Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 26, 2014

Russian Flags Raised at All Crimean Military Units. © AFP 2014/ Viktor Drachev

Russian Flags Raised At All Crimean Military Units -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russian flags have been raised at all military units in Crimea, less than a week after the Russian leader signed a decree finalizing the reunification of the former Ukrainian region, Russia's military chief said Wednesday.

As Crimea's reunification process began last week, all 193 military units in the predominantly Russian-ethnic region have replaced Ukrainian flags with Russian ones and applied to join the Russian armed forces.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs

Over 15,000 Ukrainian servicemen in Crimea pass to Russian military service -- Voice of Russia

One-Ship Ukraine Navy Defies Russia to the End -- Wall Street Journal

NATO Concerned About Russian Military Buildup Near Ukraine Border -- Radio Free Europe

Russian military holds exercises in breakaway Moldova region: agency -- Reuters

North Korea test-fires 'ballistic' missiles -- BBC

N. Korea test-fires missiles as Obama hosts summit -- AFP

Scaparrotti: N. Korea able to fire missiles 'with very little warning' -- Stars and Stripes

Exclusive: South African military in 'critical decline', review says -- Reuters

Iran's 2 Navies Bring Mixture of Threats -- Defense News

Three Things You Should Know About the Syrian Electronic Army -- Bloomberg

Norwegian troops get unisex dorms -- The Local

The Royal Navy's new £3bn flagship is so big workers need an app to stop getting lost -- Mirror

Japan, Australia look to Marines while beefing up amphibious forces -- Stars and Stripes

Pentagon, Reliant On Russian Airplanes For Afghanistan, Looking At Other Options -- Eurasianet.org

Delay in Afghan Pact Roils U.S. War Plan, Defense Budget -- Roll Call

General Says U-2 Superior to Global Hawk in Korea -- DoD Buzz

‘If It’s Not Survivable, We Don’t Care:’ HAC-D’s Peter Visclosky On Littoral Combat Ship -- Otto Kreisher, Breaking Defense

U.S. Navy receives third Joint High Speed Vessel -- UPI

U.S. Navy shuts Arctic submarine ice camp after cracks appear -- Reuters

US Navy's Triton UAV completes initial flight testing -- Endgadget

Navy mulls banning tobacco sales on bases, ships -- USA Today

Army leaders: We need predictable budgets, not politics -- Stars and Stripes

US Military: Budget Cuts Hurt Readiness in Asia -- AP

Obama, Congress working on changes to NSA -- CNN

NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander says future Snowden leaks could lead to deaths -- FOX News

Keith Alexander: NSA Isn't Spying On Jimmy Carter's Emails, So He Can Stop Using Snail Mail -- Huffington Post

Snowden: Obama’s NSA Reforms ‘Incomplete’ -- Time

The CIA Doesn’t Want You to Know How Badly It Botched Torture -- Jeff Stein, Newsweek

U.S. Special Ops Planning for Action in Globe’s ‘Dark Areas’ -- Time

Pentagon: Benghazi Probes Cost Millions -- AP

Sailors leaving Navy over stress on social issues, Top Gun instructor says -- Washington Times

Army Head to Decide Rank of Disgraced General -- AP

Desert base, deadly highway: Since 2007, more Marines from the Twentynine Palms Marine base have died back home than in the war-torn Middle East -- Desert Sun

Why Aircraft Carrier Workers Deserve a Better Plan from the Pentagon -- Rick Giannini and Darrell Grow, Defense One

Russia, China navies grow as U.S. swabbies tally traffic tickets -- Washington Examiner editorial

A Cappuccino With the C.I.A. -- Roya Hakakian, New York Times

US Military Deaths in Afghanistan at 2,176 -- AP

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