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19 May 2010 Military News

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  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 May 2010 [PDF]

  • Airpower Summary: May 18 AFNS 19 May 2010
  • Airpower Summary: May 17 AFNS 19 May 2010

  • Iraqi Officials: Al-Qaeda Weakened But Still Serious Threat RFE/RL 19 May 2010 -- Iraqi officials say Al-Qaeda in Iraq still poses a serious challenge to the country's stability despite recent blows to its command structure, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports.

  • Newly deployed A-10 unit provides close air support AFNS 19 May 2010 -- More than 200 pilots, maintainers and crew chiefs of the 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and the 81st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron arrived May 11 here to provide close air support throughout Afghanistan.
  • Taliban Militants Attack Bagram Airbase VOA 19 May 2010 -- A group of heavily armed Taliban militants attacked a major U.S-run airbase in Afghanistan, sparking gun battles that killed nearly a dozen insurgents and an American contractor. At least nine U.S soldiers were also wounded in the fighting. The militant strike comes a day after a suicide car bombing struck a NATO convoy in the capital Kabul, killing six foreign troops along with 12 Afghan civilians.
  • Insurgents Attack NATO Base Near Kabul As Violence Escalates RFE/RL 19 May 2010 -- In a repeat of past brazen attacks, Taliban guerillas carrying rocket-propelled grenades and wearing suicide vests have attacked the major U.S. base at Bagram, north of Kabul.
  • Attack at Bagram Leaves Several Insurgents Dead AFPS 19 May 2010 -- About a dozen insurgents were killed here today during an attack that killed a U.S. contractor and wounded nine servicemembers.
  • Forces Kill, Detain Militants, Find Weapons AFPS 19 May 2010 -- Afghan and international forces in Afghanistan killed or detained militants and seized weapons in recent operations, military officials reported.
  • Village medical outreach provides care to Afghans USMC News 19 May 2010 -- Marines and medical officers from Brigade Headquarters Group and 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD) and an Afghan national army medic from Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, set up a village medical outreach, May 15, outside the village of Naw-Abad, to provide medical care to the people of that area.

  • Pakistani forces kill 60 militants in tribal region IRNA 19 May 2010 -- Pakistani security forces have killed upto 60 more militants in a tribal region where thousands of troops are engaged in a major air and ground offensive, sources said Wednesday.
  • Pakistan army chief praises anti-terror operations IRNA 19 May 2010 -- Pakistan’s army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Wednesday lauded the conduct of operations against miscreants in tribal areas and Swat valley in the northwest.

