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06 June 2013 Military News

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Current Operations

  • OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 06 Jun 2013 [PDF]

  • Combined Force Arrests Haqqani Leader AFPS 06 Jun 2013 -- An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani leader and three other insurgents during an operation in the Matun district of Afghanistan's Khost province today, military officials reported.
  • US says Italy, Germany and Turkey will join its post-2014 Afghan force Iran Press TV 06 Jun 2013 -- US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has announced that Germany, Italy and Turkey have pledged to contribute forces to the American troop contingent that will stay in Afghanistan following the 2014 withdrawal plan.
  • Transfer of detainees to Afghan custody to resume UK MOD 06 Jun 2013 -- The MOD intends to restart the transfer of detainees captured by UK forces into the Afghan judicial system.

  • US Soldier Confesses to Afghan Mass Killings - Report RIA Novosti 06 Jun 2013 -- US soldier Robert Bales charged with massacring 16 people, nine of them children, in southern Afghanistan last year pleaded guilty in an attempt to avoid a death penalty, CBSNews.com reported.
  • U.S. Soldier Guilty Of Afghan Killing Spree To Be Spared Death RFE/RL 06 Jun 2013 -- A U.S. military judge has accepted the guilty plea of Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales for the premeditated murders of 16 unarmed Afghan civilians last year, including many women and children.

  • More than a Decade of Success In Fight Against Terror, Official Says AFNS 06 Jun 2013 -- because terrorists aren't plastic things that pop up again. When you kill them, they don't come back. Yes, somebody else may come back, but that guy is probably less effective, less trained, and by the way, knows his buddy before him got ... killed.' When a terrorist network is under pressure, it will be unable to conduct strategic operations, Sheehan said. 'It's not by luck that we've been safe in the United States over the last ten years,' he noted.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • DNI Statement on Recent Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information Director of National Intelligence 06 Jun 2013 -- The highest priority of the Intelligence Community is to work within the constraints of law to collect, analyze and understand information related to potential threats to our national security.
  • DNI Statement on Activities Authorized Under Section 702 of FISA Director of National Intelligence 06 Jun 2013 -- The Guardian and The Washington Post articles refer to collection of communications pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. They contain numerous inaccuracies.
  • US Defends Secretly Collecting Phone Records VOA 06 Jun 2013 -- The U.S. government is defending the practice of collecting massive amounts of information about telephone calls, following a newspaper report the National Security Agency is gathering the records of millions of Americans.
  • Legislators Query Holder on NSA Phone Records VOA 06 Jun 2013 -- Testifying before a previously scheduled Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Justice Department's budget, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday was met with questions regarding Wednesday's report by Britain's Guardian newspaper that the National Security Agency has been secretly collecting phone records of tens of millions of Americans who use Verizon as their landline or cell phone carrier.
  • Top US spy agency collects American phone records by top-secret order Iran Press TV 06 Jun 2013 -- A top US spy agency has ordered one of the nation's largest phone companies to collect and submit phone records of tens of millions of its American customers under a "top-secret" court order issued in April.

  • F-35A completes 1st in-flight missile launch AFNS 06 Jun 2013 -- An F-35A conventional takeoff and landing aircraft completed the first in-flight missile launch of an AIM-120 over the Point Mugu Sea Test Range, June 5.
  • Navy Names Multiple Ships DoD 06 Jun 2013 -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today the next three joint high speed vessels (JHSV) will be named USNS Yuma, USNS Bismarck and USNS Burlington, and two littoral combat ships (LCS) will be named USS Billings and USS Tulsa.
  • PCU Gerald R. Ford Officially Establishes Crew NNS 06 Jun 2013 -- More than 100 Sailors from the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) attended a special ribbon-cutting ceremony, May 15, to officially establish the crew of the first Ford class aircraft carrier and open the building where they will work while the ship is constructed.
  • Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Choctaw County NNS 06 Jun 2013 -- The Navy accepted delivery of the second Joint High Speed Vessel, USNS Choctaw County (JHSV 2), from Austal USA, June 6 in Mobile, Ala.
  • Navy's Third Joint High Speed Vessel Launched NNS 06 Jun 2013 -- USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) successfully launched, June 5, from the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala.
  • First Carrier Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo Launched NNS 06 Jun 2013 -- USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) conducted the first aircraft carrier-borne end-to-end at-sea test of the Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) System, the Navy announced, June 6.
  • Training Air Wing TWO Marks 700,000 Flight Hours in T-45 Goshawk NNS 06 Jun 2013 -- Training Air Wing TWO (TW-2) at Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville marked its 700,000th training hour in the T-45 'Goshawk' aircraft May 31.
  • T-1 Jayhawk modifications take electronic warfare training airborne AFNS 06 Jun 2013 -- The 451st Flying Training Squadron completed the final step of a long journey when a T-1A Jayhawk modified for electronic warfare training took flight on a training sortie June 4.
  • Green Flag-West readies B-1 aircrews for future deployments AFNS 06 Jun 2013 -- Airmen from the 9th Bomb Squadron participated in a Green Flag-West exercise May 17-31, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in order to prepare for future deployments.
  • Vice Chairman Lauds Women as Teammates, Decries Sexual Assault AFPS 06 Jun 2013 -- Military women are an integral part of the armed forces and efforts are underway to combat and eliminate sexual assault in the ranks, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today at the 2013 Joint Women's Leadership Symposium.
  • MCLC capabilities extend across Marine Corps USMC News 06 Jun 2013 -- Marine Corps Logistics Command has a continuing presence in each Marine Expeditionary Force to provide logistics support to the warfighter.
  • US Marines, Korps Marinir train in Indonesia USMC News 06 Jun 2013 -- More than 300 Marines and sailors with Landing Force Company concluded training with Indonesia's Korps Marinir at the Antralina Training Area, Indonesia, during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2013.

