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• OIF / OND / OEF / OIR / OFS Casualty Update 09 Jun 2017[PDF]
• Officials Provide Details of Latest Strikes Against ISIS AFPS 09 Jun 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 19 strikes consisting of 48 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• Taliban Regains Control of Helmand Province, Afghan Army Fails to Recover Ground Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- Sixteen years after the Taliban was challenged in Afghanistan by an invasion led by the UK and US, it appears the militant group has regained control of large parts of the country.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers arrive in UK AFNS 09 Jun 2017 -- Two B-2 Spirit stealth bombers joined B-1B Lancers and B-52H Stratofortresses June 9, 2017, to participate in theater bomber assurance and deterrence operations.
• Luke AFB temporarily cancels F-35A local flying ops AFNS 09 Jun 2017 -- The 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, cancelled local flying operations today for F-35A Lightning II aircraft due to a series of five incidents in which pilots have experienced hypoxia-like symptoms.
• Navy to Commission Littoral Combat Ship Gabrielle Giffords DoD 09 Jun 2017 -- The Navy will commission its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), during a ceremony on Saturday, June 10, at 12:00 p.m. CDT on the waterfront in Galveston, Texas.
• USNS City of Bismarck (EPF 9) Launched NNS 09 Jun 2017 -- The launching of a ship represents a multi-step process. The ship is constructed in a Modular Manufacturing Facility and is moved to a docking barge and then transported to a dry dock where it can be submerged into the water. All of this takes place over the course of two days.
• MCMDIV 31 Participates in BALTOPS 2017 NNS 09 Jun 2017 -- Sailors assigned to Mine Countermeasures Division (MCMDIV) 31, the tactical and operational staff attached to commander, Mine Countermeasures Squadron 3, are in Todendorf, Germany, to participate in exercise BALTOPS 2017, June 5.
• B-1B Lancers Arrive in Europe for NATO Exercises AFPS 09 Jun 2017 -- B1-B Lancer bombers arrived here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, June 7. The strategic bomber deployment will support exercises Saber Strike and BALTOPS, familiarizing aircrew with air bases and operations in different geographic combatant commands.
• Army installation chief asks for new BRAC round to improve readiness, morale Army News 09 Jun 2017 -- There's a lot of excess infrastructure in the Army -- about 161 million square feet of it. And paying to maintain that is costing the Army a lot of money. These vital resources could instead be used to reduce maintenance backlogs on about 33,000 facilities across the force that are now deemed in "poor or failing condition."
• Out with the old, in with the new: Marines test new grenade launcher module USMC News 09 Jun 2017 -- Marines with Bravo Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion practiced handling and firing the M320 grenade launcher module at Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 6.
• On Board and Underway, 31st MEU, BHR Set Sail USMC News 09 Jun 2017 -- Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard the ships of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group at Naval Facility White Beach, Okinawa, Japan, June 7, 2017. The regularly-scheduled deployment is designed to increase regional security, maintain unit readiness, and support U.S. allies and interests.
• US B-2 Stealth Bombers Arrive in UK for 'Deterrence Operations' Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- Two US B-2 stealth bombers have arrived to the United Kingdom.
• Russia's Eastern Military District Division Receives Over 10 Iskander-M Systems Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- Russia's Eastern Military District received more than 10 Iskander-M missile systems, making it the 10th upgraded Land Forces missile formations, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
• Austrian Defense Ministry Awards Contract for Helicopter Upgrade Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- Ace Aeronautics was awarded a $40 million contract on the first of June by the Austrian Ministry of Defense, so the country's Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk helicopters can receive an upgrade to their cockpits.
• Juncker Says Europe Can No Longer 'Outsource' Its Protection RFE/RL 09 Jun 2017 -- European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says European Union members must increase their military cooperation and rely less on the United States because the protection of Europe "can no longer be outsourced."
• PLA Hong Kong Garrison holds joint air and sea patrol operations People's Daily 09 Jun 2017 -- The naval and air troops of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison held on Tuesday a routine joint patrol in waters and airspace of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
• Air Force to recruit female fighter pilots People's Daily 09 Jun 2017 -- The PLA Air Force will begin recruiting this year for a new generation of female pilots, the official PLA Daily reported on Wednesday.
