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<DIV id="date">Edition: Wed, February 22, 2006<BR><A href="standto.php?printable&dte=2006-02-22">Printable Version</A></DIV><DIV class="column"><H2>TODAY'S FOCUS</H2><P><B>2006 Army Posture Statement: Provide Relevant and Ready Landpower </B><BR>
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The Army is improving its capabilities to prevail in the war on terrorism and sustain all our global commitments. While fighting, we are:<BR>
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* Maintaining the momentum of our transformation and modernization. <BR>
- Transforming to create an active and reserve component pool of 70 modular Brigade Combat Teams, reinforced by over 200 modular Support Brigades.<BR>
- Modernizing - for the first time in decades - to field Future Combat Systems and other advanced technologies. <BR>
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* Improving readiness to deal with irregular, catastrophic, disruptive - and traditional - challenges. <BR>
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* Building a modular force in which brigades - not divisions - can "plug into" joint and coalition task forces in expeditionary and campaign settings.<BR>
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* Building depth (more) and breadth (more kinds) to ensure Soldiers and units can adapt to new challenges. <BR>
- Building more brigades to increase strategic flexibility and relieve stress on Soldiers and equipment. <BR>
- Developing more kinds of capability by making our brigades more powerful, versatile, deployable, and relevant to new challenges.<BR>
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* Creating improvements in: Sustaining the Force, Actionable Intelligence, Stability Operations, Homeland Defense, Operating in Complex Environments, Facing Irregular Challenges, Battle Command, and more.<BR>
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* Ensuring that every investment in our current force benefits our future force. <BR>
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These initiatives enable the Army to <B>support current global operations </B> and prevail in the war on terrorism, surge forces for unforeseen contingencies, and reduce stress on Soldiers and equipment. We are also creating the right mix of Support Brigades to ensure that our Soldiers receive the logistical, engineering, intelligence, protection, aviation and communications capabilities they will need to support the Combatant Commanders. We are rebalancing the force by placing the right Soldiers with the right skills into our jobs and organizations in greatest demand. At the same time, we are stabilizing Soldiers, to keep them with their units longer, to improve teamwork and reduce stress on families caused by frequent moves between posts. We are maintaining momentum in transforming and modernizing our formations - through modular conversion, pursuit of future combat systems, and fielding other advanced technologies. These complementary initiatives will ensure that our Soldiers are well prepared to operate in <B>campaign and expeditionary settings </B> with our joint and coalition partners.<BR>
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For further information on this and other strategic initiatives, visit the Army Posture Statement website at <A href="http://www.army.mil/aps/06/" target="_blank"><B>www.army.mil/aps/06 </B></A><B></B>.</P><H2>SOLDIERS AND THE 2006 OLYMPICS</H2><P></P><UL><LI><B>Talk about</B> disciplined (<A href="http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1314831" target="_blank">CSG</A>)</LI><LI><B>National Guard athlete</B> takes home Silver in women's bobsled (<A href="http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8610" target="_blank">ARNEWS</A>)</LI><LI><B>Bobsled team pushes</B> pain away, wins silver (<A href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/sports/13931801.htm" target="_blank">CCT</A>)</LI></UL><P></P></DIV><DIV class="column"><H2>NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY</H2><P></P><UL><LI><B>Ex-soldier finds peace</B> in Islam (<A href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_3534704" target="_blank">ATS</A>)</LI><LI><B>Gitmo guard force</B> to be reduced (<A href="http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1549968.php" target="_blank">AT</A>)</LI><LI><B>Army testing unmanned</B> Stryker convoys (<A href="http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8606" target="_blank">ARNEWS</A>)</LI><LI><B>'Ready First' brigade</B> takes responsibility