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19 July 2010 Military News

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  • Detainee Transfer Announced DoD 19 Jul 2010 -- The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of two detainees from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Governments of Algeria and Cape Verde.

  • US Diplomats, Warships Headed for South Korea VOA 19 Jul 2010 -- Senior U.S. diplomats and two warships are converging on South Korea, in a show of solidarity four months after the sinking of a South Korean military vessel.
  • Gates to Underscore U.S. Commitment to South Korea AFPS 19 Jul 2010 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here tonight for a visit intended to underscore the U.S. commitment to South Korea and provide framework for further strengthening the alliance between the two nations.
  • USS George Washington to Visit Republic of Korea AFPS 19 Jul 2010 -- USS George Washington, the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier will visit the Korean port of Busan July 21 to 25, U.S. Forces Korea officials announced today.

  • USS George Washington to Visit Busan Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- USS George Washington (CVN 73), the U.S. Navy's only permanently, forward-deployed aircraft carrier, will visit the Korean port of Busan July 21-25.
  • Marine Harrier Crashes During Exercise Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- An AV8B Harrier, belonging to the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), crashed just west of Lake George in the Ocala National Forest, near the town of Salt Springs, Fla., at approximately 8 p.m. July 18.
  • ESG 2 Holds Change of Command Ceremony Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 2 held a change of command ceremony July 19 at Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 at Joint Expeditionary Base (JEB) Little Creek-Fort Story, Va.
  • Pacific Partnership Joins Forces with Sail Banda Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) continues its visit to Indonesia with its final stop in Ambon July 26 through Aug. 4 as part of Pacific Partnership 2010 and Sail Banda 2010.
  • Electronic Leave System On Its Way to GTMO Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- Sailors at U.S. Navy shore installations around the world, including those at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba, are scheduled to implement the Electronic Leave System (E-Leave) in August 2010.
  • VRC 40 Rawhides Celebrate 50th Anniversary During Change Of Command Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 (VRC 40) Sailors celebrated the command's 50th anniversary during a change of command ceremony July 16.
  • Walter Reed to Receive Furniture, Equipment through NAVFAC Contract Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington, D.C., awarded a $16 million firm-fixed price contract modification to Whiting-Turner Contracting Company to outfit two buildings under construction at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda, Md.
  • Taylor Delivers Project Handclasp Supplies to Odessa Orphanage Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- Sailors aboard USS Taylor (FFG 50) took time during exercise Sea Breeze 2010 to deliver Project Handclasp supplies to the Lastochka Orphanage in Odessa, Ukraine, July 16.
  • USNS Mercy Arrives in Ternate During Pacific Partnership 2010 Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived July 18 in Ternate, Indonesia, and will stay through July 24 as part of its visit to Indonesia, the second of three legs during Pacific Partnership 2010 (PP10).
  • Naval Station Norfolk To See Energy Conservation Upgrades Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- Several of the overhead steam lines at Naval Station Norfolk will come down during the next few years as part of a plan to reduce energy consumption on the installation.
  • Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific Supports RIMPAC Navy NewsStand 19 Jul 2010 -- Naval training is supporting the international maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010, taking place in and around the islands of Hawaii, through Aug. 1, by training submarine crews from the Republic of Korea Navy, and the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force.
  • Blast radius: An EOD Airman's experience AFNS 19 Jul 2010 -- When alarms blare and servicemembers bunker-down from an enemy attack, explosive ordnance disposal technicians are on scene, probing the risky remnants left behind. Plunging into harm's way, no matter how tense each situation is, they clear blast zones and disarm potential explosives.
  • Joint medical team prepares local officials during disaster training AFNS 19 Jul 2010 -- A joint team of medical instructors is working with local medical, government and emergency officials here July 19, to help them practice and coordinate their response efforts in the event of a disaster or mass casualty incident.
  • Air Combat Command promotes CCAF degree AFNS 19 Jul 2010 -- Although having a Community College of the Air Force degree is important for all Airmen, Air Combat Command is encouraging its technical sergeants to achieve this educational goal.
  • Top 10 changes in basic combat training Army News 19 Jul 2010 -- This year, Basic Combat Training has gone through a transformation. Here are some of the changes you'll see in new Basic and OSUT courses, as of 1 July 2010
  • Outlawz Compete in Leader's Reaction Course Army News 19 Jul 2010 -- Soldiers from the 263rd Maintenance Company, 553rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) recently put their problem-solving skills to the test at the Leader's Reaction Course for sergeant's time training.
  • Combined U.S., Malaysian forces achieve mission success Army News 19 Jul 2010 -- In an effort to build relations and sharpen U.N.-focused, peace support operational skills, U.S. and Malaysian service members have combined their expertise and talents for an intense, one-week, command post exercise here as part of U.S. Army, Pacific's Keris Strike 2010 exercise.
  • Army officials continue push for system consolidation Army News 19 Jul 2010 -- Army officials continue to push for a consolidation of network systems to run on a single common operating environment and for network efficiency across the service.
  • 2/7 returns home USMC News 19 Jul 2010 -- There was joy etched on the faces of wives, children and family members of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, as the busses pulled up carrying men returning from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
  • Special-Purpose MAGTF Continuing Promise 2010 embarks USS Iwo Jima USMC News 19 Jul 2010 -- The Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force embarked the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, July 14-15 for a deployment to the U.S. Southern Command’s area of operation in support of Operation Continuing Promise 2010.
  • Asia-Pacific nations meet to discuss peace operations AFNS 13 Jul 2010 -- U.S. servicemembers will join representatives from other nations throughout the Asia-Pacific region in Singapore July 19 through 23 to discuss the use of air forces in support of peace operations.

