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• Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Casualty Update 30 Jun 2015 [PDF]
• Inherent Resolve Airstrikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq AFPS 30 Jun 2015 -- U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• Bomb targets convoy of foreign forces in Kabul, 1 killed Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- At least one person has been killed after an explosives-laden vehicle targeted a convoy of foreign forces in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Army Explores Ways to Expand ROTC's Geographic Reach AFPS 30 Jun 2015 -- The Army is looking at ways to make its ROTC program more representative of the nation, the commander of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command said here today.
• F-35 training system, logistic system ready for operations USMC News 30 Jun 2015 -- The U.S. Marine Corps’ F-35 program took another step forward as two key capabilities were delivered to support the service’s first operational squadron.
• Prowler Retires Following 45 Years of Naval Service NNS 30 Jun 2015 -- Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CVWP), hosted a three-day Sunset Celebration commemorating the retirement of the Navy EA-6B Prowler, June 25-27.
• TR Carrier Strike Group Completes FLEETEX NNS 30 Jun 2015 -- Adm. Chester W. Nimitz once said, "There is no substitute for experience. However, when experience is not readily available, there is no substitute for training."
• USNS Mercy Transports Six Injured From Bougainville to Ship for Critical Care NNS 30 Jun 2015 -- The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) sent an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on a critical care patient transport mission June 30 to retrieve six injured people, including an 18-month old infant, from Han Island, a small land mass off the coast of Carteret Island in Papua New Guinea.
• Harry S Truman Completes Successful TSTA, FEP NNS 30 Jun 2015 -- The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) successfully completed tailored ship's training availability and final evaluation problem, June 28, four days ahead of schedule, achieving an overall score of 96 percent.
• Cleaning the Slate: Truman's ECOLAB Station Receives an Upgrade NNS 30 Jun 2015 -- To the 5,000 Sailors who work aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), the ship is more than just a place of employment. It is where they sleep; where they eat. It is their home.
• Ad Astra: Russian Tu-160 and PAK DA Strategic Bombers to Use Star Power Sputnik 30 Jun 2015 -- Jamming Russian long-range bombers' navigation satellite systems will not throw them off course. They will navigate using stars.
• Russia's Western Military District to Get Over 20 Attack Choppers by 2016 Sputnik 30 Jun 2015 -- The Russian Army will be reinforced with new Mi-28Ns, Mi-26Ts and Mi-8MTV5s equipped with cutting-edge electronics.
• Russia ready to discuss INF treaty with US but problem should be depoliticized TASS 30 Jun 2015 -- Russia is prepared to hold discussions of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with the US but the problem must be depoliticized, Russia's ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko said on Tuesday in the course of a televised linkup between Moscow and Brussels.
• Russia to take every measure to neutralize NATO's threats near its borders TASS 30 Jun 2015 -- Russia will make a proportionate response to any threat that may emerge near its borders, Russia's permanent envoy to NATO, Alexander Grushko, said in a Moscow-Brussels teleconference.
• Defence Ministry wants entire fleet of anti-submarine Il-38 planes upgraded TASS 30 Jun 2015 -- The Russian Defence Ministry plans to order the upgrade of the entire fleet of anti-submarine planes Ilyushin-38, naval aviation commander Igor Kozhin told the media on Tuesday.
• Russia, India Cooperate on Space Exploration, Glonass Satellite System Sputnik 30 Jun 2015 -- Russia and India share cooperation in the space sector, including manned space exploration and Russia's global navigation satellite system known as GLONASS, a senior Russian space corporation official told Sputnik.
• Iraqi PM retires army chief of staff: Spokesman Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has retired the army's Chief of Staff General Babaker Baderkhan Shawkat Zebari.
• All In: We're Reforming Ukraine to Prepare for NATO Referendum - Poroshenko Sputnik 30 Jun 2015 -- Ukraine continues to ask the US for lethal weapons and cooperates with US intelligence, Petro Poroshenko said, adding that a referendum on joining NATO may occur in seven years.
• Death toll from crashed Indonesian military plane rises to 30 People's Daily 30 Jun 2015 -- At least 30 bodies including five crews have been sent to Adam Malik hospital from the crash site in downtown area in Indonesia's North Sumatra capital city of Medan.
• 116 feared dead in Indonesia military plane crash: Officials Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- At least 116 people are feared dead after a military transport plane crashed in the city of Medan on Indonesia's western island of Sumatra, officials say.
• Philippine military alliances with U.S., Japan questioned People's Daily 30 Jun 2015 -- Two members of the Philippine legislature, one from the House of Representatives and the other from the Senate, have questioned the legality of the Philippine military alliance with the United Statesand Japan.
• Lithuania to Host 80 US Troops for Drills - Defense Ministry Sputnik 30 Jun 2015 -- Some 80 US Mission Command Element (MCE) soldiers will conduct week-long exercises in the Baltic nation of Lithuania, starting Wednesday, the country's ministry of national defense said Tuesday.
• Russia's 4th Varshavyanka class submarine delivered to Vietnam TASS 30 Jun 2015 -- The fourth of a total of six Varshavyanka class submarines of Project 636.1 that Vietnam ordered from Russia has been delivered to Cam Ranh Port in the central part of the country on Tuesday.
• Remarks by President Obama and President Rousseff of Brazil in Joint Press Conference The White House 30 Jun 2015
• June 30, 2015 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 30 Jun 2015