for Tal Afar area (<A href="http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?article=35231§ion=104" target="_blank">SS</A>)</LI><LI><B>Area veteran to meet</B> Bush during local visit (<A href="http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060222/News01/602220357/-1/NEWS01/CAT=News01" target="_blank">SBT</A>)</LI><LI><B>Now running for office:</B> an army of Iraq war vets (<A href="http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2006/0222/p01s03-uspo.html" target="_blank">CSM</A>)</LI></UL><P></P><H2>WAR ON TERROR NEWS</H2><P></P><UL><LI><B>Turf battles in Iraq</B> delay government's formation (<A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0222/p04s01-woiq.html" target="_blank">CSM</A>)</LI><LI><B>Blast rocks Shiite</B> Shrine in Samarra (<A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/22/AR2006022200454.htmlwww.w" target="_blank">WP</A>)</LI><LI><B>Pakistan gets Intel</B> in Taliban Hunt (<A href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1648287" target="_blank">ABC News</A>)</LI><LI><B>Three Ohio men indicted</B> on terrorism charges (<A href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5227021" target="_blank">NPR</A>)</LI><LI><B>'Dangerous neighbor'</B> plagues Afghanistan (<A href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/worldbriefings.htm" target="_blank">WT</A>)</LI><LI><B>Car bomb rocks a bustling</B> street in Baghdad and leaves 22 dead (<A href="http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/13928854.htm" target="_blank">PI</A>)</LI></UL><P></P><H2>OF INTEREST</H2><P></P><UL><LI><B>Army units in Iraq</B> could have shorter tours of duty (<A href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060217/17military.htm" target="_blank">USN</A>)</LI><LI><B>Blast damages Shiite</B> 'Golden Mosque' (<A href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.main/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</A>)</LI><LI><B>Yemeni editor imprisoned</B> over the Prophet Muhammad cartoons (<A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11414568/site/newsweek/" target="_blank">Newsweek</A>)</LI><LI><B>Retired Commander urges</B> stronger Port Security (<A href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5227018w" target="_blank">NPR</A>)</LI><LI><B>Strife deepens over</B> port security (<A href="http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2006/0222/p01s01-usfp.html" target="_blank">CSM</A>)</LI><LI><B>Port noise</B> complaint (<A href="http://www.slate.com/id/2136766/" target="_blank">SLATE</A>)</LI><LI><B> Suspect names possible</B> targets in FBI interrogation (<A href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185642,00.html" target="_blank">FN</A>)</LI><LI><B>Fires Bde. Soldiers meet Army</B> Vice Chief of Staff through awards, reenlistments (<A href="http://www.blackanthem.com/News/military_2006022101.html" target="_blank">BMN</A>)</LI></UL><P></P><H2>WORLD VIEW</H2><P></P><UL><LI><B> Report: Nearly 100</B> dead in US custody (<A href="http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage" target="_blank">Aljazeera</A> | <A href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0049D873-A7CD-4FF9-8A1B-324E601A2B82.htm" target="_blank">story</A>)</LI><LI><B>Commission scrutinizes German</B> intelligence's role in Iraq (<A href="http://www.dw-world.de/" target="_blank">Deutsche Welle</A> | <A href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1912622,00.html" target="_blank">story</A>)</LI><LI><B>Opinion: 'Go in early, go</B> in light, go with civilians' (<A href="http://www.iht.com/pages/index.phpwww." target="_blank">International Herald Tribune</A> | <A href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/21/opinion/edkaplan.php" target="_blank">story</A>)</LI><LI><B>Shi'ite shrine attack</B> fans sectarian flames in Iraq (<A href="http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=100" target="_blank">Swissinfo</A> | <A href="http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6494386&cKey=1140616237000" target="_blank">story</A>)</LI><LI><B>U.S. reclassifies archive</B> documents once openly available (<A href="http://www.arabnews.com/" target="_blank">Arab News</A> | <A href="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=78206&d=22&m=2&y=2006" target="_blank">story</A>)</LI><LI><B>US troops taught</B> Iraqi gestures (<A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/?ok" target="_blank">BBC News</A> | <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4729262.stm" target="_blank">story</A>)</LI></UL><P></P>
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