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  • Official Cites Flaws in Reports on Missile Defense Tests AFPS 19 May 2010 -- Reports that Defense Department officials deemed flawed missile defense tests to be successful are based on incomplete information, a Missile Defense Agency spokesman said yesterday in a “DoD Live” bloggers roundtable.
  • Air Mobility Command commander visits Korea AFNS 19 May 2010 -- The commander of Air Mobility Command visited South Korea and the peninsula en-route to an AMC unit here May 16 through 18.
  • Department Hires Acquisitions Workers to Help Reforms AFPS 19 May 2010 -- The Defense Department is making strides toward acquisition reform and budget reductions, starting with the buildup of its federal acquisitions work force, department officials told a congressional panel today.
  • U.S. and Bulgarian airmen train together AFNS 19 May 2010 -- Airmen and F-15 Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing are participating in an exercise with airmen from the Bulgarian air force here.
  • First Student Takes Flight in T-6 Navy NewsStand 19 May 2010 -- It was another historic day for Training Squadron 3 and Training Wing 5 as the first student naval aviator to train in the T-6B Texan II took flight at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field May 18.
  • Phoenix Express Kicks Off from Souda Bay Navy NewsStand 19 May 2010 -- Phoenix Express 2010 (PE-10), a two-week, two-phase, multinational, maritime exercise among regional partners from Africa, Europe, and the United States, is set to conduct its kickoff pre-sail conference and conclude its in port training portion of the exercise.
  • Ships Arrive for Exercise Phoenix Express 2010 Navy NewsStand 19 May 2010 -- USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) arrived in Souda Bay, Greece, May 18 to participate in exercise Phoenix Express 2010 (PE-10).
  • Navy Reserve Leading Way in Eliminating Legacy Computer Networks Navy NewsStand 19 May 2010 -- Navy Reserve completed its shut down of the final legacy computer network May 17 - saving the Navy $1.2 million annually.
  • Commanding Officer of USS The Sullivans Relieved Navy NewsStand 19 May 2010 -- The commanding officer of the Mayport-based destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), Cmdr. Neil Funtanilla, was relieved of command by Commander, Combined Task Force (CTF) 50, Rear Adm. Phil Davidson, due to loss of confidence, following an Admiral's Mast held May 18.
  • NAVAIR Welcomes New Commander Navy NewsStand 19 May 2010 -- Naval Air Systems Command conducted a change of command during a ceremony May 18, at Patuxent River, Md.
  • Selection Boards Rescheduled, Promotions on Track Navy NewsStand 19 May 2010 -- Navy Personnel Command (NPC) has rescheduled the 2010 boards after a flash flood May 1 here caused delays, according to NAVADMIN 179/10.
  • USS Stark Sailors Remembered Navy NewsStand 19 May 2010 -- Naval Station Mayport hosted a memorial ceremony May 17 to honor 37 Sailors killed aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Stark (FFG 31) 23 years ago.
  • U.S. Navy Engineer Battalion Returns to Vietnam with Pacific Partnership Navy NewsStand 19 May 2010 -- U.S. Navy Engineers, better known as Seabees, from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, are conducting four engineering projects here as part of Pacific Partnership 2010.
  • JMSDF Junior Officers Visit Fleet Activities Yokosuka Navy NewsStand 19 May 2010 -- More than 90 newly minted ensigns from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) visited Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka May 17-18.
  • AFGSC commander gets close-up look at deployed bomber operations AFNS 19 May 2010 -- The commander of Air Force Global Strike Command visited here to assess ongoing bomber operations and meet with deployed Airmen May 13 through 16.
  • Guard security forces members protect exercise participants AFNS 19 May 2010 -- While more than 250 participants of Exercise Ardent Sentry '10 are here honing their skills to protect American citizens against threats from the air, Airmen from the Georgia Air National Guard's 165th Security Forces Squadron are protecting them on the ground.
  • Kadena Airmen see mobility surge due to volcanic activity AFNS 19 May 2010 -- As a result of continued volcanic activity in Iceland, some Air Mobility Command aircraft are being re-routed through the Pacific on their way to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • Winnefeld Takes NORAD, Northcom Reins AFPS 19 May 2010 -- Navy Adm. James Winnefeld accepted command of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., today, succeeding retiring Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr.
  • TOC Soldiers play big role in area surveillance Army News 19 May 2010 -- Monitoring a battle space during a deployment takes constant effort and an enormous amount of coope
  • Army issues instructions for painting M16s, M4s Army News 19 May 2010 -- Soldiers already have uniforms that blend them into their surroundings. Now there's instructions on how to have a weapon that blends in too.
  • Joint Base Lewis McChord investigates demobilization concerns Army News 19 May 2010 -- An inquiry launched Monday by Lt. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr., I Corps commanding general, is investigating complaints from Oregon National Guard Soldiers that different standards of treatment exist between reserve-component and active-component Soldiers during the demobilization process at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
  • RDECOM charts future for S&T Army News 19 May 2010 -- The Army's top scientists and technologists convened here today to develop a strategy on multiple issues and to chart their future support to the Warfighter as the Research, Development and Engineering Command Technology Planning Conference got underway.
  • Training command becomes energy efficient force AFNS 19 May 2010 -- Officials released a new energy plan in December to serve as the framework for communicating Air Force energy goals to expand a culture shift where Airmen make energy a consideration in everything they do.
  • National Guard members never stop training for hurricane season AFNS 19 May 2010 -- Although most hurricanes occur between the months of June and October, being prepared to respond to the aftereffects of a hurricane is almost a year-round task for the members of the National Guard.
  • Scout Platoon heads to Babadag to train with Romanian soldiers, Marines USMC News 19 May 2010 -- Marines and Sailors with scout platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Tank Battalion, left their home away from home at Romania’s Mihail Kogalniceanu Airfield, May 17, to begin peacekeeping operations training with Romanian forces at nearby Babadag Training Area.

  • Russian warships complete drills in Sea of Japan RIA Novosti 19 May 2010 -- Russia's nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky completed on Wednesday a series of three-day naval exercises in the Sea of Japan, the Defense Ministry said.

  • US delivers new helicopters to Pakistan’s army IRNA 19 May 2010 -- The United States government delivered two Bell 412 EP helicopters to the Government of Pakistan on Wednesday to assist the Pakistan military in its counterinsurgency efforts, the US Embassy said.

  • 'Velayat 89' wargames display Iranian deterrent power: Minister IRNA 19 May 2010 -- Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Wednesday that wargames dubbed as `Velayat 89’ displayed Iranian deterrent power as well as the country’s full control over the Persian Gulf region and Sea of Oman.

  • May 19, 2010 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 19 May 2010

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