Thursday, September 6, 2012

U.s. military

  • US military official's secret visit to Israel is revealed

    The commander of the 3rd Air Force, U.S. Air Forces Europe, Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, is expected to visit Israel next week in order to prepare for next month's Austere Challenge 12, the joint ballistic missiles exercise between the IDF and the U.S. Army.

    www.jta.org

  • The US Military's Great Green Gamble Spurs Biofuel Startups

    The U.S. military, the nation's single largest oil consumer, wants to wean itself from petroleum, and is deploying its immense buying power and authority to commercialize nascent technologies deemed to be in the national interest.

    www.forbes.com

  • Putin: US Military Won't Let Obama Get Flexible on Missile Shield

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has said U.S. President Barack Obama is willing to revive deadlocked talks on a planned U.S. missile shield in Europe, but that a military lobby in Congress and the "conservative" State Department are holding him back.

    www.turkishweekly.net

  • Erdoğan on why no US military intervention in Syria: "maybe it's because of ...

    On the Wednesday, September 5th edition of Amanpour, Christiane Amanpour spoke with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a wide-ranging interview covering the humanitarian crisis inside Syria, challenges to democracy and media freedom ...

    cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

  • At least 1974 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001

    4, 2012, at least 1,974 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • From Powdered Wigs to Camouflage: The Ever-Changing Style of the US Army

    And yet, when I joined the U.S. Army in 1999, I starched and pressed my uniform every day with creases so sharp you could cut bread with them.

    www.theatlantic.com

  • US military funded robotic 'cheetah' runs faster than Usain Bolt

    The Cheetah - a quadrupedal machine built by Boston Dynamics and backed by Darpa, the US Defence Department's research division - not only topped the Olympic 100m and 200m champion's record-setting time, it also beat its previous top speed of ...

    www.telegraph.co.uk

  • Disrespecting the US Constitution the PMF Way

    You repeatedly, with more than a little degree of accuracy, and proudly proclaim that there is a distinguished record of using civilians to help U.S. military forces in their various wars and peacetime operations. So as you review your record of ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Prison labor costing Alabama, Mississippi jobs?

    American Power Source has made military clothing in Fayette since 2001, and it opened in Columbus in 2003. With the loss of the federal contracts, the company will be out of business on Nov. 1 unless the federal government reverses its decision ...

    www.foxnews.com

  • Obama, We Miss You!

    A little more than four years ago in western Iraq, then-Senator Barack Obama met for 90 minutes with a group of Arab sheikhs, allies of the U.S. military in the war against al Qaeda. Known as the Anbar Awakening, the tribal leaders are credited by the ...

    www.thedailybeast.com

  • Insider attacks: How US and Afghan troops see the mission now

    "US forces have been placed in an extremely difficult situation," says Seth Jones, a senior analyst at the RAND Corporation and former senior adviser to US Special Operations in Afghanistan.

    www.csmonitor.com

  • PAR Technology (PAR) Receives IDIQ Contract From U.S. Army

    Tweet. (By Balaseshan) PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE:PAR), which provides technical services to governmental organizations, said its subsidiary has received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract worth $48 million from the U.S. Army.

    www.istockanalyst.com

  • Judge rules Fort Hood shooting suspect must be 'forcibly shaved'

    Judge rules Fort Hood shooting suspect must be 'forcibly shaved'. Bell County Sheriff's Office via Reuters. An undated photo of U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan shows the Fort Hood shooting suspect with a beard he began growing in jail this summer.

    usnews.nbcnews.com

  • US plan to hold Afghan prisoners after transfer 'breaches deal with Kabul'

    "Administrative detention" is used by US forces when prisoners are deemed a threat but there is not enough evidence for a criminal prosecution.

    www.guardian.co.uk

  • Sirleaf Wants More US Military Support

    President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called for more military support from the U.S. Government through the United States Africa Command, or AFRICOM, terming the partnership as very strategic in maintaining peace with Liberia's neighbors and within the ...

    allafrica.com

  • Is No Easy Day by Matt Bissonnett Just US Intelligence Propaganda?

    If there is one thing that you learn when you pour through the historical activities of the United States military and the intelligence apparatus, it is this that the Pentagon is extremely creative when it comes to formulating and molding public ...

    www.topsecretwriters.com

  • Lawyer: October decision for hacker wanted by US

    LONDON -- The lawyer for a British hacker wanted in America for breaking into sensitive computer networks at U.S. military and space installations says that officials will rule on the case by next month.

    www.sacbee.com

  • The AfPak Channel: US still has control at Parwan as deadline looms

    Though a March 9 agreement with Afghanistan stipulated that the United States transfer control of the Parwan detention facility at Bagram Air Base to the Afghans by September 9, the U.S. military appears set to retain control indefinitely over about 50 ...

    afpak.foreignpolicy.com

  • The United States Has A New Rival For Influence In Egypt

    The study says US military assistance to Egypt frees up cash for Egypt's government to purchase additional Chinese arms.

    www.businessinsider.com

  • Report: Half of military bases lack voting facility

    Half of all U.S. military bases around the world lack legally required facilities where troops can register to vote and get absentee ballots, according to a report from the Pentagon's inspector general.

    www.washingtontimes.com

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