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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Aug 2010 [PDF]
• Airpower Summary for July 12 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 13 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 14 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 15 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 15 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 17 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 18 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 19 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 20 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 21 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 22 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 23 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 24 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 25 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 26 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 27 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 28 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 29 AFNS 02 Aug 2010
• Iraqi Forces Kill Terrorism Suspect, Arrest 21 Others AFPS 02 Aug 2010 -- Iraqi security forces killed a suspected terrorist and arrested 21 other terrorism suspects in various recent operations in Iraq, military officials reported.
• Obama Reaffirms Iraq Exit Plan VOA 02 Aug 2010 -- President Barack Obama says the United States is on track to end its combat mission in Iraq by the end of this month, transitioning from a military to a civilian-led effort. In a speech to the Disabled Veterans of America in Atlanta, Georgia, the president praised the sacrifices of American forces in Iraq, and also underscored his commitment to defeating al-Qaida and extremists forces in Afghanistan.
• Obama: US Will Meet Iraq Draw-Down Goal VOA 02 Aug 2010 -- U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States will end its combat mission in Iraq as scheduled.
• Petraeus Issues First Guidance to Allied Troops in Afghanistan VOA 02 Aug 2010 -- The U.S. and international commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, who took command a month ago, has issued his first guidance document for the nearly 150,000 troops under his command. He is emphasizing the need to provide security and good governance for the Afghan people.
• Petraeus Puts Protecting People at Strategy’s Center AFPS 02 Aug 2010 -- People are at the center of the counterinsurgency guidance the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan issued yesterday.
• British Forces Launch Helmand Province Operation AFPS 02 Aug 2010 -- British forces launched an operation to further squeeze insurgents in the central part of Afghanistan’s Helmand province July 31, military officials reported.
• Gates Says U.S. Troops Not Vacating Afghanistan Next Year RFE/RL 02 Aug 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has said in a television interview that U.S. forces "are not leaving Afghanistan in July 2011."
• 5 Children Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Bombing VOA 02 Aug 2010 -- A bomb attack against an Afghan government official has killed five children in the country's southern Kandahar province.
• Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan IRNA 02 Aug 2010 -- Two British servicemen were killed in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London announced Monday.
• UN agencies respond to flood emergency in Afghanistan UN News Centre 02 Aug 2010 -- United Nations agencies said today they have begun providing relief assistance to thousands of families in central and eastern Afghanistan, who are affected by the floods that have followed torrential rains in the region
• UN panel removes 45 names from Taliban sanctions list after reviewing nearly 500 UN News Centre 02 Aug 2010 -- A United Nations panel reviewing nearly 500 individuals and entities subject to Security Council sanctions for links to the Taliban or Al-Qaida has removed 45 entries – or less than 10 per cent – from the list, it was announced today.
• Press Conference on Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee United Nations 02 Aug 2010
• 455th AEW Airmen deliver first relief supplies in response to Pakistan flooding AFNS 02 Aug 2010 -- A C-130H Hercules crew delivered relief supplies to Islamabad, Pakistan, July 31 in response to catastrophic monsoon flooding.
• National Guard Ramps Up Southwest Border Support AFPS 02 Aug 2010 -- National Guard troops in four states are in training today as they prepare to join colleagues already supporting Border Patrol agents on the nation’s Southwest border.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Remarks by the President at Disabled Veterans of America Conference in Atlanta, Georgia The White House 02 Aug 2010
• Obama Lauds Military for Service in Iraq, Afghanistan AFPS 02 Aug 2010 -- After nearly a decade of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, today’s military has become one of the greatest generations to serve, President Barack Obama said today.
• Obama Reaffirms Commitment to Veteran Care AFPS 02 Aug 2010 -- Caring for veterans is a moral obligation, President Barack Obama said today in a speech at the Disabled American Veterans National Convention in Atlanta.
