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17 March 2010 Military News

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  • Nuclear Review Nears Completion AFPS 17 Mar 2010 -- Several conclusions drawn from a nearly complete review of the nation’s nuclear posture already have been incorporated into the Defense Department’s fiscal 2011 budget request, a senior Pentagon official told Congress yesterday.
  • Army to reach 1:2 dwell in 2011, vice says Army News 17 Mar 2010 -- The Army's vice chief of staff said by 2011, Soldiers should find themselves spending twice as much time at home station as they do deployed.
  • More Dwell Time Coming in 2011, Army Vice Chief Says AFPS 17 Mar 2010 -- Soldiers should find themselves spending twice as much time at home station as they do deployed by 2011, the Army's vice chief of staff said on Capitol Hill yesterday.
  • Officials see decrease in activated reservists AFNS 17 Mar 2010 -- For the week beginning March 15, officials with the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force announced a decrease in activated reservists, while Coast Guard officials announced an increase. The Army had no change. The net collective result is 51 fewer reservists activated than the previous week.
  • Navy Seeks to Eliminate Sexual Assault in its Ranks Navy NewsStand 17 Mar 2010 -- The Navy released its first quarterly Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) program update, NAVADMIN 096/10, to update Sailors with the information necessary to positively impact their environment and lead the Navy toward its goal of eliminating sexual assault from its ranks.
  • New NEX Mart Opens at NSA Souda Bay Navy NewsStand 17 Mar 2010 -- U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay commemorated the grand reopening of the Navy Exchange (NEX) Mart with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 26.
  • Enterprise Conducts Flight Deck Barricade Drills Navy NewsStand 17 Mar 2010 -- As of Feb. 12, the arresting gear crew of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) has conducted two drills to test the ship's flight deck barricade.
  • Bataan Earns 3rd Consecutive 'Green H' Award Navy NewsStand 17 Mar 2010 -- Multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) was announced as a 2009 Force Health and Wellness Unit Award, or Green "H," winner March 12 by Commander, Naval Surface Forces (COMNAVSURFOR), the ship's third consecutive award.
  • Big E Sailors Train Navy NewsStand 17 Mar 2010 -- Sailors from the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC) on USS Enterprise (CVN 65) participated in a team training exercise at Naval Air Technical Training Command at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.
  • PSD Mayport Eliminating Field Service Records Navy NewsStand 17 Mar 2010 -- Naval Station Mayport Personnel Support Detachment (PSD) is phasing out the field service record (FSR).
  • Air Force officials to implement hand-held device changes AFNS 17 Mar 2010 -- Air Force officials will be implementing changes in March to services available for use on all Air Force-issued BlackBerry hand-held devices to bolster the security of the devices. These Department of Defense-directed changes will be overseen by security specialists in 24th Air Force, the operational warfighting organization responsible for defending Air Force network operations.
  • Officials implement second DOS rollback AFNS 17 Mar 2010 -- Air Force officials announced March 17 the need for a second enlisted date of separation rollback with a mandatory DOS of June 30, 2010. This program is part of an overall effort to maintain a quality enlisted force and meet the congressionally mandated end strength.
  • Commanders Tout Value of Training Indigenous Forces AFPS 17 Mar 2010 -- The military’s increasing practice of training and equipping indigenous forces to counter terrorism in their home countries is a highly decisive, comparatively low-cost approach to fighting global terrorism, the commanders of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command said here today.
  • Joint Forces Paper Cites Possible Future Threats AFPS 17 Mar 2010 -- U.S. Joint Forces Command is providing military leaders with valuable insight for the future of the military, the command’s chief of staff said this week.
  • Transcom Gives U.S. Key Advantage, Commander Says AFPS 17 Mar 2010 -- One of the U.S. military’s greatest advantages over its adversaries is its ability to move an enormous amount of people and equipment quickly anywhere in the world, the commander of U.S. Transportation Command told the House Armed Services Committee today.
  • Army helps Canadian unit train for Afghanistan Army News 17 Mar 2010 -- A Canadian Forces unit recently completed a rotation at the U.S. Army's National Training Center in preparation for its upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
  • NCO finds night vision enlightening Army News 17 Mar 2010 -- Deep in a large research facility tucked away in a secure corner of the base, scientists and engineers are working to see in the dark. The magic is made possible by technology and a team of smart individuals.
  • Presidio dining facilities getting $47,000 makeover Army News 17 Mar 2010 -- When Ernest Meadows joined the staff of the Presidio of Monterey Food Services Division seven months ago he was ready to contribute to an extensive makeover of the installation’s dining facilities.
  • ISR Wing members contribute to the fight AFNS 17 Mar 2010 -- Members of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing are assisting coalition forces with the expanding need for ISR data in Southwest Asia by processing, exploiting and disseminating information coming from remotely piloted aircraft.

