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20 April 2017 Military News

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  • Media Availability with Secretary Mattis in Tel Aviv DoD 20 Apr 2017 -- Presenter: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
  • VMA-311 lands in ROK for Max Thunder USMC News 20 Apr 2017 -- Marine Attack Squadron 311 arrived at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 12, 2017, in support of Exercise MAX THUNDER 17.
  • NATO partners conduct close air support exercise AFNS 20 Apr 2017 -- Today's fight against terrorism doesn't rest on the shoulders of one country. It's a team fight, meaning countries must be interoperable to effectively defeat that threat.
  • Lithuania FM Says NATO Deployment Shows Commitment RFE/RL 20 Apr 2017 -- Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says the recent NATO deployments to the Baltic region and elsewhere in Eastern Europe are a sign that the Western alliance "will do anything" to defend the security of member nations.
  • Government of Canada - Sustainment Support for C-17 Aircraft DSCA 20 Apr 2017 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Canada for sustainment support for C-17 aircraft. The estimated cost is $195 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on April 19, 2017.
  • Security Council condemns latest 'highly destabilizing' DPRK ballistic missile test UN News 20 Apr 2017 -- Strongly condemning the 15 April ballistic-missile launch conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations Security Council today demanded that the country immediately cease further actions in violation of the UN body's relevant resolutions and comply fully with its obligations under these resolutions.
  • Top military leadership posts to be reshuffled CNA 20 Apr 2017 -- Republic of China (ROC) Army General Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正), chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, will retire at the end of April to be replaced by Navy Admiral Lee Hsi-ming (李喜明), deputy national defense minister, the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday.

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