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14 March 2014 Military News

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  • Aircraft Carrier Extends Operations in Mediterranean Sea AFPS 14 Mar 2014 -- The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush will remain in the Mediterranean Sea a few days longer than originally scheduled, a Defense Department spokesman said here today.
  • Threats Continue to Evolve, Officials Tell Congress AFPS 14 Mar 2014 -- The threats the United States faces are continuing to evolve, the military's top special operations officials said on Capitol Hill yesterday.
  • Air Force Secretary Addresses Budget Challenges in Congress AFPS 14 Mar 2014 -- Newly appointed Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James wanted to see the Air Force in action, so she spent her first 11 weeks on the job visiting 18 bases in 13 states, she told members of the House Armed Services Committee today.
  • Every Budget Decision Hurts, Air Force Chief of Staff Says AFPS 14 Mar 2014 -- The U.S. Air Force is the finest in the world, "and we need to keep it that way," Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff, said here today.
  • War room maps path for counter-IED systems USMC News 14 Mar 2014 -- Counter-improvised explosive device systems come in many shapes and sizes, all of which have saved lives in Southwest Asia. Now the changing face of the fight and budget constraints demand paring down the array of C-IED systems to those that prevent the most bang for the buck.
  • VMAT-203 Harrier pilots train during Exercise Broken Resolution USMC News 14 Mar 2014 -- More than 120 Marines with Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 returned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point from a six-week exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. March 7.
  • Destroyer Squadron 26 Leaves for Joint Warrior 14-1 NNS 14 Mar 2014 -- Six ships, led by Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 26, departed the U.S. for Scotland, March 14, to participate in Joint Warrior 14-2, a semiannual, United Kingdom-led training exercise designed to provide NATO and allied forces a unique multi-warfare environment in which to prepare for global operations.
  • USS Vella Gulf Deploys NNS 14 Mar 2014 -- Guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), departed Naval Station Norfolk March 14 on a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding waters.
  • Saharan Express 2014 Concludes NNS 14 Mar 2014 -- Members of the U.S. Naval forces along with African and European maritime partners concluded the fourth annual multinational exercise, Saharan Express, March 14.
  • USS Carl Vinson Crash and Salvage Team Hone Skills in NATTC Course NNS 14 Mar 2014 -- A flight deck crash and salvage team from the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) completed refresher training at the Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) on board Naval Air Station Pensacola, March 14.
  • US increases its underwater drones budget VoR 14 Mar 2014 -- The Pentagon is eager to increase its spending for underwater drones. This is a part of the US plan to move away from ground wars in the Middle East to the Pacific.
  • US allowed access to Philippines bases: Officials Iran Press TV 14 Mar 2014 -- Filipino officials say the country will allow the United States to gain access to its military bases, as tensions between the US and China increase over the South China Sea.
  • AF requests BRAC from House Appropriations Committee AFNS 14 Mar 2014 -- The Air Force presented to the House Appropriations Committee panel its fiscal 2015 budget request March 12, showing it will take more risk with military construction and military housing and is requesting another round of base realignments and closures.
  • Investigation board determines cause of KC-135 crash in May AFNS 14 Mar 2014 -- Air Mobility Command has released the results of an accident investigation that examined what caused the May 3, 2013, crash of a KC-135 Stratotanker in the Kyrgyz Republic. The crew of three, en route from the Transit Center at Manas to Afghanistan on a combat aerial refueling mission, perished in the mishap.
  • USS Donald Cook Begins First FDNF Patrol NNS 14 Mar 2014 -- The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations, March 14.
  • CTAR Enhances Saharan Express 2014 NNS 14 Mar 2014 -- Participants in Exercise Saharan Express 2014 are the first to field test the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Coalition Tactical Awareness and Response (CTAR) Joint Concept Technology, a new tool for combating piracy and illicit activity throughout the world's oceans.
  • NSSA 2M Lab Supports USS Cole with Electronic Testing and Repairs NNS 14 Mar 2014 -- Norfolk Ship Support Activity's (NSSA) Miniature/Micro-Miniature (2M) Electronic Repair Lab began trouble shooting faulty circuit cards for the Sonar Set AN/SQS-53C received from USS Cole (DDG 67) March 14.
  • Cyber supports Red Flag for first time AFNS 14 Mar 2014 -- For the first time in Red Flag's nearly 40-year history, the 24th Air Force played a significant role in the Cyber Mission Force, or CMF, at the Air Combat Command-sponsored exercise held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Jan. 27 through Feb. 14.
  • Fiscal Year 2014 Navy Destroyer Contract Awards Announced NNS 14 Mar 2014 -- Today, the Navy announced two separate contract awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 destroyers.
  • VAW 125 Assists with Rescue NNS 14 Mar 2014 -- The 'Tiger Tails' of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 assisted with the rescue of three distressed civilian mariners off the coast of North Carolina, March 11.

  • Russian jets stage exercises over Mediterranean Iran Press TV 14 Mar 2014 -- Russian military has launched training flights over the Mediterranean Sea amid a standoff with the West over Ukraine's Crimea region.
  • Russia Paradrops Airborne Battalion in Arctic RIA Novosti 14 Mar 2014 -- The Russian Airborne Troops on Thursday paradropped a 350-strong battalion at a landing site on the New Siberian Islands in the Arctic as part of ongoing military drills.
  • Russia Sends 4 Strategic Bombers on 24-Hour Arctic Patrol RIA Novosti 14 Mar 2014 -- Russia has dispatched four Tu-95MS strategic bombers on a 24-hour patrol over the Arctic Ocean, Air Force commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said Friday.
  • Russia Floats Out New Frigate for Black Sea Fleet RIA Novosti 14 Mar 2014 -- The Yantar shipyard in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad on Friday floated out the first in a series of six Project 11356 frigates being built for the Black Sea Fleet, the company said.

