Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 3, 2014

With an F-16 fighter in the background, U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks upon his arrival in Warsaw June 3, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. Reviews Military Presence In Europe After Russian Moves In Ukraine -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The United States is reviewing its military presence in Europe as a result of Russia's intervention in Ukraine, the White House said on Tuesday at the start of a four-day European trip by President Barack Obama.

Obama will call on Congress to support a "European Reassurance Initiative" of up to $1 billion to increase U.S. military rotations on the continent, it said.

The effort would involve increased participation by the U.S. Navy in NATO naval force deployments, including "more persistent deployments" to the Black and Baltic seas, it said.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs

Obama in Poland asks U.S. for $1B for ‘sacrosanct’ security needs in Europe -- Washington Times

Obama announces expansion of U.S. military presence in Europe -- CBS

NATO Ministers To Review Response to Ukraine Crisis -- Defense News

NATO Not Discussing ‘Military Options’ in Ukraine - Rasmussen -- RIA Novosti

Plans for a 'fitter, faster' NATO in the works -- Stars and Stripes

What Does NATO’s Core Mission Look Like in the Twenty-First Century? -- Council on Foreign Relations

Russia, NATO Spar Over Military Forces in Central Europe -- VOA

Russia to Test Two Bulava Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles This Autumn -- RIA Novosti

Russia’s Strategic Missile Troops to Conduct 120 drills, Test 12 ICBMs by 2015 -- RIA Novosti

Report: Russia Lifts Arms Embargo To Pakistan -- Defense News/AFP

Russian Fighters for China Still On Hold -- Defense News

Israel Limits Security Cooperation with Russia -- Defense News

China Is Sending Combat Troops to Africa -- Kevin Knodell, War is Boring

German army gets family-friendly: €100million plan to introduce daycare services, install widescreen televisions and minibars in barracks in order to attract new recruits -- Daily Mail

Thai coup not affecting Swedish Gripen deal -- The Local

Intelligence: Afghans Want The CIA to Stay -- Strategy Page

Report: Chinese Cruise Missiles Could Pose Biggest Threat to US Carriers -- Defense News

Pentagon Proposes New Missile Defense System in South Korea -- DoD Buzz

U.S. Moves Global Hawks to Japan -- Defense Tech

US Experts Bank on $50B to $70B Overseas Contingency Ops Budget -- Defense News

Navy Considers Commercial Technology for New Amphib -- DoD Buzz

Air Force Awards Space Fence, Fab-T Contracts -- Defense News

A-10 supporters rebuffed in defense spending legislation -- Stars and Stripes/Bloomberg

DARPA Aims to Restore Memory for TBI Wounded -- Defense Tech

Musk: Spacecraft Will Land Like a Helicopter -- Defense Tech

GSA exec with top-secret clearance didn’t disclose China trip, past felonies -- Washington Times

For fallen soldiers' families, Bergdahl release stirs resentment -- Reuters

Administration mum on Bowe Bergdahl discipline -- Washington Times

There Is Already A Big Backlash Against The Deal To Free An American Prisoner Of War -- Business Insider

The Obama Administration Is Fighting Back Hard At Critics Of The Prisoner Swap -- Business Insider

Pentagon to review claims US soldiers killed during search for Bergdahl -- FOX News

Republicans demand hearings in Congress over soldier's release -- Reuters

Two-Thirds of Missileers Implicated in Cheating Ring Resuming Duties -- Global Security Newswire

New research links dust at Iraq's Camp Victory to ill soldiers -- Stars and Stripes/USA Today

The Five Dumbest Ways That People Defend NSA Spying -- Cindy Cohn and Nadia Kayyali, Gizmodo/EFF

America’s Abandoned $6-Billion Missile Pyramid -- Matthew Gault, War is Boring

Pentagon in a Jam? Time for a Review -- Philip Ewing, Politico

How to Cut Down on VA Fraud in a Single Step -- Jacob Siegel, Daily Beast

Why Veterans Affairs Can’t Root Out Its Corruption -- Jeff Miller, Time

Time to Reopen the Case on CIA Torture -- John Kiriakou, Daily Beast

Still a Long Way from Asian NATO -- Kevin Baron, Defense One

US sending 650 troops to support D-Day commemorations -- Stars and Stripes

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