• RIMPAC 2010 Officially Concludes as Ships Return to Pearl Harbor Navy NewsStand 02 Aug 2010 -- Top military leaders from 14 partner nations held a press conference at Merry Point Landing on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) July 30, officially marking the end of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercise.
• USS Henry M. Jackson Honors Namesake, 75th Patrol Navy NewsStand 02 Aug 2010 -- Sailors from the USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) (Blue) commemorated the boat's namesake, and her upcoming 75th Trident strategic deterrent patrol at a ceremony, July 30, at Naval Base Kitsap - Bangor, Wash.
• Closing the Gap on Post Deployment Health Re-assessments Navy NewsStand 02 Aug 2010 -- The Navy is stepping up its efforts to require all returning deployed Sailors to complete a mandatory post deployment health re-assessment (PDHRA).
• Strategic Level Small Craft Combating Terrorism Course Launched Navy NewsStand 02 Aug 2010 -- A group of 20 foreign officers from four different countries became the first graduates of the Strategic Level Small Craft Combating Terrorism course (SLSCCbT) offered by the U.S. Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) during a ceremony in New Orleans July 15.
• Peruvian Master Chiefs Visit USS New Orleans Navy NewsStand 02 Aug 2010 -- Senior enlisted leaders from the Peruvian navy visited the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) July 28 as part of Amphibious-Southern Partnership Station (A-SPS) 2010.
• Iwo Jima Medical Department Supports Continuing Promise 2010 Navy NewsStand 02 Aug 2010 -- USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is providing surgical assistance to the people of Haiti during the ship's first stop in support of Continuing Promise 2010.
• Momsen Reaches Target During Combat Mission Training Navy NewsStand 02 Aug 2010 -- USS Momsen (DDG 92) fired 60 shells downrange under the pressure of a simulated combat scenario July 28 as part of a composite unit training exercise (COMPTUEX).
• Irregular Warfare Office and NWC Examine Irregular Challenges Navy NewsStand 02 Aug 2010 -- Participants wrapped up a four-day "Irregular Challenges 2010" game that helped define maritime obstacles and scrutinize root causes of irregular challenges, July 30, at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC).
• Top Navy Officer Speaks at Black Data Processors Association Conference Navy NewsStand 02 Aug 2010 -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead was the keynote speaker at the 32nd Annual Black Data Processors Association (BDPA) Conference July 31.
• Joint Base hosts Eagle Flag exercise, Soldiers and Airmen practice port opening AFNS 02 Aug 2010 -- Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard's Contingency Response Group mobilized here July 26 as part of joint exercise Eagle Flag 10-3, which simulates a deployment in support of humanitarian relief efforts.
• Combat communications team supports New Horizons Panama 2010 AFNS 02 Aug 2010 -- An 11-person team from the 32nd Combat Communications Squadron from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is deployed to Meteti, Panama, to bring phone and data service to engineers and support personnel participating in New Horizons Panama 2010.
• Kunsan Airmen participate in Invincible Spirit exercise AFNS 02 Aug 2010 -- Members of the 35th and 80th Fighter Squadrons here flew a total of 20 sorties July 25 through 28 in support of Exercise Invincible Spirit, the first in a planned series of South Korean and U.S. Forces Korea combined naval exercises.
• Mullen Seeks End to ‘Yes-No’ Box on Predeployment Checklists AFPS 02 Aug 2010 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff vowed today to eliminate the “yes-no” box that appears on some predeployment checklists that determines whether a servicemembers’ units can contact their families during deployments.
• Suicide Solution Involves Leadership, Mullen Says AFPS 02 Aug 2010 -- While no easy answers exist to a military suicide problem that has reached "crisis level," a big part of the solution is tied to leadership, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.
• Defense Department Launches ‘Lessons Learned’ Blog AFPS 02 Aug 2010 -- For anyone who has served in the U.S. military, whether in uniform or as a family member, the concept of sharing lessons learned is a familiar one. A new Defense Department blog that launches today seeks to bring those lessons to an accessible online platform.
