Top Daily Stories for August 2011

Aug 2 2011

Japan Warns of China's Growing Naval Muscle

Defense News – Naval - Tue, 2011-08-02 15:01
Japan voiced concern Tuesday over China's growing assertiveness and widening naval reach and over what it called the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military budget.
Aug 2 2011

Adm. Mullen: Iraq must give U.S. troops immunity

Navy Times - Tue, 2011-08-02 09:01
America's top military officer says U.S. troops must be given immunity from prosecution as part of any deal to keep them in Iraq beyond the end of the year.
Aug 2 2011

U.S. Weapons Find Way to Somali Terrorists' Hands

Wired.com - Tue, 2011-08-02 08:41
Bad news in America's proxy war against al Qaeda-allied Somali insurgents: Half of the U.S.-supplied weaponry meant for cash-strapped African troops fighting al-Shabab is winding up in al-Shabab's hands.
Aug 1 2011

S. Korea's 1st AWACS Plane Delivered

The Chosun Ilbo - Mon, 2011-08-01 21:20
South Korea's first airborne early warning and control system aircraft, the so-called "flying command post," has arrived at an air base in South Gyeongsang Province from Boeing in Seattle.
Aug 1 2011

CG Stops Vessel Carrying $180M Worth of Cocaine

Coast Guard News - Mon, 2011-08-01 16:21
The U.S. Coast Guard says its crews helped stop a submarine-like craft filled with $180 million of cocaine in the western Caribbean.
Aug 1 2011

U.S., Vietnam Start Military Relationship

Defense News – Naval - Mon, 2011-08-01 16:01
The United States and Vietnam on Aug. 1 opened their first formal military relationship since their war, another sign of growing cooperation amid high tensions between Hanoi and China.
Aug 1 2011

Adm. Mullen to speak at JFCOM shutdown

Virginian-Pilot - Mon, 2011-08-01 10:46
Right on schedule, a year after the Pentagon announced plans to close the U.S. Joint Forces Command, it will hold a disestablishment ceremony on Thursday.
Aug 1 2011

Navy Ends Search For Boxer Sailor Missing At Sea

Navy.mil Top Stories - Mon, 2011-08-01 08:01
The U.S. Navy announced today that it has ended the search for the Sailor from USS Boxer (LHD 4), reported missing July 26.
Aug 1 2011

Chiefs' help needed to craft advancement exams

Navy Times - Mon, 2011-08-01 08:01
Well-rounded chiefs who are experts in one of the 43 ratings listed in NAVADMIN 217/11 are needed for advancement-exam development conferences from 1 October through 25 March.
Aug 1 2011

Navy eyes Google Plus as outreach tool

Navy Times - Mon, 2011-08-01 08:01
The Navy may soon use another social media outlet alongside Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to reach sailors and their families.
 
 

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