Saturday, September 18, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 17/18, 2010

Toxic Cocktail: Army Struggles With Mental-Health Care -- Newsweek

For Michael Kuligowski, the death of his son in Afghanistan revealed the military's inability to monitor the treatment of battle-scarred soldiers.

On April 6, 2009, 21-year-old Army Specialist Adam Kuligowski took his rifle into a bathroom stall at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan and shot himself. His last words were found in a suicide note to his father, Michael Kuligowski: "Sorry to be a disappointment."

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Why China’s Navy is a Threat -- James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, The Diplomat

U.S. Says Saudi Arms Deals Serve 'National Interest' -- Defense News

Brazil Building Itself Into Regional Military Power -- Defense News

Russia's Kazan Aircraft Plant To Build Next Gen Bomber -- Space War

Joint Task Force 2: Canada's elite fighters -- CBC

McCain rips defense bill amendments -- Washington Times

CHINFO's Twelfth Commandment
-- Information Dissemination

Hellfire, Reapers, Predators and Griffins -- Strategy Page

Senate May Finally Sink Marines’ Swimming Tank -- The Danger Room

Officials unveil Pentagon POW/MIA exhibit -- Defence Talk

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