• SHARED ACCORD Prepares Peacekeeping Forces USMC News 02 Aug 2010 -- A joint task force of more than 700 service members has set up temporary quarters here for the duration of Exercise SHARED ACCORD 2010. The team, comprised largely of reserve Marines, began arriving at Maputo’s largest military base, July 29. During the 10-day exercise, the task force will work with the Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (FADM), to help prepare them for their new role as a regional peacekeeping force.
• U.S. may soon put 'missile umbrella' over south Europe - media RIA Novosti 02 Aug 2010 -- The U.S. Defense Department is close to reaching an agreement with a country in southern Europe on the deployment of a missile early-warning radar to counter potential missile strikes from Iran, The Washington Post reported.
• Mistral contract should be signed at Euronaval show - Russian Navy commander RIA Novosti 02 Aug 2010 -- Russia's contract to buy Mistral class helicopter carriers from France should be signed in Paris at the Euronaval 2010 defense show in October or Russia may lag behind in the ship building industry, Russian Navy commander Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said.
• Russian Navy to base warships at Syrian port after 2012 RIA Novosti 02 Aug 2010 -- Russia's naval supply and maintenance site near Syria's Mediterranean port of Tartus will be modernized to accommodate heavy warships after 2012, the Russian Navy chief said on Monday.
• Russian aircraft carrier blueprint to be ready by yearend - Navy chief RIA Novosti 02 Aug 2010 -- A technical design for a new-generation aircraft carrier will be ready by the end of the year, the head of the Russian Navy said on Monday.
• MND denies report on China weapons removal 'wish list' CNA 02 Aug 2010 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) dismissed a media report Monday that said the military has begun planning a confidence-building mechanism with China and would issue a "wish list" asking China to dismantle weapons targeting Taiwan.
• Remove missiles based on '92 consensus': presidential spokesman CNA 02 Aug 2010 -- The Presidential Office said Monday that Taiwan's people will not accept Beijing's call to remove its missiles targeted at Taiwan only after Taiwan accepts the "one China" principle.
• Wise leadership has paralyzed enemies, commander of ground forces IRNA 02 Aug 2010 -- Commander of the Army Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Pour-Dastan said on Monday that the wise leadership of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has paralyzed the enemies.
• Iran has prepared crushing plan to respond to US possible attack IRNA 02 Aug 2010 -- Iran’s armed forces have since many years ago prepared a crushing plan to respond to any possible aggression of the US or the Zionist regime, a senior military official said Monday.
• Newspapers Attack US-S. Korean Naval Exercises KCNA 01 Aug 2010 -- Leading newspapers here on Sunday run signed commentaries branding the large-scale joint naval exercises staged by the south Korean puppet warmongers and the U.S. in the East Sea of Korea as an undisguised military provocation to the DPRK and an unpardonable treacherous crime that brings the situation of the Korean Peninsula to the phase of a war.
• August 2, 2010 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 02 Aug 2010
• Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton aboard Air Force One en route Atlanta, Georgia The White House 02 Aug 2010

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for August 02, 2010
• Boeing Relocating C-130 AMP, B-1 Program to Oklahoma City Boeing 02 Aug 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it will relocate the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) and B-1 Program from Long Beach to Oklahoma City. The move will begin with C-130 AMP starting in the first quarter of 2011 and conclude by the end of 2012 with the move of the B-1 Program.
• Northrop Grumman Delivers 100th Common Imagery Processor to the United States Air Force Northrop Grumman 02 Aug 2010 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) recently delivered the 100th Common Imagery Processor (CIP) to the U.S. Air Force. The CIP is the primary sensor processing element of the Distributed Common Ground/Surface System.
• Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft T3 Enters Flight Test Boeing 02 Aug 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8A Poseidon aircraft T3 successfully completed its first flight test in Seattle on July 29. T3 is the P-8A program's mission-system and weapon-certification aircraft.
