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05 October 2010 Military News

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  • Transcript: DOD News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon DoD 05 Oct 2010 -- Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell
  • Exercise Joint Warrior 10-2 Begins In Irish Sea Navy NewsStand 05 Oct 2010 -- The guided-missile destroyers USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) began an exercise Oct. 3 in the Irish Sea designed to bolster defense tactics and maritime security operations.
  • Panamanian President, Distinguished Leaders Visit Continuing Promise Team Navy NewsStand 05 Oct 2010 -- Top Panamanian leaders and visited a Continuing Promise 2010 (CP10) medical site and toured USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Oct. 4 in Punta Pena, Panama.
  • Underwood, HSL-60 Return to Mayport Navy NewsStand 05 Oct 2010 -- USS Underwood (FFG 36) and Helicopter Squadron Anti-Submarine Light 60 (HSL-60) returned to homeport in Mayport, Fla., Oct. 5, following a successful six-month deployment to the Eastern Pacific in support of counter-illicit trafficking operations.
  • ONR Simulator Prepares Warfighters Heading to Afghanistan Navy NewsStand 05 Oct 2010 -- The latest upgrades to the Infantry Immersion Trainer (IIT), a simulator used to fully inundate Marines with the sights, sounds and smells of Afghanistan before ever setting foot in theater, will be demonstrated to Department of Defense officials aboard Camp Pendleton Oct. 7.
  • Continuing Promise 2010 Seabee Team Builds Success in Panama Navy NewsStand 05 Oct 2010 -- Seabees embarked aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) improved the quality of life for Panamanian citizens by adding upgrades to a school and medical clinic in Chiriqui Grand, Panama, Oct. 3, as part of Continuing Promise 2010.
  • Army changes name of integrated capabilities event Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- The U.S. Army changed the name of its system-of-systems-integration, research and development program, Oct. 1.
  • Headquarters IMCOM moves to San Antonio Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- The U.S. Army Installation Management Command Headquarters officially transferred from Arlington, Va., to San Antonio during the public uncasing of its unit colors today at its temporary location.
  • RDECOM organizes to maximize integration Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- Maj. Gen. Nick Justice, commander of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, gathered his military and civilian staff at the Edgewood Area Conference Center Oct. 4 to inaugurate the organization's future.
  • Mustangs bring current gunnery to close Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- One by one, 20 Bradley Fighting Vehicle crews took their turn eliminating targets and then received their scores; bringing their field exercise to an end.
  • Maryland kicks off major BRAC road upgrades Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- A $42.6 million road project officially kicked off Oct. 5 outside Aberdeen Proving Ground. The U.S. 40/Maryland 715 highway improvement will streamline traffic getting into and out of the military installation.
  • Army leaders brief industry on Ground Combat Vehicle Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- Army leaders and program managers told roughly 300 members of industry that plans for the Ground Combat Vehicle will emphasize technological maturity, integration and affordability. They were speaking in broad terms about the anticipated Request for Proposal Oct. 1 at GCV Industry Day in Dearborn, Mich.
  • Army Battle Command systems receive top DoD award Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- The Army's systems for rapid and reliable fire support and reports of unit readiness have earned top Department of Defense honors for their efficiency and success in adapting to the demands of modern war.
  • Support troops "center of gravity" for combat training Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- For Soldiers training in the field for weeks at a time, crawling in and out of hot vehicles and shooting round after round at plastic targets, the last thing going through their minds is probably to question where the rounds they're shooting come from or who fixed broken equipment on their tanks.
  • Transportation Soldiers train 2ID Warriors Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- The sound of armored vehicles revving their engines as they climb the ramp at the Camp Casey railhead is something the Soldiers of 662nd Movement Control Team have become accustomed to over the past several months. On a weekly basis, both the Soldiers and their Korean National coworkers, manage the upload and download of heavy equipment for the 2nd Infantry Division.
