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03 2nd, 2009| 
AFP – The Defense Department on Monday sought to clarify comments made by the top US military officer on Iran’s atomic program a day after he said Tehran had enough nuclear material to make a bomb. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar
2
AFP – Anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and record-high suicide rates are haunting American veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, amid a taboo over mental distress. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar
1
The army of the United States is made of three components: an active component, Regular army; and two spare components, Army National guards and the Army Stock. Both spare components first of all are made of partially occupied soldiers who are trained once a month, known as Meeting of Battle or Meeting of Training of Unit (UTAs), and two spend – three weeks of annual training every year. Both the Regular army and the Army Stock are organised under the Name 10 of the code of laws of the USA while the National guards are organised under the Name 32. While the Army National guards are organised, trained and equipped as a component of army of the USA when it is not in federal service, it is under a command of the separate state both territorial governors, and the mayor of District of Columbia. However the National guards can федерализироваться the presidential order and against wishes of the governor.
HHC, distinctions of a sleeve of a shoulder of army of the USA the USA. The army led by the civil Minister of land forces who informs the Minister of Defence, and serves as a civil oversight for the Chief of a staff of army of the USA. The chief of a staff of army of the USA – a member of Incorporated committee of chiefs of staffs, a body made of heads of service from each service which advise to the president and the Minister of Defence on military affairs under the direction of the Chairman and the Vice-chairman of Incorporated committee of chiefs of staffs. In 1986, law Goldwater-Nichols has transferred that operational control of services under the mandate, follows a chain of instances from the president to the Minister of Defence to Directly incorporated Fighting Commanders who have the control over all units of armed forces in their geographical area or area of function of responsibility. Thus, the Chief of a staff of each service only has a responsibility to organise, train and equip its own component of service. Services give trained forces to Fighting Commanders for use as they consider expedient. The main article: Transformation of Army of the United States To 2013, the Army passes to six geographical commands which will be aligned with six geographical Incorporated Fighting Commands (COOK): Army of the United States, Central placed in Forte McPherson and, Georgia the Army North of the United States placed in Fort Sam Houston, Texas the Army South of the United States placed in Fort Sam Houston, Texas Army of the United States Europe placed in Stuttgart, Germany Army Tихий the ocean of the United States placed in Forte Shafter, Hawaii (finally to be merged with the Eighth Army). The South European Target group (Army component USAFRICOM) headquarted in Vicenza, Italy, Each command will accept the numbered army as an operational command, except army of USA Tихий ocean which will have a numbered army for forces of army of the USA in South Korea. The army also changes the basic unit from subsection
Mar
1
At ceremony which has not received actually attention in the American mass-media, the United States and Canada have signed military agreement on February, 14th, allowing to support armed forces from one nation armed forces of other nation during an internal civil emergency situation, even what does not involve the international crisis. The American General of Air forces Gene Renuart, commander USNORTHCOM, the agreement on signs on February, 14th 2008, with the Canadian Air forces the General of lieutenant Marc Dumais, the commander of the Canadian Command (photo USNORTHCOM) the agreement defined as the Civil Plan of the Help, has not been presented the Congress for approval, and thus the Congress did not accept the law or the agreement definitely authorising this military agreement to unite operation of armed forces of the United States and Canada in case of a wide range of internal civil disorders in limits from whole gales, to health epidemics, to civil revolts or terrorist attacks.
In Canada about the agreement laying a way to armed forces of the USA and Canada to cross borders each other to struggle with internal emergency situations, did not declare either the government of the Harpist or the Canadian armed forces, causing the sharp protest.”
It kindly from the tendency when business reaches problems of Canada-USA. Relations and controversial problems as military integration, “Stuart Trew, the researcher with Council of Canadians has told Information service Canwest.” We see that this government refuses to open the information to Canadians which with readiness is accessible on the American and Mexican websites. “The military Civil Plan of the Help can be noticed as the further increasing step taken to creation of North American armed forces, accessible to be developed in internal North American emergency situations. The agreement has been signed in army of the USA on the north a staff, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the American General of Air forces Gene Renuart ordering air defence and American Northern Command, or USNORTHCOM, and the Canadian Air forces the General of lieutenant Marc Dumais, the commander of the Canadian Command.”
This document – the unique, bilateral military plan to level our corresponding national plans of armed forces quickly to answer other national inquiries about military support of the civil authorities, “has told Renuart in the statement published on website USNORTHCOM.” In discussion of the new bilateral Civil Plan of the Help established USNORTHCOM and the Canadian Command, Renuart has underlined, “Unity of effort during bilateral support of civil operations of support, such as flooding, forest fires, hurricanes, earthquakes and effects of terrorist attack to save lives, prevents the person, transferring to soften a property damage, has the highest value, and we should be able be valid, which are flexible and adaptive to support fast decision-making in joint environment.” The general of the lieutenant. Dumais second
Feb
28
AP – As of Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, at least 588 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST. Read the rest of this entry »