• BAE Systems Receives Contract Modifications Totaling $170 Million To Support Special Operations Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Program BAE Systems 02 Aug 2010 -- BAE Systems has received delivery orders from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command worth $170 million to produce 32 U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Armored Utility Vehicles (AUV) and provide major upgrades to existing vehicles. The U.S. SOCOM AUV is one of several Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) variants based on the RG33 family of vehicles.
• BAE Systems Receives $9.6 Million Order for MOLLE Equipment From Devense Logistics Agency BAE Systems 02 Aug 2010 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a $9.6 million follow-on order from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to produce Modular Lightweight Load Carrying Equipment (MOLLE).
• EADS Defence & Security Delivers Naval Radar to Lockheed Martin for U.S. Littoral Combat Ship Program EADS 02 Aug 2010 -- EADS Defence & Security has delivered the second TRS-3D naval radar to Lockheed Martin, a prime contractor for the U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship program. The radar is due to be integrated on the third of the new Littoral Combat Ships (LCS 3), Fort Worth.
• Lockheed Martin Receives $71M Production Contract from General Dynamics for Warfighter Information Network - Tactical (WIN-T) Lockheed Martin 02 Aug 2010 -- Brigade combat teams maneuvering across wide geographic areas will soon be linked with commanders and the Global Information Grid through an on-the-move broadband networking capability. As part of Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2, General Dynamics awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a contract to provide communications hardware and equipment for the transmission subsystem. The transmission subsystem provides the foundation for the network’s dynamic capability to transfer data over a highly dispersed, non-contiguous area. This contract award is valued at $71 million; this is the first part of a multiple year contract expected to be approximately $400 million in total value.
• 3rd Boeing-built WGS Satellite Enters Service with US Air Force Boeing 02 Aug 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that the third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) military communications satellite has entered service for the U.S. Air Force. It is now part of a constellation that is delivering significantly improved broadband communications to U.S. military forces and their allies in every theater of operation around the world.
• CACI Announces Release of Cybersecurity Report CACI 02 Aug 2010 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) and the U. S. Naval Institute (USNI) today announced the release of a report on Cyber Threats to National Security: Countering Challenges to the Global Supply Chain. The report publishes recommendations from the most recent symposium in the new Asymmetric Threats series on cybersecurity. Copies of the report may be downloaded from CACI's website at www.caci.com or from the dedicated Asymmetric Threat website at asymmetricthreat.net.
• SAIC to Acquire Reveal Imaging Technologies, In SAIC 02 Aug 2010 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc., a leading threat detection products and services company. Reveal is headquartered in Bedford, Mass.

Other Conflicts

• 2 August 2010 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 02 Aug 2010
• Top Chechen Rebel Announces Command Handover RFE/RL 02 Aug 2010 -- Chechen militant leader Doku Umarov is reportedly stepping down as leader of the North Caucasus insurgency and has appointed a successor.
• Umarov Bows Out As North Caucasus Emir RFE/RL 02 Aug 2010 -- Khusein Gakayev, commander of the Chechen forces; the Ingush Tarkhan; and the Arab Abdullah Mukhannad -- have all endorsed Umarov's decision and spoken with unequivocal praise and respect of Aslambek, whom they describe as "reliable" and "God-fearing."
• UN official calls for return of Palestinian families one year after eviction UN News Centre 02 Aug 2010 -- On the “sad occasion” of the one-year anniversary of evictions of Palestinian refugees from their homes in East Jerusalem today, a senior United Nations official called on Israeli authorities to allow families to return to their homes and to protect the rights of Palestinians.
• Mitchell Returning to Region Amid US Pressure on Palestinians VOA 02 Aug 2010 -- U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell is returning to the region shortly amid Obama administration pressure on the Palestinians to enter direct peace talks with Israel.
• UN chief announces panel of inquiry on Gaza flotilla incident UN News Centre 02 Aug 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the launch of a panel of inquiry on the 31 May incident in which Israel raided a six-ship convoy in international waters that was carrying humanitarian goods and activists and heading for Gaza.
