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10 March 2014 Military News

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  • OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 10 Mar 2014 [PDF]
  • Taliban Threatens Afghan Voters VOA 10 Mar 2014 -- Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency has warned Afghans against participating in the April 5 presidential election and ordered its fighters to use "all force" possible to disrupt the election. The Islamist group's statement marks its first formal threat of violence to prevent the election process.
  • Kabul govt. blasts US attack on Afghan army Iran Press TV 10 Mar 2014 -- Afghanistan's Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi has said a recent deadly US attack on an Afghan army base was arbitrary in nature.
  • U.S. Will Beef Up Air Operations in Poland AFPS 10 Mar 2014 -- More U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons will deploy to Poland in the coming days and weeks, a Pentagon official said here today.
  • NATO navy patrols African Horn, seeks new ways to crush Somali pirates VoR 10 Mar 2014 -- NATO vessels patrol the dangerous waters off the Horn of Africa to prevent pirates from seizing passing ships. In the meantime, NATO crews are rehearsing the recapturing of hijacked vessels in a move that involves the use of helicopters. Such exercises are repeated almost daily to keep the crew sharp for actual encounters with the pirates who still threaten the trillion-dollar shipping that passes near the Somali coast.
  • U.S. Continues to Aid Search for Missing Malaysian Airliner AFPS 10 Mar 2014 -- The United States continues to assist the Malaysian government in the search for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared the night of March 8 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing.
  • USS Kidd joins USS Pinckney in Search Efforts of Flight MH370 NNS 10 Mar 2014 -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) has joined USS Pinckney (DDG 91) in the search efforts of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, March 10.
  • Taiwan Coast Guard vessels to help look for missing plane CNA 10 Mar 2014 -- Taiwan sent two Coast Guard vessels Monday to help look for a Malaysia Airlines aircraft that disappeared off the coast of Vietnam early Saturday, as the country's president urged the military and Coast Guard to join international search efforts.
  • Taiwan sends military aircraft, frigate on search mission CNA 10 Mar 2014 -- A Taiwanese military frigate and a military plane on Monday were sent to waters between Malaysia and Vietnam to help look for a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared off the coast of Vietnam early Saturday, the Ministry of National Defense said.

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