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 30, 2015

Other Conflicts

• 30 June 2015 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 30 Jun 2015
• Japan to enhance surveillance system over disputed islands People's Daily 30 Jun 2015 -- The Japanese government on Tuesday affirmed a new guideline to enhance its surveillance and guard system over its remote islands, as well as disputed territories with its neighboring countries, in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's hawkish policies on territorial disputes.
• ISIL claims responsibility for bombing in Yemeni capital Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- The Takfiri ISIL terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the recent bombing in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, which reportedly killed 28 people.
• State of Superstition: IS Beheads 2 Women for Sorcery VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- Islamic extremists in Syria have executed more than 3,000 people in the past year, and this week they added to the death toll by beheading two women after accusing them of witchcraft and sorcery, a rights watch group says.
• Iraqi forces retake control of key area in Anbar Province Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- Iraqi soldiers, supported by fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have liberated a strategic area in the western province of Anbar.
• Year of sustained violence across Iraq has hit children hardest, UN says UN News 30 Jun 2015 -- The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today said that over the past year in Iraq, it has seen a 75 per cent increase in grave violations against children that include killing and maiming, abduction, recruitment as soldiers, sexual violence, attacks against schools and denial of humanitarian access.
• Millions of Iraqi Children in Dire Straits VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- The U.N. Children's Fund reports millions of Iraqi children displaced by violence are in desperate straits. UNICEF says growing violence in this war-torn country is putting children's lives at risk and stripping them of essential life-saving assistance.
• Ban urges global community to help Syria end 'cataclysmic conflict' UN News 30 Jun 2015 -- The international community should be ashamed that three years since the adoption of the Geneva Communiqué on Syria, the Middle Eastern country's 'cataclysmic conflict' continues unabated, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
• Military intervention in Syria to cost Turkey dearly: Opposition leader Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has warned the government against any military intervention in neighboring Syria, saying such a move would cost Ankara dearly.
• Turkish Opposition Party Warns Against Military Intervention in Syria Sputnik 30 Jun 2015 -- Last week, local media reported citing military sources that the Turkish government was planning to deploy troops on its border with Syria in an attempt to create a buffer zone and prevent Syrian Kurds, which have made significant gains in their fight against the Islamic State, from strengthening their positions.
• Turkey Vows Retaliation, but Rejects Syria Intervention VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- Turkey has warned it will retaliate if it feels its security is threatened by either Islamic extremists or Syrian Kurds along its border, but it appears for now Ankara is not contemplating a broader go-it-alone intervention to establish a buffer zone inside Syria as some Turkish press reports suggested.
• Fleeing Islamic State: 'We heard them calling takbir' IRIN 30 Jun 2015 -- Tens of thousands of Syrians have fled fighting in the northern city of Hassakeh, with residents describing widespread panic following a sustained assault by so-called Islamic State (IS) militants.
• Syria recaptures area from ISIL in northeastern city Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- Syrian troops and pro-government forces have recaptured another major district in the northeastern city of Hasakah from ISIL militants.
• Internal displacement doubles in Libya since September, UN refugee agency warns UN News 30 Jun 2015 -- According to the United Nations refugee agency, the number of people displaced within Libya has almost doubled from an estimated 230,000 last September to more than 434,000 amid escalating fighting this year in different parts of the crisis-gripped North-African country.
• UN Report Alleges South Sudan Army Raped, Killed, Looted VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Tuesday said civilians in South Sudan's Unity state have again been the targets of extreme violence, and blamed government forces and their allies for the abuses.
• South Sudan army raped, burnt girls alive: UN Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- The United Nations (UN) has accused the South Sudanese army of raping and torching girls alive during a recent battle in a flashpoint border state.
• South Sudan: UN report cites widespread human rights abuses as violence reaches new levels of 'brutality' UN News 30 Jun 2015 -- The South Sudanese armed forces may have committed widespread human rights abuses, including the alleged raping and immolation of women and girls, during the recent upsurge in fighting across the African State, according to a new report released by the United Nations mission in the country (UNMISS).
• DPRK patrol ship 'forced back' by S. Korean navy: Seoul People's Daily 30 Jun 2015 -- A patrol ship of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was sent back Tuesday after ' violating South Korea's territorial waters', the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
• South Korea naval vessel fires warning shots to send back North ship: Officials Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- A South Korean naval vessel has fired warning shots to drive away a North Korean patrol ship that had crossed the disputed inter-Korean sea border, military officials say, raising fears of a potential conflagration between the two neighbors.
• Vietnam, Cambodia Border Brawl Sparks Recriminations VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- A border brawl between hundreds of Cambodians and Vietnamese is drawing allegations of misconduct from both sides and significant social media attention in both countries.

