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Military Headlines 17 February  2012

Army Details Afghan Transition Deployment Plans
The Army will deploy more than 1,400 soldiers split into 18-person training teams to Afghanistan this spring and summer as the U.S. moves ahead with handing combat operations to Afghan units. Five Army brigade combat teams and one Army Reserve command unit will deploy to Afghanistan between April and August. Entire brigades, however, will not deploy on this mission.
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Panetta: No Iranian Decision Yet on Nukes
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JBLM Soldier Charged in Theft of $630K in Weapons
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Pakistan Cautions Kabul on Taliban Peace Hopes
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A Year After Uprising, Militias Hold Sway in Libya
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Pentagon Lays Out Significant Cuts to US Forces in Europe
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VA to Train Homeless Vets for National Cemeteries
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Decatur and the Navy's Earliest Special Operators
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Yokosuka Sailor Pleads Guilty to Murdering Infant Daughter
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US Ties al-Qaida of Iraq to Syrian Bombings
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Military Leaders Warn of Dangers of Automatic Cuts
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Indonesian Air Force Eyes More Fighters
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On February 17, 1621 Myles Standish became the first military commander of what colony in North America?
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Military Headlines 06 February 2012

Just a Bluff? Fears Grow of Israeli Attack on Iran
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Just a Bluff? Fears Grow of Israeli Attack on Iran

February 06, 2012
Associated Press|by Dan Perry and Josef Federman
JERUSALEM -- For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic

could be imminent -- an action that many fear might trigger a wider war, terrorism and global economic havoc.
High-level foreign dignitaries, including the U.N. chief and the head of the American military, have stopped in Israel in recent weeks, urging leaders to give the diplomatic process more time to work. Israel

seems unmoved, and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has reportedly concluded that an Israeli attack on Iran is likely in the coming months.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday that he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran, telling NBC News in an interview that the United States was "going to be sure that we work in

lockstep as we proceed to try to solve this -- hopefully diplomatically."
Despite harsh economic sanctions and international pressure, Iran is refusing to abandon its nuclear program, which it insists is purely civilian, and threatening Israel and the West.
It's beginning to cause jitters in world capitals and financial markets.
"Of course I worry that there will be a military conflict," Britain's deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, said in a magazine interview last week. He said Britain was "straining every single sinew to resolve this

through a combination of pressure and engagement," rather than military action.
Is Israel bluffing? Israeli leaders have been claiming Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons since the early 1990s, and defense officials have issued a series of ever-changing estimates on how close Iran is to

the bomb. But the saber-rattling has become much more direct and vocal.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu frequently draws parallels between modern-day Iran and Nazi Germany on the eve of the Holocaust.
 
On Thursday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak claimed during a high-profile security conference that there is a "wide global understanding" that military action may be needed.
"There is no argument about the intolerable danger a nuclear Iran [would pose] to the future of the Middle East, the security of Israel and to the economic and security stability of the entire world," Barak

said.
A day earlier, visiting U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon implored Israel to find a peaceful solution to the nuclear standoff.
Israel views Iran as a mortal threat, citing Iranian calls for Israel's destruction, Iran's support for anti-Israel militant groups and Iranian missile technology capable of hitting Israel.
On Friday, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called Israel a "cancerous tumor that should be cut and will be cut," and boasted of supporting any group that will challenge the Jewish state.
When faced with such threats, Israel has a history of lashing out in the face of world opposition. That legacy includes the game-changing 1967 Middle East war, which left Israel in control of vast Arab

lands, a brazen 1981 airstrike that destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor, and a stealthy 2007 airstrike in Syria that is believed to have destroyed a nuclear reactor in the early stages of

construction.
Armed with a fleet of ultramodern U.S.-made fighter planes and unmanned drones, and reportedly possessing intermediate-range Jericho missiles, Israel has the capability to take action against Iran too,

though it would carry grave risks.
It would require flying over Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria or Turkey. It is uncertain whether any of these Muslim countries would knowingly allow Israel to use their airspace.
With targets some 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away, Israeli planes would likely have the complicated task of refueling in flight. Iran's antiquated air force, however, is unlikely to provide much of a

challenge.
Many in the region cannot believe Israel would take such a step without a green light from the United States, its most important ally. That sense is deepened by the heightened stakes of a U.S. election

year and the feeling that if Israel acts alone, the West would not escape unscathed.
The U.S. has been trying to push both sides, leading the charge for international sanctions while also pressing Israel to give the sanctions more time to work. In recent weeks, both the U.S. and European