• North Korea says tested 'new type' of missile Press TV 09 Jun 2017 -- North Korea says it has successfully tested a "new type" of surface-to-ship cruise missiles, which have a longer range than the missiles it already had in its inventory.
• HAL-BAE's 5th Generation Fighter Aircraft Trainer Takes Maiden Flight Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- The next generation Advanced Hawk trainer jet, jointly developed by India's HAL and BAE of the United Kingdom, has flown for the first time at the BAE's military aircraft facility in Warton, Lancashire.
• India to Use 'Divine Eye' Radars to Catch Terrorists in Kashmir Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- The Indian Army has deployed 'Divyachakshu' (Divine Eye) radars in Kashmir to monitor the movement and location of terrorists. The through-the-wall radars can detect terrorists, who usually hide in wall cavities and false ceilings.
• Indian Army to Induct 108 Multi Barrel Rocket Launchers Worth $2 Billion Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- The Indian defense ministry has planned to float a tender to purchase six regiments of homemade Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers for $2 billion. Each regiment will comprise three batteries of six Pinaka launchers mounted on Tatra trucks.
• South Korea Confirms Plans to Continue THAAD Deployment Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- The new South Korean administration confirmed that it will not abandon the agreement with the US on the deployment of the THAAD system amid claims by the president about the possible suspension of the deployment of the launchers to further study their environmental impact, Chung Eui-yong, national adviser to Korean President Moon Jae-in said.
• Erdogan approves bill to deploy troops to Qatar Press TV 09 Jun 2017 -- Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan has approved legislation that allows the deployment of Turkish military forces to Qatar, in what has been interpreted as a sign of Ankara's support for Doha in the face of attempts by certain Arab countries to isolate Qatar.

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• 9 June 2017 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 09 Jun 2017
• Conflict and drought deepen food insecurity in Africa, Middle East - UN agency UN News 09 Jun 2017 -- Protracted fighting and unrest are swelling the ranks of displaced and hungry ins some parts of the world, even as large agricultural harvests in some regions are buoying global food supply conditions, according to a new report by the United Nations agriculture agency.
• China Says it Monitors Military Activities in S China Sea Amid US Jets' Drills Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- China is closely monitoring the activities of other counties' military forces in the South China Sea, Chinese Defense Ministry said in a statement Friday.
• China 'vigilant' after US B-1 bombers fly over disputed waters Press TV 09 Jun 2017 -- China has stressed that it will safeguard its territorial sovereignty, in a tacit warning to the United States, two of whose military bombers recently flew over the South China Sea.
• Syrian government soldiers make new advances against Daesh Press TV 09 Jun 2017 -- Syrian government forces have reportedly managed to establish complete control over dozens of areas across the war-ravaged Arab country following intense clashes with members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
• Syrian Army Drives Daesh Out of Gas Field Near Palmyra Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Syrian army's advance near Palmyra has deprived Daesh terrorists of control over a gas field.
• Russian Forces in Syria Monitoring Situation in Raqqa As Militants Leaving City Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- The Russian military group in Syria is closely monitoring the situation in Raqqa, the group's Commander Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin said Friday.
• Syrian Troops Gain Upper Hand in Aleppo Province Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- Syrian government forces have liberated 83 settlements in northeastern parts of the Aleppo province, over 3,000 Daesh terrorists had been eliminated, Commander of the Russian military group in Syria Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin said on Friday.
• Syrian Democratic Forces Liberate First District of Raqqa From Daesh Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- According to information received by Sputnik from a source in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the forces have managed to liberate the 1st District on the outskirts of Raqqa from Daesh.
• Damascus Seizes Strategically Important As Suwayda Heights – Russian Military Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- The Syrian Armed Forces took control over the strategically important heights in As Suwayda, Commander of the Russian military group in Syria said on Friday at a press briefing.
• Russian MoD Announces Civil War in Syria Almost Stopped Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- The Russian General Staff said that the Syrian civil war has almost stopped.
• US Coalition Bombs Syrian Army, Enhances Terrorists in Palmyra - Russian MoD Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- The Russian Defense Ministry accused the US-led coalition of bombing the Syrian army, letting Daesh terrorists escape encirclement and enhancing terrorists in Palmyra and Deir ez-Zor.
