Military.com: More Than 100 US Troops Move Forward With Mosul Attack Force
More than 100 U.S. advisers and forward air controllers are moving forward with Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the early stages of the campaign to drive the Islamic State from Mosul, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.
The attacking Iraqi Security Forces brigades and Kurdish Peshmerga forces are also backed by waves of U.S. and coalition airstrikes, artillery and HIMARS rocket artillery fire, said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman.
"We have the HIMARS" there to the south of Mosul, and "the HIMARS is active," he said.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 18, 2016
Pentagon: More than 100 US troops with Iraqi forces retaking Mosul -- The Hill
How U.S. and Western troops will help in the battle for Mosul -- Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post
How US Forces Are Assisting in the Battle for Mosul -- ABC News
The Battle for Mosul Begins - Analysis -- Stratfor
US convenes world military leaders to discuss ISIS strategy -- The Hill
Interview: U.K.-Based Monitor Contrasts Russian, U.S. Air Campaigns In Syria -- RFE
UK-Supplied Precision Weapons Prove Popular in Saudi-Led Yemen Campaign -- Defense News
Panel: Russian Militarization of Arctic Raising Security Concerns -- USNI News
Over 5,000 Russian troops to take part in Arctic drills -- TASS
US, Russia Hold Bilateral Consultative Commission on New START Treaty -- Sputnik
Kremlin Has No Plans to Create More Security Agencies -- Sputnik
Egypt Appeals to Russia for Supplies of Helicopters for Mistral Ships -- Sputnik
Russia not delivering any military aircraft to Pakistan: Sergey Chemezov -- Times of India
Beware, China: Is Rodrigo Duterte Getting Ready to Buy Russian Military Gear? -- National Interest
China Navy Fleet Visits Cambodia -- The Diplomat
China confirms plans to export eight submarines to Pakistan -- IHS Jane's 360
Poland, Ukraine Negotiate Joint Production of Military Helicopters -- Defense News
The Pentagon Is Planning a New Super Rival to the Troubled F-35 -- Fiscal Times
Pentagon Still Unsure if USS Mason Was Attacked on Saturday -- USNI News
False Alarm May Have Triggered U.S. Navy Warship's Missile Defense System -- Military Times
More Countries Weigh Mini-Missile for Special Operators -- DoD Buzz
U.S. Says Littoral Combat Ship Now in Singapore Is Combat Ready -- Bloomberg
Navy Begins Discussion for Future Air-Defense Ship -- Sea Power
Gillibrand proposes sexual assault reforms for Merchant Marine Academy -- The Hill
Contractors sickened by military burn pits left to fend for themselves -- FOX News
Why the U.S. Military Still Flies Cold-War Era Planes -- Audra Wolfe, The Atlantic
Army, Marines field next-generation tourniquet -- Army Times
Is Donald Trump Unfit To Be President? Retired Military Officers Say Treatment Of Women Is Disqualifying -- IBTimes
The Navy's 'Fat Leonard' bribery scandal: The widening fallout -- Navy Times
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