Tuesday, February 07, 2012
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09-09-1999
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Sent by the Defense Attache Office in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the Defense Department, this message describes meetings held late last month regarding Russia's Y2K remediation efforts.

 
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U.S. soldiers deployed for a disaster planning and response exercise in Romania.

 
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DOD Spokesman Ken Bacon fielded questions on whether the United States would become militarily involved in East Timor.

 
09-08-1999
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Ellis, the commander of Allied Forces Southern Europe, outlines his thoughts on how the next Joint Force Commander "can fight his campaign even better" than Operation Allied Force.

 
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The letter outlines Gilman's thoughts on U.S. policy toward Taiwan in advance of Clinton's upcoming meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

 
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The agreement covers the shipment of a small quantity of mixed oxide nuclear fuel to Canada for a one-time test called Project Parallex.

 
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Appeals letters deal with multiyear procurement authority, Cooperative Threat Reduction, THAAD, security locks, Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations (ACTDs), counter-terrorism and chemical demilitarization.

 
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The report contains transcripts and legal consultants' reports to the commission, set up by the FY-98 authorization act to assess gender issues in military training and operations.

 
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Gilman says "we should not be deluded into thinking that stopping the missile launch is a lasting achievement."

 
09-07-1999
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Includes August 31 slide presentations by LTG Henry T. Glisson and LTG Paul J. Kern as well as remarks by Ms. Vickie Plunkett of Rep. Solomon's office.

 
09-03-1999
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The unclassified summary of a May 1998 report to Congress summarizes "the results of an investigation into the potential utility of sea-based assets to NMD."

 
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The JNMS "serves as the commanders' brain center for the systems and networks supporting his forces."

 
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The National Defense Industrial Association conducted the war game in June; the seventh in a series, the game is designed to promote the "interchange of ideas" between industry and the Marine Corps.

 
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The senator wants to know who in the Navy and Pentagon knew what -- and when they knew it -- about the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet's "wing drop" problem.

 
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The briefing outlines the state of the Infantry Warrior program, including funding and recent events.

 
09-02-1999
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GAO concludes the combat capabilities of the JSOW antiarmor and unitary variants "are expected to be significantly less than originally protected because they have limited ability to hit moving targets," the report states.

 
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Reps. Gilman and Jones ask Buyer for comment on two pieces of legislation regarding the military's mandatory anthrax vaccination program.

 
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Jones wants insight into the "financial relationship between the Department of Defense, BioPort Corporation, and the members of BioPort's board." BioPort is the sole maker of the anthrax vaccine for the military.

 
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Rep. Jones wants information on the State Department's anthrax vaccination program, which is voluntary; he feels the same system should be set up for DOD.

 
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Inhofe defends the Navy's need for a controversial live-fire training facility on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.

 
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The FBI tells Navy Capt. James Stark that while the agency hasn't "abandoned' the Navy, an investigation of protestors involved in removing unexploded ordnance for Vieques can't be started. Stark's request is printed below.

 
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Air Force budget official tells lawmakers of the service's FY-99 and FY-00 plans for C-5 mods to "remove any misunderstanding that may have occurred."

 
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CBO tells Democratic Senate Leader Tom Daschle of the "policy implications and costs" for the United States to pay for Russia's launching of seven additional early warning satellites to give the Russians 24-hour coverage of U.S. missile fields and improve global security.

 
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The report says USSOCOM is making progress with Y2K efforts but needs to make several improvements.

 
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The directive makes cost and interoperability key factors for operational and capstone requirements documents.

 
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The memo and briefing chart lay out the digital fielding schedule for the Army out to FY-10 and beyond; the ADMS will be used by planners and programmers to define the required resources for the FY-02/07 POM, according to Maj. Gen. Joseph Cosumano.

 
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NAC Director Dennis Wend briefs the center's senior advisory board on progress to date with such projects as the 21st Century Truck.

 
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The report calls the DOD's Year 2000 system certification-level data reported in the DOD Y2K Database "unreliable" and recommends several improvements.

 
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The memo updates Army Training and Doctrine Command personnel on new policies and procedures regarding the management and proponency of individual soldier equipment initiatives within the organization.

 
09-01-1999
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The paper describes the cause of the Hera target failure that led the Army to abort an intercept test of the Patriot PAC-3 missile.

 
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The report concludes DOD is learning important lessons from its ACTD approach to UAV acquisition.

 
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Directive mandates all DOD components terminate unauthorized connections to the Internet.

 
08-30-1999
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The briefings, presented at the June 7-10 DARPATech 99 Conference, include the bulk of the research areas the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is involved with.

 
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