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Archive: May, 2005

Intelligence community facing challenges with human intel

The Defense Intelligence Agency is facing several challenges, especially in the human intelligence community, an expert in this area said here May 17. Speaking at the 2005 C4ISR Integration Conference, Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Michael Ennis, deputy director of human intelligence for DIA, said there are problems in the HUMIT community when it comes

BRAC 2005: Navy, Marine officials support recommendations

The Secretary of the Navy said today he's "confident" that base closures and realignments recommended for the sea service are "more than sufficient to fully support the future Navy and Marine Corps force structure."Gordon R. England, who also serves as acting deputy secretary of defense, told members of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission

Operation Matador ends, Marines continue to monitor area

Operation Matador is over, Marine officials in Iraq announced today. The seven-day operation concentrated on cities near the border with Syria. Pentagon officials said many foreign fighters allied with terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi slip across the porous Syrian-Iraqi border. The operation concentrated on the Euphrates River cities of

Services explain realignment, closure changes

The services have used the base realignment and closure process to realign active duty and reserve forces to better face the threats of the 21st century, Pentagon officials said today. Each service worked closely with the other services and new joint cross-service groups to make sure the process produced a basing structure that will support the

Armed services YMCA honors Woman's Day magazine

Thanksgiving and Christmas were a few months away and Stephanie Abarbanel, senior articles editor for Woman's Day magazine, started thinking about service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan not being home with their families -- particularly their children -- during the holidays. Her compassion for those left behind prompted her to do

BRAC 2005: cross-service groups enhance joint efforts

"We train joint, we fight joint, we might as well live joint," is how Charles S. Abell summarizes the Defense Department's recommendations to the Base Realignment and ClosureCommission.Abell, principal deputy to the Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness, chaired the joint cross-service group working on training and education issues in

Famous Marine, actor encourages wounded troops

A man who probably is best known as the Marine drill instructor from the movie "Full Metal Jacket" and as host of the History Channel's "Mail Call" program visited recovering troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here May 12. "I thought I'd come down and see how they're treating you down here," R. Lee Ermey told one of the patients he visited

Gala event raises funds for USO, troop support programs

Celebrities, entertainers and supporters gathered here May 12 to express thanks for the country's men and women in uniform and to raise money for programs of the United Service Organizations of Metropolitan Washington that support them. The USO's Stars and Stripes, Diamonds and Clubs Benefit raised more than $10,000 for the organization's

BRAC 2005: closings, realignments to reshape infrastructure

The Defense Department has recommended closing 33 major bases and realigning 29 others as part of a comprehensive reshaping of the military infrastructure through the base realignment and closure process.Michael Wynne, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, announced Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's closure and

Bush approves $82 billion in supplemental funding

President Bush signed into law May 11 legislation that provides $82 billion in supplemental funding, most of it to help cover the cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The measure provides $75.9 billion for the Defense Department, including funds for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Also included are additional protections for

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