Union have imposed harsher sanctions on Iran's oil sector, the lifeblood of its economy, and its central bank. Israeli officials say they want the sanctions to be imposed faster and for more countries to join

them.
Last week, The Associated Press reported that officials in Israel -- all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss Iran -- were concerned that the measures,

while welcome, were constraining Israel in its ability to act because the world expected the effort to be given a chance.
Even a limited Israeli operation could well unleash regionwide fighting. Iran could launch its Shihab 3 missiles at Israel, and have its local proxies, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip,

unleash rockets. Israel's military intelligence chief, Aviv Kochavi, warned last week that Israel's enemies possess some 200,000 rockets.
While sustained rocket and missile fire would certainly make life uncomfortable in Israel, Barak himself has said he believes casualties would be low -- suggesting it would be in the hundreds.
Iran might also try to attack Western targets in the region, including the thousands of U.S. forces based in the Gulf with the 5th Fleet.
An Israeli attack might have other unintended consequences. A European diplomat based in Pakistan, permitted to speak only under condition of anonymity, said that if Israel attacks, Islamabad will have

no choice but to support any Iranian retaliation. That raises the specter of putting a nuclear-armed Pakistan at odds with Israel, which is widely believed to have its own significant nuclear arsenal.
To some, the greatest risk is to the moribund world economy.
Analysts believe an Israeli attack would cause oil prices to spike, since global markets so far have largely dismissed the Israeli threats and did not "price in" the threat. According to one poll conducted by

the Rapidan Group, an energy consulting firm in Bethesda, Md., prices would surge by $23 a barrel. The price of oil settled Friday at $97.84 a barrel.
"Traders don't believe there's anything but bluster going on," said Robert McNally, president of Rapidan and an energy adviser to former President George W. Bush. "A potential Israeli attack on Iran is

different than almost every scenario that we've seen before."
McNally said Iran could rattle oil markets by targeting oil fields in southern Iraq or export facilities in Saudi Arabia or Qatar -- and withhold sales of its own oil and natural gas from countries not boycotting.
Iran also could attempt to carry out its biggest threat: to shut the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil passes. That could send oil prices soaring beyond $200 a

barrel. But analysts note Iran's navy is overmatched.
If a surge in oil prices proved lasting, financial markets would probably plummet on concerns that global economic growth would slow and on the fear that any conflict could worsen and spread.
For the U.S. economy, higher gasoline prices would likely result in lower consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of U.S. economic activity. That could have devastating consequences for an

incumbent president seeking re-election.
Nick Witney, former head of the EU's European Defense Agency, said "the political and economic consequences of an Israeli attack would be catastrophic for Europe" since the likely spike in the price of

oil alone "could push the entire EU, including Germany, into recession."
He said this could lead to "messy defaults" by countries like Greece and Italy, and possibly cause a collapse of the already-wobbly euro. Witney, a senior fellow at the European Council on Foreign

Relations, added that "the Iranians would probably retaliate against European interests in the region, and conceivably more directly with terrorism aimed at Western countries and societies."
Oil disruptions or higher oil prices will also dent growth in Asia. China, India, South Korea and Japan all buy substantial amounts of Iranian crude and could face temporary shortages.
China's fast-growing economy, which gets 11 percent of its oil from Iran, has urged all sides to avoid disrupting supplies. Any impact on China's economy, the world's second-largest, could send out global

shockwaves if it dented Chinese demand for industrial components and raw materials.
Why is the issue coming to a head with such unfortunate timing, with the U.S. election looming and the global economy hanging by a razor's edge?
The urgency is fueled by a belief in Israel that Iran is moving centrifuges and key installations deep underground by the summer -- combined with doubts about whether either Israel or the United States

have the bunker-busting capacity to act effectively thereafter.
At last week's security conference, Israeli Vice Premier Moshe Yaalon, a former military chief, said all of Iran's nuclear installations are still vulnerable to military strikes. In a startling threat, he appeared to

