February 2010 - Iraq Special Weapons News

16 February 2010 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Space professionals effectively employ space in counter-insurgency fight AFNS 16 Feb 2010 -- More than 40 space warfighters from the U.S. and deployed locations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Southwest Asia attended the Theater Space Conference Feb. 8 through 10 here,
Combat truckers fill mail call void in Southwest Asia AFNS 16 Feb 2010 -- The 586th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's 70th Medium Truck Detachment Airmen took on the mission to ensure thousands of servicemembers received their mail Dec. 28, when a Department of Defense contract with a transport company was abruptly halted within Southwest Asia.
Operations slated to begin at expanded central receiving, shipping point Army News 16 Feb 2010 -- The Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Central Receiving and Shipping Point is slated to begin operations at its new, larger site of roughly 20 acres, Feb. 15, after roughly five months of preparation.

15th Sust. Bde. takes on larger role in Iraq drawdown Army News 16 Feb 2010 -- The 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), assumed command and control over two more Combat Sustainment Support Battalions Jan. 15, making it the largest brigade currently deployed to Iraq.
Supply Supports the Drawdown in Iraq Army News 16 Feb 2010 -- From an outside perspective, the Iraqi theater is just full of Army gear: equipment, supplies, parts, trucks, weapons, tools ... the list just keeps going.

Violent foes of Iraqi stability cannot reverse progress under way – UN envoy UN News Centre 16 Feb 2010 -- While there are still forces in Iraq trying to disrupt reconstruction with deadly violence, they cannot reverse the progress already taking place, with national elections slated for 7 March, but greater international engagement is needed, the top United Nations envoy in the country said today.