** 27 August – 2 September 28 Aug 2007 NATO naval force arrives in Cape Town On 28 August, a NATO naval arrived force in Cape Town, South Africa, the halfway point of a two-month circumnavigation of the African continent.More... 17 Aug 2007 NATO tests multinational air operations in Norway exercise Some 100 aircraft and 1 450 personnel from 13 air forces will participate in a live-flying NATO exercise in Norway, from 3 to 14 September, to practice joint multinational air operations.More... 27 Aug 2007 Af ...Continue Reading

** *GENERAL RAY HENAULT, CHAIRMAN OF THE MILITARY COMMITTEE, RESPONDS TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF CANADIAN VIMY AWARD* * * *29 August 2007* **  ****  * * *BRUSSELS** - * General Ray Henault, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee has been selected by CanadaÂ’s Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI) as the 2007 Vimy Award recipient for his contribution to defence and security issues.   YesterdayÂ’s announcement cited General Henault as a “distinguished Cana ...Continue Reading

*Classification: NATO UNCLASSIFIED (Releasable for Internet Transmission)* 27 August/août 2007 COMMUNIQUE PR/CP(2007)088 Release of General Lance L. Smith as Supreme Allied Commander TransformationNATO today concurred to the release of General Lance L. Smith as Supreme AlliedCommander Transformation. In a letter from the President of the United States ofAmerica to the NATO Secretary General, who is Chairman of the Defence PlanningCommittee, the President asked DPC member states to agree to relea ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Transcript On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4028 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 Presenter: Commander, Multinational Division Center and 3rd Infantry Division Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch August 24, 2007 DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Lynch from the Pentagon, A ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Transcript On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4027 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 Presenter: Director for Operational Planning Joint Chiefs of Staff Brig. Gen. Richard Sherlock August 23, 2007 1:00 PM EDT DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Sherlock from the ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Press Advisories On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/advisories/advisory.aspx?advisoryid=2883 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 No. 097-07 August 23, 2007 Multinational Division-Center Commander to Brief Live From Iraq Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of the Multi-National Division-Center, will brief li ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Transcript On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4026 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 Presenter: Director Joint Training for the Joint Warfighting Center and Joint Forces Command Maj. Gen. Jason Kamiya and Deputy Commander for Operations 18th Airborne Corps Brig. ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Transcript On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4025 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 Presenter: Commander Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team Lt. Col Gordon Phillips and State Department Representative Shawn Waddoups August 22, 2007 9:00 AM EDT DoD News Brie ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Press Advisories On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/advisories/advisory.aspx?advisoryid=2882 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 No. 096-07 August 22, 2007 XVIII Airborne Corps Mission Rehearsal Exercise Media Availability Announced Army Maj. Gen. Jason Kamiya, director, joint training and command ...Continue Reading

** 20-26 August 2007 20 Aug 2007 Significant weapons cache destroyed in Afghanistan With information provided by Afghan sources, a NATO-led ISAF patrol found a hidden underground weapons cache with hundreds of artillery rounds, several rockets and many different ammunitions.More... 17 Aug 2007 NATO research centre assists 2007 Aegean & Black Sea expedition Ukraine president Viktor Yushchenko and his wife Kateryna recently visited NATO’s 93-metre global-range research vessel, the NRV Alliance, which is par ...Continue Reading