  • Navy Commander: Iranian Navy self-sufficient in provision of needs IRNA 14 Mar 2014 -- Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said here Thursday evening that the IRI Navy has achieved self-sufficiency in provision of its entire needs in various scientific and military fields.

  • £300 million investment for UK submarine industry UK MOD 13 Mar 2014 -- More than £300 million is to be invested into building the Royal Navy's next generation of nuclear submarines.
  • British Navy warship accidentally fires torpedo into nuclear dockyard VoR 14 Mar 2014 -- A Plymouth warship fired a torpedo towards a bridge in a training blunder at Devonport Naval Base. Military chiefs have admitted that a training torpedo was fired by error by HMS Argyll on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 12. Military chiefs launched a major investigation yesterday after a Royal Navy warship accidentally fired a torpedo at a nuclear dockyard.

  • Taiwan's first 'aircraft carrier killer' delivered CNA 14 Mar 2014 -- Taiwan's first locally designed stealth missile corvette was christened Friday, a development that is expected to give the Navy a deterrent capability against larger enemy warships.
  • Taiwan air force major, karaoke bar owner charged with spying for China VoR 14 Mar 2014 -- A Taiwanese air force major and a karaoke bar owner have been charged with leaking military secrets to China, prosecutors said Friday, in the latest espionage case to hit the island.

  • March 14, 2014 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 14 Mar 2014
  • Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, 3/14/2014 The White House 14 Mar 2014

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  • Syrian troops advance further inside Yabrud Iran Press TV 14 Mar 2014 -- Syrian forces backed by fighters from the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah have advanced further into a militant-held region near the border with Lebanon.
  • Over 9mn displaced by Syria crisis: UNHCR Iran Press TV 14 Mar 2014 -- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres says the "unconscionable" turmoil plaguing Syria has forced over nine million people from their homes.
  • Syria's political process 'in crisis' and must be reenergized - Ban UN News Centre 14 Mar 2014 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed yet again for the international community to help bring the rival Syrian parties closer on concrete measures to end the conflict, saying "it is not enough for representatives of the Government and opposition to be in the same room, what matters most is what they do there."
  • Syrian chemical weapons to be completely removed by April 13 VoR 14 Mar 2014 -- Syria's chemical weapons that should be destroyed outside the country could be removed by April 13, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said on Friday, adding there was no need to adjust the timeframe.

  • Militants Attack Army Barracks in Northern Nigeria VOA 14 Mar 2014 -- Suspected Islamist militants have launched a brazen daytime attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri.
  • UN: Nigeria's Boko Haram 'Increasingly Monstrous' VOA 14 Mar 2014 -- The U.N. says nearly 500,000 people in northern Nigeria have fled their homes in fear of what it calls an "increasingly monstrous" insurgency that threatens food security in many parts of the country.
  • Humanitarian response gap grows in northern Nigeria IRIN 14 Mar 2014 -- Humanitarian needs are mounting in northern Nigeria, where Boko Haram attacks have displaced 350,000 people since 2013, 290,000 of them internally; the rest are sheltering in Cameroon, Chad and Niger. But the national response is inadequate and the international response minimal due to access hurdles and political sensitivities.
  • Nigeria must urgently tackle poverty, end conflict, protect vulnerable populations - UN rights chief UN News Centre 14 Mar 2014 -- Wrapping a historic visit to Nigeria, the United Nations rights chief today congratulated the Government for its efforts towards tackling "very difficult human rights problems", but stressed the need to urgently resolve the conflict in the country's northeast, end corruption, and protect its vulnerable populations, including the LGBT community, which 'lives in fear".

  • C.A.R. Refugees Fleeing To Cameroon Arrive Sick And Dying, UN Says VOA 14 Mar 2014 -- The U.N. refugee agency reports that more and more refugees from the troubled Central African Republic are arriving in Cameroon in desperate condition, with many of them sick and dying.
  • Cameroon: UN steps up measures to address alarming health situation of Central African refugees UN News Centre 14 Mar 2014 -- The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and its partners said today that they are stepping up efforts to help the growing numbers of Central African refugees arriving ill in Cameroon due to hunger and exhaustion during their arduous flight from the war-torn country.

  • UN mission chief appeals to Security Council to help 'build on momentum' in DR Congo UN News Centre 14 Mar 2014 -- The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) today urged the international community as well as the Congolese Government to adopt concrete measures that will build on the current stability in the country, saying "it is now up to us to win the peace...with energy, conviction and persistence."
  • Security Council extends UN Libya mission through 2015 UN News Centre 14 Mar 2014 -- The Security Council today extended for another year the United Nations mission assisting Libya, as preparations in the North African country turn to upcoming parliamentary elections due to be held in June.
  • Factoring conflict reduction into WASH programmes IRIN 14 Mar 2014 -- Evidence that sanitation interventions can contribute to local stability and conflict reduction is encouraging and should be considered in programme design, experts say.
  • China will never tolerate Philippines' infringement on its territory People's Daily 14 Mar 2014 -- While China was working with other ASEAN countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft, and the country was worrying about the safety of the passengers in the missing plane, two ships loaded with construction materials and carrying the flags of the Philippines approached the Ren'ai Reef on March 9, 2014.
  • Sudan rebel chief claims conquest of Darfur town Iran Press TV 14 Mar 2014 -- Surging violence in the Darfur region of western Sudan has reportedly spread to another town where a rebel commander claimed his forces were in control.
  • Burundi: UN chief urges restraint following clashes between police, opposition parties UN News Centre 14 Mar 2014 -- Deeply concerned about violent confrontations between the police and members of opposition in Burundi, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging both the government and political parties to de-escalate tensions and to campaign against political violence ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2015.

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