contradict assessments of foreign experts and Israeli defense officials that it would be difficult to strike sensitive Iranian nuclear targets hidden deep underground.
American officials acknowledge the current version of its bunker-buster bombs -- considered the largest non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal -- may not be able to penetrate Iran's heavily fortified

underground facilities. The Pentagon is asking Congress to reprogram about $82 million in order to make the 30,000-pound (13,600-kilogram) bunker-buster bomb more capable.
But U.S. officials also say there are a number of ways to cripple or disable the sites, such as targeting entrance and exit routes to an underground facility, rendering it inaccessible.
Israeli officials at the conference asserted that Iran has already produced enough enriched uranium to eventually build four rudimentary nuclear bombs and -- in what would be a new twist -- was even

developing missiles capable of reaching the U.S.
Amos Yadlin, the former head of Israel's military intelligence, said the world needed less discussion on the issue. "There is the danger that an escalation could get out of control," he said. "Israel should go

back to what it does best: Shut up."
-- David Stringer in London, Slobodan Lekic in Brussels, Brian Murphy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Lolita Baldor in Washington, Business Writer Joe McDonald in Beijing, and Energy Writer

Jonathan Fahey and Business Writer Pallavi Gogoi in New York contributed to this report.

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After UN Veto, US Floats Coalition on Syria
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Army Doctor at Madigan Suspended Over PTSD Comments
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Army Doctor at Madigan Suspended Over PTSD Comments

A Madigan Army Medical Center psychiatrist who screens Soldiers for PTSD has been removed from clinical duties while investigators look into controversial remarks he made about patients and the

financial costs of disability benefits, according to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.
Dr. William Keppler is a retired Army officer who leads a forensic psychiatric team responsible for assessing the PTSD diagnoses of Soldiers under consideration for medical retirement at Madigan, an

Army hospital located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Tacoma.
Army Medical Command officials confirmed two doctors had been temporarily removed from clinical duties and assigned to administrative work, but they did not name them.
In a prepared statement to The Seattle Times, they said the command has "initiated a top-to-bottom review of the process associated with the forensic psychiatric reviews conducted at Madigan Army

Medical Center."
"We are very sensitive to the issues that have been raised to this command and are working hard to address them," the statement said.
More than a dozen Soldiers who believed their PTSD diagnoses were wrongly dropped by the Madigan team gained new reviews this year at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in an unusual intervention

arranged by Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho.
The forensic team's validation of a PTSD diagnosis can help qualify a Soldier for a medical retirement with considerable benefits -- such as lifelong health insurance for a retiree, spouse and dependents.

The diagnosis also can help qualify a retiree for disability benefits from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs.
Keppler allegedly made inappropriate comments about the forensic team's role as financial gatekeeper in the Army retirement process during a September presentation, according to Murray.
In a meeting last fall attended by an Army ombudsman, Keppler and other team members reportedly made disrespectful comments about patients whose files were under review.
"I am deeply concerned about the things that I am hearing," Murray said. "Their [the doctors'] job is only one thing -- to determine whether or not the patient has PTSD. And it's Congress' job to make sure

we have the resources to compensate them."
Keppler could not be reached for comment.
PTSD is a condition that results from experiencing a traumatic event, such as a battlefield casualty. Symptoms can include recurrent nightmares, flashbacks, irritability and feeling distant from other

people.
As the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a toll on troops subject to repeated deployments, the Army has launched extensive campaigns to convince Soldiers to overcome the stigma of seeking

mental-health care and reach out if they have symptoms of PTSD.
But some medical professionals contend that PTSD is being overdiagnosed.
Meanwhile, some Soldiers and veterans advocates have accused the Army of making it overly difficult to get a PTSD diagnosis in order to limit the numbers of those eligible for medical retirement. The

Army has denied doing so.
Murray, who chairs the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, said she became angered by complaints last fall from Madigan Soldiers that their PTSD diagnoses from other Army and VA providers were

being unfairly reversed.
In rejecting those diagnoses, the Madigan team cited psychometric tests that indicated some of those Soldiers were malingerers.
Some of the Soldiers had been deployed repeatedly to combat zones and been diagnosed with PTSD by other medical professionals, according to a review of their medical records.
"Gen. Horoho has taken this seriously," Murray said. "I think it is important to send a message that this will not be tolerated."
Army officials said the removal of the two doctors was temporary and did not constitute a "prejudgment or adverse action."

