Army’s strategic vision plan unveiled
December 26, 2012 By David Vergun WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 26, 2012) — This month the latest Army Capstone Concept was rolled out. The previous ACC was published in 2009. The ACC is a broad roadmap for how the Army will conduct future planning, organization and operations globally in support of the president’s national [...]
Suicide Bomber Targets US Base in Afghanistan
by VOA News December 26, 2012 A suicide bomber has struck near a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan, killing three Afghans. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place Wednesday near the facility known as Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province. Authorities say the bomber detonated a van full of explosives while [...]
Afghan Policewoman Who Killed U.S. Contractor Is Iranian Citizen
December 25, 2012 by RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan KABUL — Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says it has discovered that the policewoman who shot dead a U.S. civilian police trainer at Kabul’s police headquarters on December 24 is not an Afghan national, as they originally thought, but is instead an Iranian citizen. Interior Ministry spokesman Sidiq Sidiqi [...]
American Adviser Killed in Afghan ‘Insider’ Attack
by VOA News December 24, 2012 Afghan and NATO officials say a female Afghan police officer has killed an American adviser in the Afghan capital, in the first known ‘insider’ attack by a woman. The coalition says a woman wearing a police uniform shot and killed a contracted civilian employee of NATO on Monday inside [...]
NPS Concludes Sleep Study aboard Jason Dunham
Navy News Service NPS Concludes Sleep Study aboard Jason Dunham Story Number: NNS121222-01 12/22/2012 By By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Deven King, USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) Public Affairs 5th FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (NNS) — Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) concluded their participation in a two-week sleep study, [...]
Karzai Blames Foreigners For Corruption
December 22, 2012 by RFE/RL Afghan President Hamid Karzai says foreign governments are to blame for widespread corruption in Afghanistan and are undermining his efforts to establish the rule of law. In a televised speech on December 22, Karzai said that local graft is negligible compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars paid by [...]
Defense Department Press Briefing via Teleconference with Maj. Gen Patton and Lt. Col. Galbreath on the Annual Military Academy Sexual Assault Report
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Transcript MS. CYNTHIA SMITH: We’ve allocated 30 minutes for Maj. Gen. Gary Patton, the director of the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, to discuss with you all today the findings of the annual Military Academy Sexual Assault [...]
DOD Evaluates Sexual Harassment and Prevention Response Efforts at Military Academies
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release The Department of Defense (DoD) today released key findings from the Academic Program Year (APY) 2011-2012 “Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the United States Military Service Academies.” As part of this year’s review, the superintendents of the [...]
DOD: Sexual Assault Reporting Up at Service Academies
By Claudette Roulo American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta called for “a strong and immediate response,” after a Defense Department report released today indicated that sexual harassment and assault remain persistent problems at the nation’s military academies. Army Maj. Gen. Gary S. Patton, the director of DOD’s [...]