  • 9th MP Det. inactivates, transitions into USACF-E Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- The unit formerly known as the 9th Military Police Detachment held a ceremony Sept. 29 at the Coleman Gym in Mannheim, Germany, to welcome a new commander and to formally recognize their transition into what is now known as USARCF-E, or U.S. Army Regional Correctional Facility-Europe.
  • 52nd Signal Soldiers train for confined space entry Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- Soldiers in the 587th Signal Company, 52nd Signal Battalion, stationed in U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, along with civilian personnel from the garrison safety and office and fire department, practiced entering a manhole on Patch Barracks as part of Confined Space Entry Training Sept. 23.
  • Emergency exercise tests German-American cooperation Army News 05 Oct 2010 -- All over the world, the U.S. military provides support in emergency management, including during the recent flooding in Pakistan and earthquake in Haiti.
  • Navy Launches $3.25 Million Online Recovery Support Program Navy NewsStand 05 Oct 2010 -- U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery announced the global launch of a new Web-based continuing care support system for military personnel, family members and retirees who are enrolled within the Navy Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation Services.
  • Navy Recruiting Closes Out Successful Year, Charges into New Fiscal Year Navy NewsStand 05 Oct 2010 -- Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) has broken several records for recruiting for fiscal year (FY) 2010 and plans to continue its success into FY 2011.
  • Energy-saving Support Facility Planned for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Navy NewsStand 05 Oct 2010 -- Plans are underway for a new waterfront support facility at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard after Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic awarded a $16.9 million firm-fixed price task order Sept. 29 to Consigli Construction Co., Inc. of Milford, Maine.
  • USNS Bobo Hosts Italian Naval Officers Navy NewsStand 05 Oct 2010 -- The Military Sealift Command (MSC) Maritime Prepositioning Force ship USNS 2nd LT John P. Bobo (T-AK 3008) hosted 17 Italian naval engineering officers for a tour of the ship during the vessel's regularly scheduled port-call in Naples, Italy, Sept. 16.
  • VA Secretary announces $41.9 million to help homeless AFNS 05 Oct 2010 -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced that 40 states will share more than $41.9 million in grants to community groups to provide 2,568 beds for homeless veterans this year.
  • Gates Urges Servicemembers to Claim Stop-Loss Pay AFPS 05 Oct 2010 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates urged servicemembers whose military service was involuntarily extended between 2001 and 2009 under the so-called “Stop Loss” program to claim the special pay to which they’re entitled before the Dec. 3 deadline.
  • Gates May Meet Chinese Counterpart in Hanoi AFPS 05 Oct 2010 -- In a sign that the U.S.-China military-to-military relationship is beginning to return to normal, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates may meet with his Chinese counterpart during meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam, next week.
  • DoD News: Senior Executive Service Announcements DoD 05 Oct 2010 -- Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced the following Department of Defense Senior Executive Service reassignments.
  • Guard Bolsters Homeland Response Capabilities AFPS 05 Oct 2010 -- The National Guard has added a homeland response force package to its current chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive response capabilities, which will help to provide a more robust response to any homeland incident, a National Guard Bureau official said today.
  • Airmen, Misawa residents prep for disaster AFNS 05 Oct 2010 -- Airmen from the 35th Medical Operations Squadron and 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department provided first-responder support during a natural disaster preparedness exercise Oct. 3 at Misawa City Sea Port.
  • Program Bolsters Department’s Language Capabilities AFPS 05 Oct 2010 -- Counterinsurgency operations are based on protecting the population, and to do that, you have to be able to communicate.
  • Indian military officers train with 31st MEU USMC News 05 Oct 2010 -- Fourteen service members from the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy boarded the ships of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group, Sept. 28, to work alongside Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 11 during exercise Habu Nag 2010.

