Monat: Mai 2011

COMBAT OUTPOST MUNOZ, Afghanistan, May 26, 2011 — “We have war sto­ries; he has Civ­il War sto­ries.” “He talks about his first squad, mus­kets all … 

After 17 years of ded­i­cat­ed ser­vice, the Roy­al Aus­tralian Navy’s amphibi­ous trans­port ship, HMAS Manoo­ra, was decom­mis­sioned at her home­port of Gar­den Island, in Syd­ney, today. 

This week the Army and Coast Guard announced a decrease in acti­vat­ed reservists, while the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps announced an increase. The … 

Defence Health Advice — Per­son­nel who deployed to Mid­dle East Area of Oper­a­tions Feb 2009 to Aug 2010 Defence per­son­nel, con­trac­tors and civil­ians who underwent … 

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2011 — The reset in U.S.-Russian rela­tions is pay­ing off with progress on the secu­ri­ty and eco­nom­ic fronts, the U.S. and Russian … 

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Rocks crunch under the boots of a Marine walk­ing a seem­ing­ly end­less patrol route. He scans 360 degrees for sus­pi­cious activity … 

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2011 — An Afghan and coali­tion force killed Qari Musa, a senior Tal­iban leader, dur­ing a pre­ci­sion airstrike in the Talah wa … 

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Raytheon Mis­sile Sys­tems Co., Tuc­son, Ariz., is being award­ed a cost-plus-award-fee mod­i­fi­ca­tion under con­tract HQ0276-10-C-0005, P00011. The total award val­ue of this … 

The Min­is­ter for Defence Stephen Smith and the Min­is­ter for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced the real­lo­ca­tion of con­struc­tion work for the $8 billion … 

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 — A reduced mil­i­tary pres­ence in the Mid­dle East, eco­nom­ic lim­its, and an increased need for part­ner­ships lie ahead for the … 

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 — The Unit­ed States and the Unit­ed King­dom are drawn togeth­er not just by lan­guage and shared sac­ri­fice, but also by … 

Cather­ine Ash­ton, EU High Rep­re­sen­ta­tive for For­eign Affairs and Secu­ri­ty Pol­i­­cy/Vice-Pres­i­­dent of the Com­mis­sion, will vis­it Ser­bia and Koso­vo on 26 and 27 May 2011. … 

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 — In his final Memo­r­i­al Day mes­sage as his June 30 retire­ment nears, Defense Sec­re­tary Robert M. Gates called on service … 

Min­is­ter for Defence Stephen Smith MP Civ­il-Mil­i­­tary Affairs Con­fer­ence Aus­tralia and the Pro­tec­tion of Civil­ians: Pol­i­cy and Prac­tice Aus­tralian War Memo­r­i­al 25 May 2011 Your …