Monday, October 14, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 14, 2013

Weeping attendees would sing and buglers would sound Taps, followed by a chaplain's prayer. Group's were thanked for helping to welcome the men home

Revealed: How Pentagon FAKED Repatriation Of Fallen Soldiers For Years With Phony Ceremonies, Decommissioned Planes And Bodies That Had Spent Months In Labs -- Daily Mail

* The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command has handled the identification and repatriation of soldiers from old battle fields for seven years
* Remains were taken off planes in coffins draped with flags while Taps played and then attendees sang the Star-Spangled Banner, suggesting the fallen soldiers had just been returned
* The Pentagon now admits that the ceremonies were held on defunct planes after remains had been in a lab for months
* The ceremonies in a Hawaii base honored POWs and MIAs from Korea, Vietnam, and World War II

For seven years, the Department of Defense has faked repatriations where military personnel carry honored dead soldiers off of planes as part of their ceremonial return to the U.S.

While the Pentagon insists the coffins indeed contain the remains of MIA soldiers returned to America from foreign wars, it now admits that the Hawaii arrival ceremonies often attended by a tearful audience aren’t actually arrivals at all.

In fact, the coffins are toted out of planes that can no longer even fly, but must be towed onto the runway for the phony ceremonies and the remains have sometimes been back in the country for months.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Pentagon addresses phony fallen troop ceremonies -- WTOP

Made in Russia: How Russian military technology is used abroad -- Dmitry Litovkin, Russia Beyond The Headlines

Russian submarines to be replaced with underwater tanks? -- Pravda

Indian, Russian Army to hold wargames in Rajasthan from October 18 -- Economic Times

Departing Norwegian Government Boosts Defense Spending for 2014 -- Defense News

Countries have ‘own decision-making processes,’ Hagel says on Turkey’s China deal -- Hurriyet Daily News

Turkish defense minister: Chinese missiles will not harm relations with US -- Trend

Colombia Farc rebels launch website of the female rebel -- BBC

China looks to lead in early warning plane industry -- China Times

Israel to make helmets for US F-35 fighter -- France 24/AFP

JCS chief nominee vows to beef up S. Korea's defense capabilities -- Global Post/Yonhap News Agency

US, Swedish Military Inspectors to Overfly Russia, Belarus -- RIA Novosti

MiGs, parts seized from North Korean ship are operational, Panama official says -- AP

France Will Increase Troop Strength in CAR -- Voice of America

BAE’s ‘Supersized’ Personnel Carrier -- Defense Tech

Some US Nuclear Commanders Face Investigations -- Voice of America

US nuclear force faces a cascade of missteps -- AP

Biological weapons experts warn of deteriorating US readiness -- Stars and Stripes

Navy Tests System that Targets Threats Beyond Radar Envelope -- Defense Tech

With Aging Platforms, Boeing Looks Abroad -- Defense News

US Army Seeks 'Iron Man' Armor for Commandos -- Defense News/AFP

Effort underway to declassify document that is legal foundation for NSA phone program -- Washington Post

Snowden: mass surveillance making us less safe -- AP

Brazil plans secure email service to thwart cyber-spies -- BBC

C.I.A. Disputes Early Suspicions on Snowden -- New York Times

For civilian workers at Pentagon, it pays to work for military -- Washington Times

Air Force: Sequester, shutdown imperil crews and missions -- Washington Times

US Navy: Shutdown Postpones DDG 1000 Christening -- Defense News

II MEF headquarters to relocate as Corps shrinks to 174,000 -- Stars and Stripes/The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.

Leon Panetta: Military readiness ‘badly damaged’ by sequester -- Washington Times

Testimony from Navy undersecretary nominee raises eyebrows -- Stars and Stripes

Privacy breaches in VA health records wound veterans -- Stars and Stripes/The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

$30G went missing in SEAL rescue of Capt. Phillips; SEALs given polygraph test -- FOX News/AP

“Captain Phillips” and Hollywood’s New Navy SEAL Cult -- Time

Revealed: How Pentagon FAKED repatriation of fallen soldiers for years with phony ceremonies, decommissioned planes and bodies that had spent months in labs -- Daily Mail

Fallen troops now political pawns in shutdown fight -- Stars and Stripes

Senate OKs bill for military chaplain services during shutdown -- AP

Happy birthday, Navy: Recruiting posters through the years -- Stars and Stripes

Marine Commandant Gen. Amos has an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter -- Intercepts/Defense News

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