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21 February 2013 Military News

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  • OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 21 Feb 2013 [PDF]
  • Navy Delivers Two Coastal Patrol Boats to Iraq NNS 21 Feb 2013 -- The U.S. Navy delivered two more 35-meter patrol boats (PB-310 and PB-311) to the Iraqi navy at the Umm Qasr naval facility in Iraq, Feb. 17, after each craft successfully completed reactivation in Bahrain.
  • Combined Force Arrests Insurgents in Kunduz Province AFPS 21 Feb 2013 -- A combined Afghan and coalition security force in Kunduz district of Afghanistan's Kunduz province arrested six insurgents today during a search for an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader, military officials reported.
  • Albanian Special Operations Forces transfer of authority Army News 21 Feb 2013 -- The Republic of Albania, Special Operations Forces team Eagle 5, which has served in Afghanistan for seven months, transferred authority of their missions in the district of Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, to team Eagle 6 in a ceremony Feb. 14 here.
  • NATO Ponders Afghan Troop Strength, Official Says AFPS 21 Feb 2013 -- NATO defense ministers gathered here are considering proposals to keep the number of Afghan national security forces at 325,000 for the next five years, although a previous plan set the future force at about 240,000, according to a NATO official.
  • Commando Brigade, battalions assume mission in Afghanistan Army News 21 Feb 2013 -- Key leaders from the 2nd Brigade, 203rd Corps, Afghan National Army; 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; and Task Force 'Commandos,' 2nd Security Forces Assistance Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (LI), Forward Operating Base, Sharana, attended a transfer of authority ceremony Feb. 13 at Forward Operating Base Thunder, Afghanistan.
  • Joint Intelligence training, a smart affair Army News 21 Feb 2013 -- Soldiers assigned and attached to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, Third Infantry Division, Combined Task Force Raider, along with the intelligence section of the 2nd Kandak, 205th Corps, Afghanistan National Army, as well as Romanian intelligence officers attended a multinational intelligence training event hosted by the ANA and facilitated by British contractors here, Feb. 11.

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