  • Russian Military Concerned With Evasion As Army Draft Begins RFE/RL 05 Oct 2010 -- The Russian Defense Ministry predicts that about half of the recruits for the fall recruitment into the military will evade the draft, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

  • Iranian Defense Minister To Visit Azerbaijan RFE/RL 05 Oct 2010 -- Iranian Defense Minister Major General Ahmad Vahidi will visit Azerbaijan next week at the invitation of his Azerbaijani counterpart, Colonel General Safar Abiyev, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports.

  • Taiwan presses for F-16 C/D sale CNA 05 Oct 2010 -- Taiwan renewed a call Monday for the United States to approve its request for F-16C/D fighters to help enhance its air defense capability against China's military threat.

  • Former Armenian Envoy To NATO Promoted RFE/RL 05 Oct 2010 -- Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has named a former representative to NATO as first deputy defense minister, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.

  • Kim Jong Il Watches Coordinated Drill of KPA Unit KCNA 05 Oct 2010 -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il watched a coordinated drill of servicepersons of KPA Unit 851 held to mark the 65th birthday of the WPK.
  • 6th DPRK-US Colonel-Level Military Working Contact KCNA 05 Oct 2010 -- The sixth round of the DPRK-U.S. senior colonel-level military working contact was made in Panmunjom Tuesday.

  • October 5, 2010 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 05 Oct 2010

Defense Industry

  • DoD News: Contracts for October 05, 2010
  • Russia's Sukhoi begins Su-33 Flanker-D trials RIA Novosti 05 Oct 2010 -- Russia's Sukhoi aircraft holding revealed on Tuesday it has begun ground and flight trials of the modernized fourth generation Su-33 naval fighter.
  • ATK Receives Occupational Excellence Achievement Award for Management of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant ATK 05 Oct 2010 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) announced today that its Energetic Systems division at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP) received the 2010 Occupational Excellence Achievement Award from the National Safety Council. This recognition continues a longstanding record of environmental and safety performance at the facility. ATK was recognized for reported injuries and illnesses that involved days away from work that were equal to or less than 50 percent of the Bureau of Labor Statistics rate for similar industry peers from January 1 through December 31, 2009.
  • Bath Iron Works Awarded $34 Million for Lead Yard Services on DDG 51-class Aegis Destroyer Program General Dynamics 05 Oct 2010 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $33.7 million contract to provide ongoing lead yard services for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class AEGIS destroyer program. This option modifies a contract initially awarded in November 2005.
  • India Goes Airborne Lockheed Martin 05 Oct 2010 -- The first of six C-130J Super Hercules for India took to the skies for its maiden flight yesterday. The aircraft will now complete a series of company and customer flight tests prior to delivery in December. The second and third aircraft are due to fly within the next few weeks.

Other Conflicts

News Reports

  • Al-Qaeda eyes Russia's North Caucasus - Russian official RIA Novosti 05 Oct 2010 -- Al-Qaeda has included Russia's volatile North Caucasus region in its plans to create an Islamic caliphate, or united Muslim state, the secretary of the Russian Security Council said on Tuesday.
  • Failed Times Square Bomber Sentenced To Life In Prison RFE/RL 05 Oct 2010 -- A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen trained by the Taliban has been sentenced to life in prison for a failed May terror plot in which he tried to detonate a car rigged with bombs in New York City’s Times Square.
  • Times Square Bomber Receives Life Sentence VOA 05 Oct 2010 -- The Pakistani-American man who loaded a van with explosives in May and parked it in New York's Times Square, hoping to kill Americans, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
  • Pakistani Behind Failed NYC Bombing Sentenced VOA 05 Oct 2010 -- A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who tried to bomb New York City's Times Square has been sentenced to life in prison.
  • France Arrests 12 in Anti-Terror Sweeps VOA 05 Oct 2010 -- French police have arrested 12 people in anti-terror sweeps across southern France.