• Daesh bombings claim 40 civilian lives in central Iraq Press TV 09 Jun 2017 -- More than three dozen people have been killed when separate bomb attacks struck commercial districts in Iraq's central provinces of Babil and Karbala as Iraqi government forces, backed by fighters from allied Popular Mobilization Units, are battling to expel Daesh terrorists out of their last urban bastion in the country.
• International community must ensure 'endemic' impunity in DR Congo brought to an end - UN rights chief UN News 09 Jun 2017 -- Voicing concern over lack of progress on the part of Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to undertake credible investigations into widespread allegations of rights violations and abuses in the Kasai Central and Kasai Oriental provinces, the top United Nations human rights official today called for setting up of an international investigation mechanism to look into the situation.
• UN Seeks Investigation of Mass Violations in DRC's Kasai Region VOA 09 Jun 2017 -- The United Nations high commissioner for human rights is seeking to draw attention to reports of massive rights violations in Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai Central and Kasai Oriental provinces.
• Officials Want to Arm Civilians After Militant Attacks in Kenya VOA 09 Jun 2017 -- After a wave of attacks on security forces in northeastern Kenya, local officials are threatening to arm civilians.

News Reports

• Remarks by President Trump and President Iohannis of Romania in a Joint Press Conference The White House 09 Jun 2017
• Trump Claims 'Vindication' After Comey Testimony RFE/RL 09 Jun 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has asserted on Twitter that he received "total and complete vindication" from former FBI chief James Comey's testimony in a congressional probe into alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. election in 2016.
• Trump Doubles Down on Qatar, Even as Tillerson Urges Calm in Gulf Crisis VOA 09 Jun 2017 -- President Donald Trump on Friday doubled down on his criticism of Qatar, the tiny Gulf country involved in a spiraling diplomatic crisis with its Arab neighbors.
• Qatar rejects 'terror blacklist' by Saudi, allies as groundless Press TV 09 Jun 2017 -- Qatar rejects allegations of supporting terrorism after the Saudi regime and its allies blacklisted dozens of individuals and entities allegedly associated with Doha in yet another attempt to pressure the Persian Gulf state, with which they have cut all ties.
• UAE in dire need of Qatar gas to keep Dubai lit up: Report Press TV 09 Jun 2017 -- The United Arab Emirates depends on imported gas to generate half of its electricity, and the recent diplomatic row with neighboring Qatar risks glittering skyscrapers in the sheikhdom's largest and most populous city of Dubai to go dark for lack of power.
• Iran offers Qatar use its key southern ports Press TV 09 Jun 2017 -- Iran has offered to allow Qatar use its southern ports to carry on its vital import activities after the emirate's Arab neighbors united to isolate it.
• Two Views From Brussels: How U.K. Election Changes Brexit Debate RFE/RL 09 Jun 2017 -- Snap elections in the United Kinghdom have cost the Conservative government its majority and raised more questions than answers among Britain's international counterparts.
• U.K. Prime Minister Will Try To Form Minority Government RFE/RL 09 Jun 2017 -- British Prime Minister Theresa May says she will work with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (DUP) to try to form a minority government after her Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority in a snap election.
• Kosovo's Reassuringly Low-Key Elections Could Be Prelude To 'Harsh Realities' RFE/RL 09 Jun 2017 -- Amid months of political turmoil across the Balkans, Kosovo's parliamentary elections on June 11 are a chance for the country to confirm its path toward stability and deeper European integration.
• Iran says arrested 48 Daesh Wahhabi terrorists Press TV 09 Jun 2017 -- Iran says that it has arrested nearly 50 members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group accross the country following recent twin terrorist attacks in Tehran.
• Baghdad Would Not Support Any Unilateral Kurdish Steps Aimed at Independence Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- Iraqi authorities will not back any unilateral steps taken by Iraqi Kurdistan that are aimed at gaining independence, as such moves would violate the country's Constitution, Iraqi government spokesman Saad Hadithi said Friday.
• Turkey Condemns Iraqi Kurdistan's Planned Independence Referendum Sputnik 09 Jun 2017 -- Iraqi Kurdistan's planned independence referendum is a "terrible mistake" toward achieving regional stability, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday.
• Turkey Says Iraq's Kurdistan Independence Vote 'Grave Mistake' RFE/RL 09 Jun 2017 -- Turkey has criticized a plan by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold a referendum on independence, calling it a "grave mistake."