News Reports

• Obama: US Could 'Walk Away' From Iran Deal VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States would "walk away" from a possible nuclear deal with Iran if he is not convinced it would block Tehran's path to building a nuclear weapon.
• Iran nuclear talks extended to July 7: US State Department Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- The talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries over Tehran's nuclear energy program have been extended until July 7, the US State Department says.
• President Rouhani: Both sides should show committment to agreement IRNA 30 Jun 2015 -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined on Tuesday that in case of striking a final nuclear deal, both sides should show their committments to the possible final agreement.
• Talks in critical phase: Zarif IRNA 30 Jun 2015 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said here on Tuesday that the talks have now reached critical phase.
• Zarif resumes talks with his US counterpart IRNA 30 Jun 2015 -- Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad-Javad Zarif resumed talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday.
• Iran, G5+1 resume work on drafting text of final nuclear deal ISNA 30 Jun 2015 -- Senior representatives of Iran and the G5+1 group of countries have held talks on drafting the text of a possible final agreement over Tehran's nuclear program.
• Iran, US hold nuclear talks on deadline day Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry resume crucial talks on Tehran's nuclear program in Vienna as a self-imposed deadline for a deal is to expire in hours.
• Critics Of Nuclear Deal Go On The Offensive Ahead Of Deadline RFE/RL 30 Jun 2015 -- Placed just a day before the original June 30 deadline for the conclusion of nuclear talks with Iran, the advertisement highlighted the fact that many in the United States are not happy with the state of the negotiations.
• US, Cuba Reach Deal to Open Embassies in Washington, Havana VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- A senior U.S. official says the United States and Cuba have reached agreement to reopen embassies in each other's capitals for the first time in more than 50 years.
• 10,000 Burundians fled in 2 days ahead of elections: UN Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- The United Nations says nearly 10,000 people fled Burundi over the weekend before authorities closed the country's borders ahead of the controversial parliamentary and local elections.
• Amid election-related tensions, thousands flee Burundi for neighbouring countries - UN UN News 30 Jun 2015 -- Some ten thousand refugees fled Burundi over the weekend before authorities managed to close the borders ahead of yesterday's parliamentary elections, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) reported today.
• Burundi Ruling Party Happy With Election Turnout VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- Burundi's ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party said it is happy with the turnout in Monday's parliamentary elections despite an opposition boycott and international criticism the atmosphere was not conducive for a free, fair and transparent vote.
• Burundians Continue to Flee Country VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- The U.N. refugee agency said thousands of Burundians continue to flee political instability and violence. About 10-thousand refugees crossed into neighboring countries over the weekend before the government closed the borders prior to parliamentary elections.
• Russia Reviewing Legality Of Baltic Independence From Soviet Union RFE/RL 30 Jun 2015 -- Russia's Prosecutor General is reviewing the legality of a decision in 1991 granting three Baltic countries independence from the Soviet Union, a spokesman said June 30.
• Greece Officially Defaults on Debt to IMF VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- Greece is officially in default after missing a $1.8 billion loan payment Tuesday to the International Monetary Fund.
• A Russian Lifeline For Greece? Don't Hold Your Breath RFE/RL 30 Jun 2015 -- If Athens is hoping for a lifeline from Moscow, it had better be prepared to hold its breath. Because while Russian officials have been eager to make mischief on Europe's fringes, they don't appear to be in any position to bail EU member Greece out of its $300 billion-plus predicament.
• Talks Collapse; Ukraine Halts Purchases of Russian Gas VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- Ukraine suspended its purchases of Russian natural gas after European Union-mediated price talks collapsed Tuesday.
• Ebola Returns to Liberia VOA 30 Jun 2015 -- A 17-year-old boy has died from Ebola in Liberia, just seven weeks after the World Health Organization declared the country free of the deadly virus. Officials are trying to determine how the boy contracted the illness.
• NSA spied on French economy ministers, companies: WikiLeaks Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- The US National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapped the communications of two French economy ministers and spied on the country's largest companies, according to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, just one week after it emerged the US had spied on the last three presidents of France.
• NSA eavesdropped on France finance ministers: WikiLeaks Press TV 30 Jun 2015 -- Whistleblower website WikiLeaks says the US National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropped on two successive French finance ministers and the country's high-stakes export contracts, trade and budget talks over a decade.