  • Clinton Heads to Moscow for Mideast, Arms Reduction Talks VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is en route to Moscow for a key international meeting on the Middle East peace process. She also meets with Russian leaders on efforts to conclude a new big-power nuclear arms reduction accord.

  • Brown admits Iraq inquiry mistake on defence spending IRNA 17 Mar 2010 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday was forced to admit that he made a mistake about defence spending when he gave evidence to the Iraq inquiry earlier this month.
  • At least 8 Iraqis died in UK custody, inquiry told IRNA 17 Mar 2010 -- Eight or more Iraqi civilians died in the custody of British troops in the weeks after the 2003 invasion, an inquiry into the death of Basra hotel worker Baha Mousa has been told.

  • India to get Russian nuclear submarine for 10-year lease - paper RIA Novosti 17 Mar 2010 -- Russia has confirmed its readiness to transfer its Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine for a 10 year-lease to India, The Times of India reported on Wednesday citing defense ministry sources.

  • Lukashenka Offers Venezuela Military Help RFE/RL 17 Mar 2010 -- President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has offered Belarusian help to strengthen the military of Venezuela.

  • No need to worry over China missile deployment: MND CNA 17 Mar 2010 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Wednesday that it is closely monitoring China's deployment of missiles at a military airport in Fujian province and the Taiwan public has no need to worry.

  • Post-Soviet security group CSTO to become alternative to NATO - newspaper RIA Novosti 17 Mar 2010 -- The post-Soviet security group Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is to become an alternative to NATO when the UN and CSTO sign a declaration on cooperation during UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit to Moscow this week, a respected Russian daily reported.

  • Iran sends 7th vessel to Aden IRNA 17 Mar 2010 -- The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Navy sent Wednesday a vessel (the 7th one) to the Gulf of Aden to fight pirates and protect the country’s shipping lines from piracy.

  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 17 Mar 2010

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  • Turkey Threatens To Expel Armenian Immigrants Amid Genocide Row RFE/RL 17 Mar 2010 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to expel thousands of Armenian immigrants from the country, amid ongoing tensions over the World War I-era mass killing of Armenians by Turkish forces.
  • Russian Patriarch Honors Armenia 'Genocide' Victims RFE/RL 17 Mar 2010 -- Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill has honored the victims of what Armenians consider the first genocide of the 20th century.

  • Iran Offers to Exchange Low-Grade Uranium But on Iranian Territory VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- The head of Iran's atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, is making a new proposal for the exchange of Tehran's low-grade uranium with the West, Wednesday, offering to carry out the exchange at once and on Iranian soil.
  • U.S. reiterates its stance over Iran nuclear issue RIA Novosti 17 Mar 2010 -- The United States says it will go on pressuring Iran over its controversial nuclear issue and continue its work within the Iran Six mediators format, a U.S. Department of State official said.
  • China: Iran Sanctions 'Counterproductive' VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- China's new Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva says his country does not want Iran to have nuclear weapons. But he says his country is opposed to sanctions against Iran, calling them counterproductive.

  • Security bureau pushes for talks on release of Taiwan agents in China CNA 17 Mar 2010 -- The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) will conduct negotiations with its mainland counterpart on the release of Taiwanese intelligence agents imprisoned in China, if it receives authorization from the government to do so, an SEF official said Wednesday.

  • Pakistan seeks U.S nuclear technology IRNA 17 Mar 2010 -- President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday called upon the U.S. to assist Pakistan in civilian nuclear technology to help the country overcome its energy crisis, on the one hand, and bridge the trust deficit between the two countries on the other.