  • Secretary General thanks Poland for strong commitment NATO 06 Jun 2013 -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen thanked Poland for its staunch commitment to the Alliance and its strong contributions to missions, in particular in Afghanistan and Kosovo during a visit to Warsaw on Thursday (6 June 2013). "Poland is a proud NATO member, strongly committed to the Alliance. And the Alliance is committed to Poland's defence," the Secretary General said.

  • German defense minister faces calls to resign over drones Iran Press TV 06 Jun 2013 -- German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere is facing calls to step down for squandering 600 million euros on a drone project, Press TV reports.

  • Two New Russian Radars to Start Work Next Year RIA Novosti 06 Jun 2013 -- Russia's two new antimissile radars – one in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and the other in Siberia's Irkutsk Region – will be launched in 2014, the Aerospace Defense Forces head said Thursday.

  • Last Type 42 warship decommissions UK MOD 06 Jun 2013 -- HMS Edinburgh, the last of the Royal Navy's Type 42 destroyers, officially bows out of service today, Thursday 6 June.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

News Reports

  • Turkey moves to 'avoid further tensions' Iran Press TV 06 Jun 2013 -- Turkey's deputy prime minister has called on government supporters not to gather in large numbers at the airport receiving the country's Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan from a trip abroad to avoid further tensions.
  • Erdogan blames terrorists, foreigners for unrest in Turkey Iran Press TV 06 Jun 2013 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has laid the blame on a "terrorist organization" and foreign suspects for anti-government demonstrations that continue to rock his country.
  • Erdogan: Taksim Plans To Go Ahead, Despite Protests RFE/RL 06 Jun 2013 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government will go ahead with controversial plans to redevelop Istanbul's Taksim Square, despite mass antigovernment protests.
  • Turkey's Erdogan Depends On Working Class Support To Counter Critics RFE/RL 06 Jun 2013 -- On a side street about 2 kilometers from the cacophonic demonstrations on Istanbul's Taksim Square, the clacking of 'yuzbir' chips competes only with the whir of traffic.
  • Turkish PM Says Re-Development Plans Will Continue VOA 06 Jun 2013 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his government will continue with its controversial plans to overhaul a small park in central Istanbul, despite widespread anti-government protests sparked by public opposition to the plan.

  • Soltaniey's advice for western few, objection against Amano remarks IRNA 05 Jun 2013 -- Iran's representative at International Atomic Energy Agency here Wednesday advised some western countries to refrain from destructive lectures and permit Iran and agency to continue technical talks amid a calm atmosphere.
  • Soltaniyeh: Agency's Secretariat responsible for 'Going Round in Circles' IRNA 06 Jun 2013 -- Representative of Iran at International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reacting to Yokia Amano's claim on Iran-IAEA talks 'Going in Round Circles' reiterated that IAEA Secretariate is responsible for the matter.

  • Al-Qaida Remains a Threat Despite U.S. Success Against Terrorism, Official Says AFPS 06 Jun 2013 -- Despite U.S. and allied successes against terrorists, Al-Qaida isn't going away soon, the assistant defense secretary for special operations and low intensity conflict said today.

  • Aid projects in limbo after Karachi killings IRIN 06 Jun 2013 -- The short queue outside a dispensary in the Sohrab Goth area of Pakistan's mega-city Karachi hadn't advanced for hours: the front door remained stubbornly shut, death threats having deterred staff from showing up for work several days previously.

  • SARS-like virus kills claims one more life in Saudi Arabia Iran Press TV 06 Jun 2013 -- Saudi health authorities say one more person has died from a deadly new respiratory virus related to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the country's eastern region of al-Ahsaa.

  • Ethiopia: Halting Dam's Construction Unthinkable VOA 06 Jun 2013 -- Tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia are rising after Ethiopia began diverting the water of a Nile River tributary to build the continent's biggest hydroelectric power plant. Despite criticism from Egypt, Ethiopia says construction of the dam will proceed.

  • Europe's ATV-4 Freighter Blasts Off to Space Station RIA Novosti 06 Jun 2013 -- ATV-4, Europe's unmanned cargo carrier, blasted off from the Kourou space center in French Guiana on Thursday to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS).
  • NASA's Curiosity Rover Reaches 'Turning Point' on Mars Mission RIA Novosti 06 Jun 2013 -- Ten months after it landed on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover has reached a turning point in its mission and is getting ready for a road trip to a massive Martian mountain, where scientists hope it will help them to learn more about the Red Planet, NASA said Wednesday.
  • Curiosity Rover to Switch Gears on Mars VOA 06 Jun 2013 -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission is shifting gears. The Curiosity rover is going to take a break from drilling into Martian bedrock and analyzing rock samples to do what Mars rovers are made to do: drive across the terrain.



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