  • Russian state arms procurement program to be significantly increased RIA Novosti 19 Jul 2010 -- The Russian Defense Ministry has significantly increased allocations for the 2011-2020 state arms procurement program, a senior military official said on Monday.
  • Russian Air Force to get 10 fifth-generation fighters by 2015 RIA Novosti 19 Jul 2010 -- The Russian Defense Ministry will buy the first 10 fifth-generation fighters between 2013 and 2015 and then another 60 after 2016, a senior military official said on Monday.
  • Russia may purchase 20 An-124 transport planes before 2020 RIA Novosti 19 Jul 2010 -- The Russian Defense Ministry may purchase some 20 An-124 Ruslan (Condor) heavy-lift transport aircraft according to the 2011-2020 state arms procurement program, a senior official said on Monday.
  • Russian state arms procurement program increased 'almost twofold' - official RIA Novosti 19 Jul 2010 -- The Russian Defense Ministry has almost doubled allocations for the 2011-2020 state arms procurement program, a senior official said on Monday.
  • Russia rotates its peacekeepers in Transdnestr RIA Novosti 19 Jul 2010 -- Russia starts on Monday a regular rotation of its peacekeeping contingent in Moldova's breakaway region of Transdnestr.

  • Defense minister says new submarines to deliver to Navy soon IRNA 19 Jul 2010 -- Minister of Defense Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said Sunday that new domestically made submarines would be delivered to Iran’s Navy on July 27.

  • Russia's defense corporation signs contract on helicopter supplies to India RIA Novosti 09 Jul 2010 -- Russia's state-owned defense corporation Oboronprom and India's Vectra Group have signed a $30 million contract on the supply of four Ka-32 Helix helicopters, the Russian company's CEO Andrei Reus said on Monday.
  • India to purchase two more AWACS planes from Russia RIA Novosti 09 Jul 2010 -- India will purchase two additional Russian-made airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday.

  • Military strength key bargaining chip for Taiwan with China: DPP CNA 19 Jul 2010 -- Taiwan has to maintain its military strength to serve as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China, Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said Monday.