Cyber Weapons Growing Concern in Hyper Connected World
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Navy: 8 Calif.-Based Sailors Discharged for Hazing
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Army Brigadier General Dies in Afghanistan
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Charges Against Final 'Kill Team' Soldier Dropped
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Marine's Wife Killed in Housing Explosion
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Advanced Sight Could Double Range for Shooters
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The next generation of battlefield optics will empower infantrymen to hit enemy targets from twice the effective range of the M4 carbine if Defense Department scientists get their way.
This summer, officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are scheduled to begin testing prototypes of the Dynamic Image Gunsight Optic, known as "DInGO."
Modern rifle optics have become essential kit for combat troops. They're dependable, accurate and help riflemen aim and shoot quicker than old-school iron sights.
The goal of the DInGO program is to ensure that the average Soldier can hit enemy fighters at ranges out to 600 meters without having to estimate range or compensate for crosswinds, DARPA officials

said.
Experienced combat shooters say that's likely to be a significant challenge. Army marksmanship training focuses on engaging targets out to 300 meters, since an M4's 5.56mm round's trajectory begins to

drop significantly beyond that distance.
 
Wind conditions also hinder accuracy. A 10 mile per hour crosswind can push a 5.56mm round off target by more than eight inches at 400 meters. Techniques for reading wind speeds and compensating

for their effects on accuracy are generally only taught in advanced marksmanship and sniper courses.
Lockheed Martin officials hope that the technology they are building into DInGO prototypes will eliminate the need for training.
"What this device actually has built into it is a small laser that helps the operator make aim-point corrections," said John Wojnar, director of laser and sensor systems business development at Lockheed

Martin's Mission Systems and Sensors.
DARPA awarded Lockheed Martin a $3.7 million contract to build 16 DInGO prototypes for testing. DARPA officials declined a recent request from Military.com to take a close look at the

technology.Currently, the device weighs about a pound and is approximately five inches long, three inches wide and three inches high, Wojnar said. It has a digital micro display that originated in the cell

phone industry.
DInGO is based on Lockheed's Advanced Sighting System (One-Shot) technology developed for the sniper community. One-Shot relies on sensors that measure environmental conditions at several points

along a bullet's path to the target.
The sniper community, however, has pointed out that a good spotter can be just as effective or better than One-Shot at ensuring a long-range shot reaches its mark.
The prototypes can "gauge wind speed and other atmospheric conditions -- not as accurately as One-Shot can gauge wind speed -- but it can provide an alternate aim point," Wojnar said.
The 8-power device features a digital zoom function that allows a shooter to quickly change ranges to engage multiple targets from 300 to 600 meters, Wojnar said.
It calculates the range with a low-power laser rangefinder, zooms in on it and then accounts for environmental conditions without requiring the shooter to move his hands, Lockheed officials said. The

embedded ballistic computer then projects the bullet's point-of-impact with an alternative aim point.
Right now, it's unclear how the DInGO will work as a "retrofit attachment" to the standard Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight and Close Combat Optic, but the concept calls for the device to mount on a

standard Picatinny rail system.
The final version of DInGO is supposed to run for eight hours on two AA batteries. If all goes well, the new optic could be ready for fielding sometime in 2014, Wojnar said.
Depending on the size of the fielding requirement, DInGO could cost up to $1,000 each.
In addition to the combat mode, DInGO is being designed to feature a surveillance mode that would let the operator take a digital photo of a target to send over a network or store in the memory for future

viewing, Wojnar said. It would also feature a training mode that would support video feed from an external display, such as a high-definition TV, allowing the shooter to practice in a virtual setting, he said.

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The seal of the U.S. Army bears what phrase?
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Military Headlines 23 January 2012
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French Troops Allegedly Killed Over US Abuse Video

An Afghan soldier who shot dead four French troops has said he did it because of a recent video showing U.S. Marines urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban insurgents, security sources said. "During the initial interrogations by French soldiers, he told them he did it because of the video in which American soldiers were urinating on bodies," an Afghan army officer said.
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The Battle of Rorke's Drift, an important engagement involving Great Britain that ended on January 23, 1879, was part of what war?
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