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Gates Recommends McChrystal for Top Command in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: Citing the need for new thinking and new ideas in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has recommended President Barack Obama nominate Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the new commander of NATO and U.S. forces there. Gates announced at a Pentagon news conference today that he has requested the resignation of Army Gen. [...]
More MV-22 Ospreys Will Deploy With Marines
WASHINGTON: After three successful combat deployments over more than 19 consecutive months, Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys will begin a global deployment with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, a senior Marine aviation official said yesterday. “The Marine Corps views these first three deployments of the Osprey into combat as marvelously successful,” Lt. Gen. George J. Trautman [...]
Defense Department Budget Request Pushes Reform
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon’s chief financial officer today described the Defense Department’s fiscal 2010 funding request as a “reform budget.” Comptroller Robert F. Hale and Navy Vice Adm. P. Stephen Stanley, the Joint Staff’s budget expert, unveiled a defense budget request that supports Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’ recommendations. “If approved, I think it will change [...]
Overview of the DoD Fiscal 2010 Budget Proposal
Principle Objectives The fiscal 2010 budget proposal was crafted to achieve four principal objectives: Reaffirming and strengthening the nation’s commitment to care for the all-volunteer force, America’s greatest strategic asset. Reshaping DoD programs to institutionalize and enhance capabilities to fight the wars the U.S. is engaged in today and the scenarios the nation will most [...]
DoD Releases Fiscal 2010 Defense Budget Proposal
President Barack Obama today sent to Congress a proposed defense budget of $663.8 billion for fiscal 2010. The budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) includes $533.8 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund base defense programs and $130 billion to support overseas contingency operations, primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan. The proposed DoD base [...]
Shipper-Supplied Security is Best Defense Against Pirates
WASHINGTON: The U.S. military will continue its efforts to help thwart acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia, but merchant-ship-supplied security is the best short-term defense, a senior Defense Department official told Capitol Hill legislators here today. “Our goal is to encourage all vessels to take appropriate security measures to protect themselves from pirates,” [...]
Gates Praises Egypt, Seeks Saudi Support in Pakistan
CAIRO: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates praised Egypt today as a key U.S. ally and said progress on a wide range of security issues in the region will require Egypt’s “full participation and leadership.” Speaking with reporters at Egypt’s presidential palace after meeting with President Hosni Mubarek and Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Gates reported [...]
Pentagon Reports Naval Incident with Chinese Vessels
U.S. defense officials say Chinese vessels confronted a U.S. Navy surveillance ship in the Yellow Sea on Friday. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Tuesday that the incident involving the USNS Victorious will be addressed diplomatically. Whitman said Chinese fishing boats performed dangerous maneuvers near the surveillance ship, which he said was conducting “routine operations” in [...]
Chinese Vessels Approach Sealift Command Ship in Yellow Sea
WASHINGTON: Chinese fishing vessels closed in on and maneuvered near the USNS Victorious in international waters in the Yellow Sea on May 1, Pentagon officials said today. The Victorious is one of the five ocean surveillance ships that are part of the 25 ships in Military Sealift Command’s Special Mission Ships Program. The vessel was [...]