• UN Chief Establishes Gaza Flotilla Panel of Inquiry VOA 02 Aug 2010 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he has established a panel of inquiry to look into the Israeli raid of a Turkish ship on May 31, that resulted in the deaths of nine pro-Palestinian activists who were taking aid supplies to the blockaded Gaza Strip.
• Israeli and Jordanian Resort Towns Hit by Rockets VOA 02 Aug 2010 -- Several explosions rocked Israel's Red Sea resort of Eilat and the neighboring Jordanian port city of Aqaba during high tourist season. Israeli media say three rockets crashed into the sea and one hit an open area in Eilat. There were no injuries or damage in Israel.
• Uneasy calm reported in tense camp for displaced in Darfur – UN UN News Centre 02 Aug 2010 -- An uneasy calm has returned to a displaced persons’ camp in the restive region of Darfur in western Sudan where clashes broke out last week over tensions related to the current state of the peace process, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) there reported.

News Reports

• Interview: U.S. Atomic Envoy Says Iran Concerns Rising 'Tremendously' RFE/RL 02 Aug 2010 -- who was the director-general of the IAEA until December 1 -- had reached, that would involve the United States, France, Russia, and the IAEA as the coordinator in providing fuel for the Tehran research reactor.
• Ahmadinejad wants 'man-to-man' talk with Obama RIA Novosti 02 Aug 2010 -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has invited his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama for man-to-man talks ahead of the UN General Assembly session in September, Iranian Fars news agency said on Monday.
• Iranian President Offers to Meet President Obama VOA 02 Aug 2010 -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is saying he is ready to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama during a visit to the United Nations next month.
• Cuba to lay off 1 million 'excess' public sector workers RIA Novosti 02 Aug 2010 -- Cuba will start slashing one million excess jobs in the public sector, Cuban President Raul Castro said on Monday.
• Raul Castro says Cuban leadership as unified as ever RIA Novosti 02 Aug 2010 -- Cuban President Raul Castro denied media speculations that there were signs of a political rift within the Cuban leadership.
• Myanmar PM Hails Development of Relations with DPRK KCNA 01 Aug 2010 -- Thein Sein, prime minister of Myanmar, met and had a talk at the governmental building on July 30 with the DPRK delegation headed by Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun on a visit to his country.
• NASA plans 2 spacewalks to repair cooling system on orbital station RIA Novosti 02 Aug 2010 -- At least two spacewalks will be necessary to ensure proper replacement of a failed cooling pump on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said.
• PAKISTAN: Stranded on rooftops IRIN 02 Aug 2010 -- With thousands of people still stranded on rooftops in the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), there is mounting concern about disease outbreaks following the worst monsoon flooding in the area in decades.
• UN rushing food to victims of deadly Pakistan floods UN News Centre 02 Aug 2010 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing food to more than 35,000 families affected by the worst floods northwest Pakistan has seen in decades, which have affected some one million people in the area.
• Pakistan Summons Envoy After British PM's Terror Remarks VOA 02 Aug 2010 -- Pakistan has summoned Britain's top diplomatic representative in the country in response to remarks by British Prime Minister David Cameron, who suggested that Pakistan promotes the export of terror.
• Taiwan's negotiator says Taiwan wants bigger role in region CNA 02 Aug 2010 -- Taiwan's top negotiator with China reiterated at a seminar on Monday the country's desire to take part in the economic integration of the region, but a Chinese official taking part in the forum did not respond to the plea.
• U.S. Ambassador Meets With Armenian Opposition Leader Ter-Petrossian RFE/RL 02 Aug 2010 -- U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch has met with opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Turkish-Armenian relations, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.
• Rascom-QAF1R and Nilesat 201 ready for launch Thales 02 Aug 2010 -- Rascom-QAF1R and Nilesat 201 telecommunications satellites, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space, are now ready for launch. Both satellites dedicated respectively to RascomStar-QAF and NILESAT satellites operators will be launched by an Ariane 5 ECA rocket on August 4th from Kourou in French Guiana.