 -- The U.S. Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $17 million contract to provide engineering design services for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) on the U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers.
  • Northrop Grumman to Supply Machinery Automation Systems on Mine Countermeasures Vessels for Lithuanian Navy Northrop Grumman 10 Mar 2010 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has won a contract to supply machinery automation systems for two mine countermeasures vessels being sold by the U.K. Ministry of Defence to the Lithuanian Navy, considerably enhancing their mine countermeasures capability in the most cost-effective manner.
  • Denel’s Strategic Equity Partnerships paying off Denel 10 Mar 2010 -- As part of Denel’s turnaround strategy, the Group has concluded strategic equity partnerships (SEP’s) in selected business entities. Today, the defence technology and industrial group can report that the success of three of its most profitable entities, namely Carl Zeiss Optronics (CZO), Turbomeca Africa (TMA) and Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) is a direct result of SEPs with international companies.
  • Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates Capabilities of LITENING Targeting System on U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Northrop Grumman 10 Mar 2010 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today announced it successfully demonstrated its LITENING advanced targeting capabilities on the U.S. Navy's premier fighter/attack aircraft, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, marking the eighth U.S. combat aircraft to fly the advanced targeting system.
  • Oshkosh Defense Awarded $10 Million for M-ATV Remote Weapon System Kits Oshkosh 10 Mar 2010 -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), announced today it has received an award valued at more than $10 million from the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) to supply more than 1,400 MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) kits to support remote weapon systems, which will be controlled from inside the vehicle’s crew capsule.

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