Saturday, November 3, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 3, 2012



Orient Shield Exercise Highlights Military’s Focus On ‘Pacific Pivot’ -- Stars and Stripes

AIBANO TRAINING AREA, Japan — In a muddy field full of Japanese media and troops watching American military might in action, the Stryker Mobile Gun System unceremoniously broke down.

The vehicle — a variant of the fast, lightweight Stryker armored troop carrier that’s been deployed throughout Iraq and Afghanistan — was able to fire only three of the dozens of rounds that were planned Tuesday morning.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

CIA, Pentagon Defend Handling of Benghazi Attack
-- Voice of America

Petraeus’s Quieter Style at C.I.A. Leaves Void on Libya Furor -- New York Times

Benghazi fallout: CIA reveals secret intelligence hub was nearby -- Christian Science Monitor

Marco Rubio On Benghazi: 'There's Classified Information That People Should Know' -- Business Insider/Miami Herald

Turkey to request Patriot deployment from NATO -- Hurriyet Daily News

Second Stealth Jet Puts China on Path to Top Regional Power: Expert -- New York Times/Reuters

Russia Mulls Mali Arms Deal -- RIA Novosti

Report: CIA, Egypt discuss counterterrorism, security cooperation -- The Hill

Okinawa again in uproar over actions of drunken U.S. serviceman -- Asahi Shimbun

Joint exercise practices for potential conflict with North Korea -- Stars and Stripes

More Power for the T-90 -- Strategy Page

Alexander Litvinenko inquest 'may look at MI6 role'
-- BBC

Navy makes its case for new boomers -- Defense Tech

GD's Tracked Stryker Aims To Knock BAE Out In Race to Replace M-113 -- Aol Defense

Navy reviewing hypersonic vehicle technologies -- Examiner

Military mini shuttle X-37B launch moves to Nov. 27
-- Florida Today

Pentagon to end exclusive deal with RIM's Blackberry -- Space Daily

USS Enterprise begins final leg of last deployment -- Stars and Stripes/Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)

Coast Guard to investigate sinking of HMS Bounty replica -- Reuters

‘Unsatisfactory’ Mega-Contractor Re-Ups on Another Big Military Deal -- Danger Room

Help Is On The Way For The Battle-Induced Rage Affecting Too Many Marines -- Business Insider/Military.com

'Vet hunters' seek out and help former military members having a tough time -- Stars and Stripes/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario, Calif.

Tough test awaits soldiers seeking elite honor -- Stars and Stripes/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Romney wins endorsement from 150 former POWs -- Human Events

New Jersey to deploy military trucks to serve as polling places -- FOX News

Sailors, Marines Join USS Wasp for Sandy Relief -- US Department of Defense

Military to Deliver Fuel to Storm-Ravaged Region -- New York Times

U.S. Jury Awards Troops $85 Million Over Iraq Chemical Exposure -- New York Times/Reuters

Former Aviano IG is found guilty in sexual assault case
-- Stars and Stripes

Navajo code talker from World War II dies -- CNN

Homeowner finds World War II carrier pigeon in chimney -- News.com.au

Pulling the U.S. drone war out of the shadows -- Washington Post editorial

Counting civilian casualties in CIA’s drone war -- Meg Braun, Foreign Policy

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