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Demonstration to Showcase Life-saving Information-sharing Technologies
HAMPTON, Va.: Wildfires in California, hurricanes battering the East Coast and insurgents attacking a U.S. convoy are among simulated real-time events that will put life-saving information-sharing technologies on center stage during the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration scheduled June 15-25. New and emerging technologies are positioned for testing as military members, emergency first responders and coalition [...]
US Combat Troops on Pace to Leave Iraqi cities by June 30
WASHINGTON: American combat troops are on pace to leave Iraqi cities by the June 30 deadline stipulated by the U.S.-Iraq security agreement, U.S. officials in Baghdad said yesterday. Army Brig. Gen. Keith Walker, commander of the Iraq Assistance Group, said in a news conference that security throughout the country has continued to improve. The security [...]
US-Turkish Relationship ‘Exceptionally Strong,’ Mullen Says
WASHINGTON: The United States and the Republic of Turkey remain steadfast allies and friends in a modern-day relationship that stretches back decades, the U.S. military’s top officer said here yesterday. The U.S. and Turkish governments worked together during the Cold War to surmount “some big, big challenges,” Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint [...]
President announces cyber security office
WASHINGTON: The nation’s computer network infrastructure will be defended as a national strategic asset, President Barack Obama said here May 29. In a White House announcement, President Obama said he will appoint a cyber security coordinator for the critical infrastructure that all Americans depend on. “We will ensure that these networks are secure, trustworthy and [...]
Documentary highlights success of Land Warrior system
FORT BELVOIR, Va.: “Keep Up the Fire,” a new documentary produced by the Army’s Program Executive Office Soldier, tells the story of the first infantry unit deployed to Iraq with the Land Warrior system. In 2007, the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, deployed to Iraq to help bring peace to a region paralyzed by war. [...]
CENTCOM commanders gather in Bahrain to discuss regional security
MANAMA, Bahrain: Commanders from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility gathered here May 20 for a three-day conference to discuss regional security issues and approaches to these challenges. The conference, hosted by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command officials, brought together Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, CENTCOM commander; Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, commander of [...]
New Strategy Treats Afghanistan, Pakistan as Integrated Theater
WASHINGTON: The new strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan treats the area as an integrated theater of operations, the Defense Department’s policy chief said today. Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, spoke of the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, dangers from Iran and detainees during a wide-ranging interview with the Defense Writers’ Group. “We have to regard Pakistan [...]
US, French Soldiers Train Afghan Artillerymen
WARDAK PROVINCE, Afghanistan: Five Afghan National Army forward observers completed a 30-day training program with the 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, at Forward Operating Base Airborne here. The class, which graduated May 5, was the first of the year, with more scheduled for the near future, officials said. A forward observer is a soldier [...]
Budget, Acquisition Reforms Reflect New Direction in Defense
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.: The defense department’s budget and acquisition reform efforts represent a dramatic, and needed, departure from the past, so that the U.S. military can stay strong and be flexible in challenging times, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said here today. “The United States of America has the best-trained, the best-equipped, the [...]