  • Salehi: Bushehr nuclear power plant to come on stream by December IRNA 05 Oct 2010 -- Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Agency Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday that Bushehr nuclear power plant is to come on stream by the second half of December.
  • Retaliate US move against 8 Iranian officials, MPs urge FM IRNA 05 Oct 2010 -- A specialized commission in the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) asked the Foreign Ministry Tuesday to 'retaliate' the US recent move against the eight Iranian officials.
  • Electricity to be generated by Bushehr power plant in due time IRNA 05 Oct 2010 -- The Bushehr nuclear power plant would start generating electricity according to the previous schedule, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday.
  • Iran, always ready for talks: FM spokesman IRNA 05 Oct 2010 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said here on Tuesday that Tehran has always been ready for talks.
  • Fuel to be loaded into Bushehr power plant upon schedule IRNA 05 Oct 2010 -- The process of loading nuclear fuel into Iran's Bushehr power plant would be followed based on the schedule, an official with Russia's nuclear building company said Tuesday.
  • West's mind games will not stop nuclear plant - Iran RIA Novosti 05 Oct 2010 -- The Iranian nuclear plant Bushehr will start generating power by late December as scheduled, despite the West's "psychological warfare," Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
  • First fuel to be loaded into Iranian nuclear plant later this month RIA Novosti 05 Oct 2010 -- Iran will begin loading fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power station later in October, Russian contractor Atomstroiexport said on Tuesday.
  • Iran: West Trying 'Psychological Warfare' to Stop Nuclear Activities VOA 05 Oct 2010 -- Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says reports that a sophisticated computer worm had infected the country's Bushehr power plant are part of "psychological warfare" from Western nations intent on stopping Iran's nuclear program.

  • Thai court rejects second U.S. extradition request for Bout RIA Novosti 05 Oct 2010 -- A Thai court rejected on Tuesday the second U.S. request for the extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer Victor Bout to the United States on charges of money laundering and wire-fraud.
  • Thai Court Clears Way to Extradite Alleged Arms Dealer to US VOA 05 Oct 2010 -- A court in Thailand has dismissed charges against an alleged arms dealer, clearing a legal technicality that was preventing the 43-year-old Russian citizen's extradition to the United States.
  • Three Questions: Prosecuting the "Merchant of Death" VOA 05 Oct 2010 -- Viktor Bout was reputed to be one of the biggest illegal arms dealers in history until he was arrested in a U.S.-led sting operation in 2008. The 43-year-old Russian national allegedly tried to sell missiles and other weapons to U.S. agents posing as members of Colombia's notoriously violent rebel group, FARC.

  • Fugitive Uzbek Community Leader Tells His Story Of The Unrest RFE/RL 05 Oct 2010 -- Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have sent a request to Ukraine for the extradition of Kadyrjon Batyrov, who is accused by Bishkek of fomenting interethnic hatred. They attribute statements to Batyrov on greater rights for Kyrgyzstan's ethnic Uzbeks that they say were one of the main sparks that ignited clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in June in the Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces that left hundreds dead and briefly displaced hundreds of thousands of people, mainly Uzbeks.
  • NASA’s MAVEN Mission To Mars Passes Confirmation Review Lockheed Martin 05 Oct 2010 -- NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) project passed its Mission Confirmation Review on Oct. 4. As a result, NASA has given approval for the development and 2013 launch of the MAVEN mission. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is the industry partner for the mission and will design and build the spacecraft and perform flight operations.
  • U.S. Urges Bosnia's Leaders To Find 'Common Ground' RFE/RL 05 Oct 2010 -- The United States has urged the newly elected leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina to find "common ground" as they look to the future.
  • Babangida Campaign Director Questioned About Nigeria Bombing VOA 05 Oct 2010 -- Nigerian security forces have questioned the presidential campaign director for former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida in connection with the independence day bombings that killed 12 people.
  • Ethiopia's PM Restructures Government VOA 05 Oct 2010 -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has restructured his government, naming an up-and-coming ruling party official and former academic to two powerful posts. The reorganization also creates several new ministerial portfolios.
  • China's Ministry of Commerce delegation to visit CNA 05 Oct 2010 -- A delegation from China's Ministry of Commerce will attend the 2010 Asia MICE forum in Taipei Oct. 7-8, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said in a statement released Monday.



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