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17 August 2010 Military News

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  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 17 Aug 2010 [PDF]

  • Medical crew takes flight, injured out of fight AFNS 17 Aug 2010 -- Five members of the 332nd Expeditionary Airlift Flight, with the help of other unit comrades, loaded a C-130 Hercules with medical supplies and equipment in preparation for picking up servicemembers at various locations throughout Iraq.
  • Electronic Systems Center team completing communication infrastructure project for Iraqi air force AFNS 17 Aug 2010 -- An Electronic Systems Center team is scheduled to complete work on a project by the end of August that lays the backbone for communication and connectivity for the Iraqi air force.
  • New Iraqi training and advisory mission director visits Umm Qasr Army News 17 Aug 2010 -- United Kingdom Royal Marine Brig. Simon Timothy "Tim" Chicken, the new director of the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission Navy, visited the port city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, today during his official visit to ITAM Navy Umm Qasr's operations.
  • 546th ASMC Deploys to Iraq Army News 17 Aug 2010 -- Friends and family members of Soldiers with the 546th Area Support Medical Company, 1st Medical Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), woke up early on July 31 to attend a farewell ceremony at the Kieschnick Fitness Center.
  • At Least 47 Killed In Attack On Iraqi Army Recruitment Center RFE/RL 17 Aug 2010 -- Dozens of people have been killed and scores more injured in an attack on an Iraqi Army recruitment center in Baghdad.
  • Bomber Strikes Iraqi Army Recruits, Killing at Least 61 VOA 17 Aug 2010 -- A suicide bomber has killed at least 61 people in an attack at an army recruitment center in Baghdad. More than 125 other people are said to have been injured in the blast. The attack comes two weeks before a U.S. deadline to remove its combat troops from Iraq.
  • UN condemns deadly attack on Iraqi army recruitment centre UN News Centre 17 Aug 2010 -- The United Nations has strongly condemned today’s terrorist attack on an Iraqi army recruitment centre in the capital that claimed the lives of dozens of military recruits and left over a hundred others injured.

  • Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill, Detain Insurgents AFPS 17 Aug 2010 -- Afghan and coalition forces killed or detained numerous insurgents in various recent operations in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
  • Pentagon, Karzai Work to Disband Security Companies AFPS 17 Aug 2010 -- Pentagon officials are working with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to disband private security contractors in Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said today.
  • Maintainers keep heart of Air Force pumping AFNS 17 Aug 2010 -- For the Airmen of the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here, keeping the aircraft fine-tuned and serviced is serious business. So when an operator reports a problem, the crew chiefs and other maintainers treat it like an emergency room technician would.
  • Afghan President Bans International Security Firms VOA 17 Aug 2010 -- The Afghan president has issued a decree that private security companies have four months to disband. The employees of the disbanded firms will be able to join the Afghan police force if they are eligible. The Afghan government estimates 30,000 to 40,000 people work for private security companies. The ban could affect the Afghan reconstruction effort and the training of the Afghan military and police.
  • President's Decree Bans Private Security Firms From Afghanistan RFE/RL 17 Aug 2010 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued a decree that calls on all private security contractors to cease operations in the country within four months.
  • ISAF downbeat on fighting corruption and drugs in Afghanistan IRNA 17 Aug 2010 -- The spokesman of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, Brigadier General Josef Dieter Blotz warned that it would be very difficult to get rid of corruption and drugs in the war-stricken country.
  • Engineers Help to Solve Construction Issues AFPS 17 Aug 2010 -- Afghanistan has a lot of building and rebuilding to do in the next few years. Three decades of war in the country has left little to no nationwide infrastructure, which only complicates the urgent need for construction.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Pakistan floods hit tent supplies IRIN 17 Aug 2010 -- Finding temporary shelter for people made homeless by floods in Afghanistan is being hampered by a shortage of tents, according to aid agencies.
  • Russia flexible on supply of Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan RIA Novosti 17 Aug 2010 -- Russia is interested in supplying Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan and is setting no constraints on a possible deal, a Kremlin aide said on Tuesday.
  • Georgian Bn begins mission rehearsal exercise, preps for Afghanistan deployment USMC News 17 Aug 2010 -- The Republic of Georgia’s 32nd Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) recently arrived from Georgia and began a month long training evolution here at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) that will culminate in a Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRE), which will serve as a final mission evaluation before their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in support of International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) there.

  • U.S. Relief Continues in Pakistan AFPS 17 Aug 2010 -- U.S. military forces rescued 375 displaced Pakistanis yesterday, Pentagon officials said today, continuing their humanitarian assistance in wake of the monsoon floods that have isolated much of the Swat Valley and Peshawar regions in northwestern Pakistan.

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