  • July 19, 2010 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 19 Jul 2010
  • Daily Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 7/19/2010 The White House 19 Jul 2010

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  • Report: Size of US Intelligence Hurts Effectiveness VOA 19 Jul 2010 -- A top American newspaper says U.S. intelligence gathering has become so massive since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that some agencies are doing the same work, and that many intelligence reports are routinely ignored.

  • Russian Opposition Sees Shadow of KGB in New Security Bill VOA 19 Jul 2010 -- Russia's upper house of parliament has approved a controversial bill expanding the powers of the domestic security agency. Opponents say the new law will make the agency more like its Soviet-era predecessor the KGB.

  • Interview: Amiri 'Was Not Who He Pretended He Was' RFE/RL 19 Jul 2010 -- Amir Farshad Ebrahimi -- an Iranian journalist, former member of the Basij militia, and founding member of hard-line pressure group Ansar-e Hizbullah -- has claimed on his blog that Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri contacted him last year and asked for help in defecting to the West.
  • Iran turns down US senator’s offer to talk IRNA 19 Jul 2010 -- Iran on Monday turned down an offer made by US Senator John Kerry to talk because the U.S. Democrats proved inconsistency in word and action.
  • US unilateral sanctions on Iran run counter to int’l conventions IRNA 19 Jul 2010 -- The United States unilateral sanctions against Iran run counter to international conventions, violating human rights of Iranian nation.

  • Has Moscow Had Enough Of Belarus's Lukashenka? RFE/RL 19 Jul 2010 -- Has the Kremlin finally had enough of Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka? The past two months have featured a gas war between Moscow and Minsk and a televised mudslinging match between Lukashenka and the Kremlin.

  • YEMEN: One-third of Yemenis going hungry - report IRIN 19 Jul 2010 -- Water scarcity, rapid population growth and internal conflicts are some of the main factors causing an “alarming state of food insecurity” at national and local levels, a new report has warned.
  • Parliaments can play leading role in tackling today’s crises, Ban says UN News Centre 19 Jul 2010 -- The world’s elected parliamentarians can play a leading role in tackling some of today’s global crises and challenges, including unconstitutional changes of government and threats to the rule of law, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today.
  • Report Condemns 'Brutal' Sudanese Security Service VOA 19 Jul 2010 -- A report from Amnesty International is charging that Sudan's Security service systematically uses torture, detention and kidnapping to silence opponents of the government. The Amnesty International report, titled "Agents of Fear," draws on accounts by witnesses and survivors of human-rights violations, as well as on reports from other non-governmental organizations.
  • Russia, Ukraine to consider joint atomic project RIA Novosti 19 Jul 2010 -- Russian and Ukrainian experts will discuss setting up a joint nuclear generation project on Tuesday, Ukraine's major energy company said.
  • Cuba: Ban calls for reconciliatory measures in wake of release of political detainees UN News Centre 19 Jul 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Cuban authorities to take more reconciliatory measures on human rights and the rule of law in the wake of the recent release of dozens of political detainees in the Caribbean island nation.
  • Russia set to occupy 15% of world's space services RIA Novosti 19 Jul 2010 -- Russia plans to occupy at least 15% of the world's space services under the national aerospace industry's development strategy for 2015, Russia's top space official said on Monday.
  • HRW: New Burmese Military Party Undermines Free Elections VOA 19 Jul 2010 -- A leading U.S.-based rights group has condemned the recent merger of a powerful Burmese mass movement that supports the country's ruling junta into the army's new political party, a move critics say is designed to ensure the military government dominates national elections expected later this year.
  • Lack of funding hampering aid efforts for Iraq’s most vulnerable, UN warns UN News Centre 19 Jul 2010 -- The United Nations humanitarian arm warned today that a lack of funding is hampering efforts to assist vulnerable Iraqis, with food distributions to hundreds of thousands of pregnant women and schoolchildren already having been suspended.



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