WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2011 — The NATO mis­sion in Libya is impor­tant, effec­tive and still nec­es­sary to pro­tect civil­ians in that embat­tled nation, a NATO spokes­woman said today.

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va., Aug. 30, 2011 — Tran­si­tion is an ongo­ing process in Afghanistan, and it entails far more than sim­ply win­ning on the bat­tle­field, the com­man­der of U.S. Cen­tral Com­mand said hereWeit­er­lesen…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2011 — Afghan and coali­tion secu­ri­ty forces yes­ter­day killed and detained mul­ti­ple insur­gents dur­ing sep­a­rate oper­a­tions tar­get­ing a Haqqani ter­ror­ist net­work attack cell in east­ern Afghanistan, mil­i­tary offi­cials report­ed.

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY      The Mis­sile Defense Agency (MDA) is announc­ing the award of an Indef­i­nite Deliv­­ery-Inde­f­i­nite Quan­ti­ty (IDIQ) con­tract to Tele­dyne Brown Engi­neer­ing, Incor­po­rat­ed, Huntsville, Alaba­ma under con­tract HQ0147-11-D-0015. The max­i­mum ceil­ing val­ue ofWeit­er­lesen…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2011 — As the Amer­i­can pres­ence in Iraq draws down, the U.S. Air Force mis­sion in the nation like­ly will increase, Air Force Maj. Gen. Rus­sell J. Handy said.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2011 — As the Defense Depart­ment seeks inno­va­tion made pos­si­ble by smart phones and oth­er mobile com­put­ing plat­forms, it’s also work­ing to ensure DOD users of those devices employ them secure­ly, aWeit­er­lesen…

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., Aug. 29, 2011 — U.S. North­ern Com­mand is con­tin­u­ing to sup­port relief efforts in the after­math of a pow­er­ful hur­ri­cane that struck the East Coast over the week­end, caus­ing exten­siveWeit­er­lesen…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2011 — The Defense Depart­ment is assess­ing its diver­si­ty pro­grams as part of a pres­i­den­tial order to coor­di­nate efforts across the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment, Pen­ta­gon offi­cials said.

A direc­tions hear­ing con­vened by the Reg­is­trar of Mil­i­tary Jus­tice in rela­tion to the charges against the third Aus­tralian Defence Force mem­ber relat­ing to an inci­dent in Afghanistan on 12 Feb­ru­ary, 2009 was con­duct­ed, byWeit­er­lesen…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2011 — Fleet Week-San Fran­cis­co is more than just a chance for lib­er­ty in a world-class city, it’s also an oppor­tu­ni­ty for Marines to prac­tice their dis­­as­ter-response capa­bil­i­ties, said Marine Corps Maj.Weit­er­lesen…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2011 — A com­bined Afghan and coali­tion secu­ri­ty force yes­ter­day killed a Tal­iban insur­gent and detained anoth­er dur­ing an oper­a­tion in the Kun­duz dis­trict of Afghanistan’s Kun­duz province, mil­i­tary offi­cials report­ed.

ARMY  Gen­er­al Dynam­ics C4 Sys­tems Inc., was award­ed a $3,700,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, lev­­el-of-effort, inde­f­i­nite-deliv­­ery / inde­f­i­nite-quan­ti­­ty con­tract. The award will pro­vide for the pro­cure­ment of the Com­mand Hard­ware Sys­tems-4. Work will be per­formed in Taunton,