NORTHCOM Detected Missile Launches; World Evaluates Next Step By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 5, 2006 – U.S. Northern Command detected "each and every" North Korean missile launch and had interceptors operational and ready to respond if needed, a senior defense official told Pentagon reporters today. NORTHCOM and North American Aerospa ...Continue Reading

DefenseLINK News: DoD News Release U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release On the Web: http://defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060705-13384.html Media Contact: (703)697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 IMMEDIATE RELEASE ...Continue Reading

U.S. Increasing Operations in Gulf of Guinea By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 5, 2006 – The U.S. military is stepping up operations in the Gulf of Guinea to enhance security in this strategic and resource-rich region, the commander of U.S. European Command's naval surface combatant warships told the Pentagon Channel. U.S. military engagement a ...Continue Reading

Iraqi Forces Foil Kidnappings, Capture TerroristsAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 5, 2006 – Iraqi soldiers rescued three kidnap victims, foiled a kidnap attempt, captured 28 suspected terrorists, and killed eight terrorists in separate operations July 2 and 3, military officials reported. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, rescued three Red Crescent employees from two te ...Continue Reading

Today in the Department of Defense U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Today in DoD On the Web: http://defenselink.mil/today/2006/to20060705.html Media Contact: (703)697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 Today in the Department of Defense, Wednesday, July 5, 2006 Secretary of ...Continue Reading

U.S. Soldiers Serving in Afghanistan Become American Citizens By Staff Sgt. Robert R. Ramon, USASpecial to American Forces Press Service BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, July 5, 2006 – Twenty-seven U.S. soldiers serving on the front lines of the war on terror in Afghanistan became the newest American citizens here yesterday during a special Independence Day overseas mi ...Continue Reading

PR/CP(2006)0825 July/juillet 2006 NATO Secretary General to visit  Croatia and Albania* Thursday, 6 July 2006*  * The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will visit Zagreb and Tirana on Thursday, 6 July 2006. In  Zagreb, the Secretary General will meet with President Stjepan Mesić, with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovićand with Minister of Defence Berislav Rončević ...Continue Reading

PR/CP(2006)0835 July/juillet 2006  NATO Secretary General to visit  Greece* Friday, 7 July 2006*   The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will visit Athens on Friday, 7 July 2006.  He will meet with Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Theodora Bakoyannis and with Minister of Defence Evangelos Meimarakis. The Secretary General will also address the conference “NATO, European Security and Greece in the 21st cen ...Continue Reading

DefenseLINK News: DoD News Release U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release On the Web: http://defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060705-13382.html Media Contact: (703)697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 IMMEDIATE RELEASE ...Continue Reading

 * PRESS RELEASE* 05 July, 2006 *NATO Support for Pope Benedict’s visit to Spain*  * *Mons, Belgium--* At the request of Spanish national authorities, aircraft from the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force (NAEW&C Force) will provide airspace surveillance support during the Pope Benedict XVI visit to “5th World Meeting of Families” in Valencia, Spain on 9 July 2006. NATO has agreed to augment SpainÃ& ...Continue Reading