  • Iraq Vote Count Shows Maliki, Allawi Neck And Neck RFE/RL 17 Mar 2010 -- With nearly 80 percent of the votes counted from Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections, the main winners appear to be Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and challenger Iyad Allawi.
  • Iraq's Slow Vote Count Leads to Disputes VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- A new frontrunner has emerged in the ongoing vote tally from Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections. But as the cross-sectarian coalition of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pulls slightly ahead of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's bloc, complaints about vote-counting irregularities increase.

  • MADAGASCAR: Timeline - A turbulent political history IRIN 17 Mar 2010 -- Madagascar's history is marked by a struggle for political control.
  • African Union Sanctions Madagascar's Leaders VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- The AU Peace and Security Council has slapped harsh penalties on Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina and 108 other senior government officials. The sanctions include a call for Madagascar's diplomatic isolation until the government returns to internationally mediated power-sharing talks.

  • Acting Nigerian President Dissolves Cabinet VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- Nigeria's Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, has dissolved the Cabinet that was assembled by the country's ailing leader.
  • MYANMAR: Bid at new political era faces capacity challenge IRIN 17 Mar 2010 -- A lack of capacity on several levels is likely to hamper Myanmar’s bid to change its political structure, diplomats and analysts say
  • Guatemala and UN launch scheme to fight organized crime UN News Centre 17 Mar 2010 -- The top United Nations drug and crime official and Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom oversaw the destruction of some 6,000 illegal firearms today at the launch of a national programme to fight organized crime in a country that has a gun for every 10 people.
  • Mexican Government Struggles to Contain Drug War Violence VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- In the border city of Juarez, Mexico, authorities continue to investigate the murder of three people with connections to the US consulate that occurred on the streets of that city in broad daylight Saturday. Many observers on both sides of the border, however, question the Mexican government's ability to solve such cases as the violence continues to rage out of control.
  • Thousands Air Grievances At Kyrgyz Rallies RFE/RL 17 Mar 2010 -- Thousands of Kyrgyz opposition supporters have rallied in the capital and elsewhere to air wide-ranging grievances against the government.
  • Merkel Says Eurozone Expulsion Needed As Punishment Of Last Resort RFE/RL 17 Mar 2010 -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union members sharing the common currency must have the ultimate option of expelling any of its members that persistently break the club's fiscal rules.
  • Acting Nigerian President Dissolves Cabinet VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved the country's Cabinet, a little more than a month after taking power from ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua.
  • Zuma, Zimbabwe Leaders Meet to Move Unity Government Forward VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- South African President Jacob Zuma, representing the Southern African Development Community has had separate meetings in Harare with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Mr. Zuma plans a joint meeting with them later.
  • Thailand's 'Red Shirts' Hurl Blood at PM's House VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- Protesters in Thailand threw bags of blood at Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's house, in a bid to pressure the government for new elections. They also demonstrated in front of the United States Embassy, against allegations of sabotage by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who many of the protesters support.
  • Marquee Ethiopia Election Matchup Pits PM vs Former Comrade VOA 17 Mar 2010 -- Ethiopia's May 23 elections for parliament have produced some interesting match-ups, with several prominent government officials facing stiff competition. One contest pits Prime Minister Meles Zenawi against a former comrade in arms, Aregash Adane.
  • Yanukovych not giving up on official status of Russian in Ukraine RIA Novosti 17 Mar 2010 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has not abandoned his intention to grant Russian the official status of a second national language in Ukraine, the deputy chief of the presidential administration said on Wednesday.
  • Russian Opposition To Take Anti-Putin Protest To The Streets RFE/RL 17 Mar 2010 -- Supporters of an online petition calling for the removal of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plan to stage an unsanctioned rally this evening in Moscow under the slogan "Putin Must Go."
  • Moscow cries foul over limited access to Arctic deposits RIA Novosti 17 Mar 2010 -- Restrictions on Russia's access to the development of hydrocarbon fields in the Arctic, which accounts for over 25% of global oil and gas reserves, is unacceptable, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.



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